Due to a heat wave hanging around the area, we've had a few power problems at home. So, to cool us all off and make us happy, here is Nochiura Natsumi - an old Hello!Project group.
Kago too?
Yesterday, I posted about Gackt acting in a Hollywood movie. Well, today it has come out that former-Morning Musume/Mini Moni/W girl, Ai Kago, will be acting in a Hong Kong movie. For those of you that forget, Aibon was at the center of a lot of scandals a few years ago. First it was underage smoking then it was dating a man a lot older than her then it was smoking again. It got her booted out of the Hello!Project world and she's been very quiet since. Earlier this month, she reappeared with a new, more mature look saying that she wanted to return to show business, specifically acting. I've always really liked Aibon so I'm very hopeful that she will do well in her new path in life.
Music review: W - Koi no Vacance
Artist: W
Members: Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji
Album: Duo U&U
Release date: 6/6/04
Video link: On Veoh
(Original song sung by The Peanuts)
English translation: Your kiss, Enough to make me sigh A maiden's heart seeing a sweet dream of love
Shining in a gold color Above the hot sand Let's love in bare flesh like mermaids
Gathering your sunburned smiles The promise we whispered It's a secret between the two of us A sigh escapes my lips
Ah, love's joy in the rose-colored days The first time I saw you... A vacance of love
Gathering your sunburned smiles The promise we whispered It's a secret between the two of us A sigh escapes my lips
Ah, love's joy in the rose-colored days The first time I saw you... A vacance of love About the song: W's first album consisted entirely of cover songs from the late Showa period (1924-1989). Despite the songs not being originally written for the duo, they bring a completely new sound to them. The original version of Koi no Vacance had a very 'Japanese' sound with a bit of big band tossed in. Aibon and Nono not only gave it an updated pop sound but they were also able to hold onto the original feeling of the song. While this isn't my favorite W song, it does make the top 10.
Nono is a Mama!
Way back in May, Tsuji Nozomi, a former member of Morning Musume, W and Mini Moni, announced her impending pregnancy. At the time, she also announced that she was getting married to actor Sugiura Taiyo. Well, Nono recently gave birth to a baby girl! Little Noa was born at 12:45AM on November 26. Though Nono is officially on hiatus, this is the first time that a current Hello!Project member has become a mother. (Previous Hello!Project members have given birth but they left the group first.)
Congratulations Nono!