At Cannes, Koji Fukada’s "Love on Trial" puts Japan’s idol culture under the microscope — and asks why fame still comes with a chastity clause. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/25/entertainment-news/fukada-j-pop-film-cannes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #jpop #idolpop #filmfestivals #cannes
At Cannes, Fukada spotlights J-pop’s ban on idol romance

Director Koji Fukada’s new film, 'Love on Trial,' explores Japan’s idol industry and the contracts that ban young women from dating.

The Japan Times

@Erzbet

Thank you for setting this up.
#KpopMonday #SkoolLuvAffair

I'm tempted to pull from the GFriend School trilogy, but I'm going instead with the lesser known but closely related fromis_9 -- To Heart:

https://youtu.be/BzZ8NmYUldE?si=05-F1Fbiqp_1GYVL

School concepts loom large in east Asian idol pop, and I'd like to read more about the reasons for that salience.

#Kpop #fromis9 #ToHeart #SchoolConcepts #IdolPop

fromis_9 (프로미스나인) - To Heart MV

YouTube

ME:I -- Tomorrow

https://youtu.be/Vx5QxUE9rPQ?si=wsf2DVJ-4gAc8c07

I like this group but am never quite sure how to tag them; Jpop? Kpop? KJpop? JKpop?

#MEI #Tomorrow #IdolPop #Jpop #Kpop #KJpop #JKpop

ME:I (ミーアイ) ⊹ 'Tomorrow' Performance Video

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I follow Korean rather than Japanese idol pop, but every so often something like Girls²×iScream -- Rock Steady will catch my attention.

#Jpop #GirlGroups #IdolPop #PopMusic #Girls² #iScream #LDH

https://youtu.be/a2ZrlE_cFF8

Girls²×iScream - Rock Steady (Music Video)

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ULTRA PARADISE, by Angel Electronics

9 track album

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