my odd universe

Morning Musume. (モーニング娘。) is a japanese idol girl-group formed in 1997 following auditions organized by Tsunku♂ for his own band, SharamQ. Year of formation: 1997 (September 14th) Current name: Morning Musume.'18 [One Eight] (モーニング娘。'18) Former names: Morning Musume., Morning Musume.'14, Morning Musume.'15, Morning Musume.'16 & Morning Musume.'17. There are currently 12 members; Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato, Sakura Oda, Miki Nonaka, Maria Makino, Akane Haga, Kaede Kaga, Reina Yokoyama & Chisaki Morito. Morning Musume. is a group based on "generations", "seniors-juniors" relationships. Every once in a while, new members are added to the group, and some of them leave during a ceremony called "sotsugyo" which translates to "graduation". Morning Musume. has a total number of 42 members through the years, divided in 14 generations. Only 4 current members were born b...

It's summer time! And during summer time, listening to cheerful songs is one of my favorite things! So, for this occasion, I've decided to share with you the songs that I will most certainly listen to on loop for the whole summer. Kony'a Dake Ukaretakatta , Tsubaki Factory (2018): The whole song and its music video was released five days ago and I can't stop listening to it. When I first saw their looks (the yukata), I thought this song would be a ballad, but it's not!! It gets stuck in my head everytime I listen to it and I love it! Please, listen to it! It's worth it. Besides, the music video is really cute. Meet You There , 5 Seconds of Summer (2018): This song gets me to dance every single time it comes on shuffle. Besides, it's the song that gave the title to their upcoming world tour, I'm so emotional and excited! I cannot wait to hear it live, to be honest. It's gonna be so much fun!! One Kiss (feat. Dua Lipa) , Calvi...

Throwback to 2010, at Japan Expo (Parc des Expositions) Morning Musume. are guests of honour. I, Lucie, wasn't too familiar with Hello! Project yet. I couldn't see them. Moving to 2012, Takahashi Ai & Niigaki Risa, former Morning Musume. members, come to Paris for a TV event. Once again, I cannot make it there. Twice. It's the amount of times I missed my opportunity to see who has become my #2 singer of all time. Niigaki Risa. Now moving to late June 2018. Japan Expo announces it after a few teasers by 33 Degrees (managers for H!P related events in France). Niigaki Risa will come once again, to celebrate Hello! Project's 20th anniversary. I'm on the bus when I hear about it. I truly want to cry at that exact moment. I look at my mother and tell her, "Mom, I'm going to Japan Expo this year." I'm filled with happiness. After around 8 years of being a Risa fan, I'm finally getting to meet her. I will not miss another opportunity. I ne...

ANGERME Angerme (アンジュルム) is a japanese idol girl-group of ten members that I have mentioned before . On January 28th, it was announced that they would perform overseas for the first time since the group debuted, around 9 years ago. The chosen destination: Paris, FR. I could not believe it. It sounded so unreal. And it did take me more than 4 months to realize that it was real indeed. June 3rd, 8:45am. My alarm goes off. I haven't slept enough (I celebrated my birthday the end of my first college year the night before and slept at around 4pm. oops ?) but I am so ready for this day. It is now 9:20am when I leave the house. The staff, 33 Degrees, said a few weeks back that they will hand out wristbands with numbers on it at 10:30am so that no one sleeps in front of the venue in order to prevent attacks like the one last month. But by the time I got there, there were already soooo many fans queuing!! It was crazy. People still came the day before, or during the night at a...

credits to the photographer. Yes, I am nearly two months late but who cares ? It has also been a while since my last entry here, so I've decided to talk about 5SOS's live in Paris which took place on April 4th at YOYO (Palais de Tokyo). It's 7:30, my alarm clock rings. It's almost time to go. I have two classes in the morning before going to the venue. Time goes by so slowy, and finally, it is 1pm, time for me to go! In about an hour, here I am, at the venue. I am so excited! And I cannot believe I am going to see the 5 Seconds of Summer live!! But, as I arrive, I cannot see any queue line, but some fans are there. Two fans walk to me, they take my name and give me a number. And I'm like "whaat ?". Apparently, they showed up at 5pm the day before!! And they intend on giving the name&number list to the staff member who will open the doors so that no one enters before them. I tell them about my friend who cannot show up until later and they tell m...

Hello! Project My life without music would be nothing. I never go out without my earpods. Every place is a good place to listen to music. And I listen to quite a few genres. I cannot rank my favorite bands, so this will be a simple list with no specific order. Hello! Project Hello! Project is actually a group of groups. It includes nowadays Morning Musume.'18, Angerme, Juice=Juice, Country Girls, Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (trainees). I've been into Hello! Project for over eight years now. It's a huge part of my life and I love them just as much today as I did back then. The group have changed a lot over the years. Some groups disbanded, other were created, some members left their groups, other came in. It's always changing and you get to see the girls grow. They're japanese idols. Which means they're usual active between age 10 and 26 (some trainees can be younger). Their songs are often about love. But they're real...