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gildedstageSince I last posted about them, Ikizuraibu has slowly been gaining momentum over the past couple of weeks. Their first merch went on sale and they’ve had three live performances, yesterday being their first performance as the main act. And yet, there’s still a lot yet to come (they’re still not included in all cast media and they haven’t done any collabs).
Unfortunately, it seems like they’ll have a lot of growing pains because of their “fans.” At yesterday’s live show, someone was arrested for showing their genitals. Even putting aside something that serious, from the crowd videos alone it’s easy to tell how rowdy and disrespectful they were being. Many people were literally running around with 10 large and obnoxiously flashing penlights. There is even a video where a staff member hit someone over this, but even that didn’t stop them unfortunately.
From what I read, this has apparently been a longstanding issue with Love Live management. I really hope they take decisive action so they don’t cause problems for the public (this happened in a public mall) or the reputation of the girls. There are many oldgen LL fans are using this as an excuse to dismiss the new generation even though they had similar incidents in the past.
It brought back a lot of my anxieties surrounding the project. As interested as I am in where this project is going, it’s undeniable that the budget seems very low for a franchise of this size. I also have mixed feelings about the project's identity, since the teased project and the current execution of it seem drastically different. Also, while following and piecing together their posts is fun, I can’t imagine these posts and 2D art slideshows continuing to be the only form of media we get from them. It’s hard to imagine emotionally impactful or pivotal scenes continuing to take place through Twitter posts.
It’s not enough for me to stop following the project, but it’s still on my mind. Apparently it’s common for LL projects to start out with a low budget and many are saying it’s purposefully reminiscent of the early μ‘s days, so we’ll have to see. There will be a second livestream early next week and while I don’t want to get my hopes up and recreate the disappointment of the first livestream, I am still hoping we’ll get more news about the project’s future soon.
For now, I’ll just focus on what’s coming up. Next week, the requests for the four cover songs will close and they’ll have their second livestream. There will also be the regular releases, like the solo song lyrics videos and member icon voting (they’ll likely finish the Umeda and Tokyo satellite rotations for these this month respectively). At the end of the month, there will also be the release of the first solo single (can’t wait for the full B-side, the instrumentation already sounds eccentric and they seem to be continuing the skeptical optimism of the A-side’s lyrics) and Love Live Days.
The summer break storyline they’ve been hyping up should start on Monday too. Of course, I’m excited that they’ll be making progress in their idol activities and meeting IRL (I think about a post that said Ikizuraibu itself is a long-distance relationship all the time), but I’m also excited because we’ll potentially get to learn more about the girls’ family life.
Hopefully, I will also finish the posts about them that I’ve been meaning to write.
Unfortunately, it seems like they’ll have a lot of growing pains because of their “fans.” At yesterday’s live show, someone was arrested for showing their genitals. Even putting aside something that serious, from the crowd videos alone it’s easy to tell how rowdy and disrespectful they were being. Many people were literally running around with 10 large and obnoxiously flashing penlights. There is even a video where a staff member hit someone over this, but even that didn’t stop them unfortunately.
From what I read, this has apparently been a longstanding issue with Love Live management. I really hope they take decisive action so they don’t cause problems for the public (this happened in a public mall) or the reputation of the girls. There are many oldgen LL fans are using this as an excuse to dismiss the new generation even though they had similar incidents in the past.
It brought back a lot of my anxieties surrounding the project. As interested as I am in where this project is going, it’s undeniable that the budget seems very low for a franchise of this size. I also have mixed feelings about the project's identity, since the teased project and the current execution of it seem drastically different. Also, while following and piecing together their posts is fun, I can’t imagine these posts and 2D art slideshows continuing to be the only form of media we get from them. It’s hard to imagine emotionally impactful or pivotal scenes continuing to take place through Twitter posts.
It’s not enough for me to stop following the project, but it’s still on my mind. Apparently it’s common for LL projects to start out with a low budget and many are saying it’s purposefully reminiscent of the early μ‘s days, so we’ll have to see. There will be a second livestream early next week and while I don’t want to get my hopes up and recreate the disappointment of the first livestream, I am still hoping we’ll get more news about the project’s future soon.
For now, I’ll just focus on what’s coming up. Next week, the requests for the four cover songs will close and they’ll have their second livestream. There will also be the regular releases, like the solo song lyrics videos and member icon voting (they’ll likely finish the Umeda and Tokyo satellite rotations for these this month respectively). At the end of the month, there will also be the release of the first solo single (can’t wait for the full B-side, the instrumentation already sounds eccentric and they seem to be continuing the skeptical optimism of the A-side’s lyrics) and Love Live Days.
The summer break storyline they’ve been hyping up should start on Monday too. Of course, I’m excited that they’ll be making progress in their idol activities and meeting IRL (I think about a post that said Ikizuraibu itself is a long-distance relationship all the time), but I’m also excited because we’ll potentially get to learn more about the girls’ family life.
Hopefully, I will also finish the posts about them that I’ve been meaning to write.
