So lately in media... I've been following my Japanese Idols as usual. Looking at their happy selfies and so on and MVs and lives on Youtube (Fans download them on Youtube for others to watch). And getting a notice on my phone from Pochi from a group called CY8ER wishing everyone good morning every single day. And other idols do the same. Lately they've been talking a lot about the environmental cases such as many not having access to the electricity due to typhoons. The tweets are in Japanese so I'm not sure if they're necessary to show.. But that's what I use my Japanese twitter for. But what Japanese idols share on social media is never too personal: idols are supposed to make fans happy so you're not allowed to say anything negative. So you shouldn't take them very seriously. They're entertainers. The content is never you know... high quality or actually informative.
But they make really good music (Sometimes! Depending on the budget!)! I really like this latest MV from Wack, an "anti-idol" (meaning opposite from those pink cute videos with frills and twintails, you know, the generic J-pop) company:
The main message of the song and what they repeat on the chorus is "even if the world ended we're not going to part". It's actually a solo single this time and the singer is actually a member of BiSH (Brand new idol shit) but they've started making solo songs lately which I really like! That gives the possibility to do something different from the group's usual style.
Another solo from Wack lately...
Perfect, right?? :'D The point is making something really uncool, they've dressed up in Japanese style called gyaru/ganguro, it was popular in Japan maybe 15 years ago. The dance is based on a just-as-old club dance called parapara. Entertaining I'd say! (On a side note, the artist is from group GANG PARADE and she's the only one dressed up like that in all the release events and dances, all the songs with the backpack. You see, entertainment in Japan is very different, no wonder I don't follow European artists...)
Am I just making everyone listen my idols, I'm 100% okay with this!
Generally speaking, as a media consumer I'm someone who just doesn't want to care about what it's trying to make me do. Like all the new algorithms and stuff. Also trending things don't really have an effect on me, I'm just the type of person who doesn't get interested in things just because someone else did. I don't know many who never downloaded Snapchat but I never did.
About the algorithms: I just don't want to mind them and I want to avoid their effect as much as possible. On Instagram you can avoid their effect by checking account regularly so even if the posts don't appear on your timeline you'll see them. So that's what I do. I also know your posts get more popular if you post at a certain time of the day or advert your posts on Instagram stories but for me media isn't about collecting likes. I just do what I like and enjoy and collecting likes isn't something I enjoy. But what I hate the most about algorithms is exactly the fact that I don't usually like things others do. If I accidentally open a single weight loss photo, the algorithm thinks that from now on all I want to see is before-and-after photos. So you actually have to avoid the popular stuff I you want to see something else too.
But they make really good music (Sometimes! Depending on the budget!)! I really like this latest MV from Wack, an "anti-idol" (meaning opposite from those pink cute videos with frills and twintails, you know, the generic J-pop) company:
The main message of the song and what they repeat on the chorus is "even if the world ended we're not going to part". It's actually a solo single this time and the singer is actually a member of BiSH (Brand new idol shit) but they've started making solo songs lately which I really like! That gives the possibility to do something different from the group's usual style.
Another solo from Wack lately...
Perfect, right?? :'D The point is making something really uncool, they've dressed up in Japanese style called gyaru/ganguro, it was popular in Japan maybe 15 years ago. The dance is based on a just-as-old club dance called parapara. Entertaining I'd say! (On a side note, the artist is from group GANG PARADE and she's the only one dressed up like that in all the release events and dances, all the songs with the backpack. You see, entertainment in Japan is very different, no wonder I don't follow European artists...)
Am I just making everyone listen my idols, I'm 100% okay with this!
Generally speaking, as a media consumer I'm someone who just doesn't want to care about what it's trying to make me do. Like all the new algorithms and stuff. Also trending things don't really have an effect on me, I'm just the type of person who doesn't get interested in things just because someone else did. I don't know many who never downloaded Snapchat but I never did.
About the algorithms: I just don't want to mind them and I want to avoid their effect as much as possible. On Instagram you can avoid their effect by checking account regularly so even if the posts don't appear on your timeline you'll see them. So that's what I do. I also know your posts get more popular if you post at a certain time of the day or advert your posts on Instagram stories but for me media isn't about collecting likes. I just do what I like and enjoy and collecting likes isn't something I enjoy. But what I hate the most about algorithms is exactly the fact that I don't usually like things others do. If I accidentally open a single weight loss photo, the algorithm thinks that from now on all I want to see is before-and-after photos. So you actually have to avoid the popular stuff I you want to see something else too.
Hi! This looks great, I know nothing about the Japanese media so this will be very interesting to see! Cheers!
VastaaPoistaThis is pretty neat! I'm not really familiar with Japanese media culture any deeper than some jpop bands or artists I listen to occasionally and of course some games & manga. Looking forward to learning more about it and whatever else you might delve into here.
VastaaPoistaThis was really cool insight, the music style was definitely new to me. I thought your way of handling social media, especially the algorithms was extremely interesting. I didn't know that simply tricking platforms into thinking you're checking your feed would add more content to personal timelines. With your approach to media, do you find you fall inside a distinguishable group of people? I've noticed a trend where people simply refuse to take on labels for the sake of not being labeled, though I don't know how widespread this behavior is.
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