As long as orthodox and pure idols can ensure their orthodox image, they will naturally attract some loyal fans. However, if they want to go further, they must seek a breakthrough.
Although the orthodox school is regarded as the kingly way, in fact, those who can truly break through the idol status and complete the leap from idol to star are all individualists. The only difference lies in the way in which this personality is expressed.
If you really want to say it, if you want to be an idol, be beautiful and cute, you will have a chance if you have these two things. However, if you want to be a star, you must have enough personality to make these qualities of beauty and cuteness become embellishments.
None of those well-known idols are not individualistic.
Noriko Sakai has just turned twenty-one and is in the prime of youth.
Her popularity in the country has reached a bottleneck. Next, she will either take her career a step further and become more than just an ordinary idol. Or her popularity will naturally decline and she will become one of the many idols who were popular in the idol era but eventually faded away.
On the one hand, Noriko Sakai's popularity in Japan has reached a bottleneck. On the other hand, SUNMUSIC has begun to consciously expand her popularity outside of her home country in the past two years.
Different from those idols in previous years who were occasionally invited to participate in activities overseas, or who only turned their attention overseas after their popularity declined, Noriko Sakai's affairs were at a time when her popularity as an "orthodox pure idol" was booming.
The company has already set its sights overseas and actively seeks opportunities for her to expand overseas markets.
To be precise, it was overseas producers who discovered Noriko Sakai and tried their best to encourage her to launch local activities. After all, Noriko Sakai, a legitimately popular idol, has an image that is the closest to the image of an "idol" in our imagination today.
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As the idol era comes to an end, no outstanding new idols appear. The idols who are the same generation as Sakai Noriko or are senior idols either lack popularity, are limited by their style, or have successfully transformed. Sakai Noriko has unknowingly become "one of a kind"
The presence.
When a producer from overseas is willing to extend an olive branch, SUNMUSIC, as a long-established agency that has been in business for many years, will naturally not miss such an opportunity. Since both parties are interested, then, naturally, Noriko Sakai decided to expand overseas.
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However, no matter how SUNMUSIC plans its overseas market, there is not much time left for Noriko Sakai to make a breakthrough.
In two years, if you can't enrich your image, the orthodox pure idol will sooner or later turn into an idol pretending to be cute.
When SUNMUSIC created Noriko Sakai, the idea of "protecting the last orthodox idol" was, at best, the persistence of an established idol agency, but at worst, it has not been fully understood.
The fragility of the identity of "royal idol".
Iwahashi Shinichi is somewhat curious about how Noriko Sakai will plan her next career. To him, this name is very familiar, but he does not understand her trajectory of popularity. He can be called a "familiar stranger"
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Although I have never paid special attention to the development of Noriko Sakai, I still pay special attention when this name is mentioned in the topic.
However, in Masatoshi Sakai's eyes, there is nothing special about this female idol who shares the same surname as Sakai.
"If the idol of SUNMUSIC seeks transformation like all those idols, then the path she takes is no different from that of her predecessors. It is not surprising if she succeeds, and it is not worth mentioning if she fails.
"If SUNMUSIC could stick to the orthodox path and really make an orthodox idol become a super idol in today's era, it would be a little more interesting, but that's it."
Masato Sakai, who is famous for being the music producer of Momoe Yamaguchi, has a very clear view of the profession of idol.
"If you really want to say it, the next progress of the Holy Son is more exciting. What the Holy Son faces is an unprecedented challenge."
There has never been a female idol who has experienced getting married and having a daughter, breaking up with her agency, and being exiled overseas. When her popularity fell to the bottom, she still insisted that she was an "idol" and returned to a market that no longer had a place for her to start over.
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Not only is Matsuda Seiko not an orthodox idol, she is even far removed from the world's definition of "idol". If she can make a name for herself again, there is no doubt that she will be a legendary idol.
However, as much as he admired Seiko Matsuda, Masatoshi Sakai had a bit of a spectator mentality, "That son is not someone who will give up easily."
Matsuda Seiko will not give up easily, and Iwahashi Shinichi also fully agrees with this.
After all, he is a character who insists on being an idol even after getting married, who dares to end cooperation with his agency on the eve of the tenth anniversary of his debut, who stayed overseas for three years, and still has the energy to make a high-profile comeback.
However, Shinichi Iwahashi is also curious about what path Noriko Sakai will take next.
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Seiko Matsuda's first draft before returning to China was met with an unexpected reception.
The lingering power of the Music Association's ban on her is still there. Although the three-year non-competition agreement has expired, this kind of artist who has been exiled by the entire industry, when she comes back, if the first person does not break the silence, others will
People will just keep waiting and watching.
No one came forward to welcome her, but her original record company Sony confirmed that it had no plans to reach out to her.
After the announcement of her return, the industry was silent. The first to break this silence were the magazines and tabloids that ridiculed her.
Matsuda Seiko, who is about to return to China, has no agency, no record company, and no public relations. After confirming that she has not found a strong backer and has no agent to manage the media, she is best at worshiping those who are superior and undermining those who are inferior, and beating those who are in trouble.
Noh Kai will never miss the opportunity to trample a former super idol into the mud.
Although Matsuda Seiko's husband Kanda Masaki is somewhat respectable in the industry, the old-school actor is not good at being a topical figure, and he has never reacted to his wife being attacked by public opinion. However, tabloids and magazines will provoke her every now and then.
He wrote a short essay about Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda being a "masked couple". It was daily rumored that the two were going to divorce.
In the past few years, Matsuda Seiko's image has become very bad due to the media's exaggeration. In addition, she came back from the United States, which hit the hidden taboos in the hearts of the Japanese people. For the Japanese, it has never been acceptable.
, the super idol in your heart is actually not popular in the United States. No matter how popular a star is, as long as he tastes failure in the United States, he will be abandoned by the Japanese audience.
As July enters, there are a lot of entertainment news. Either well-known actors are getting divorced, or popular teenagers are photographed in love. The gossips are so loud that there is not much attention left for the public to pay attention to a has-been artist. In the entertainment news, Sei Matsuda
Zi became the object of attention for a long time, but quickly lost its appeal in the eyes of the public.
However, with a round of media attacks on Matsuda Seiko, the officials who had originally intended to contact Matsuda Seiko's Victory Records changed their words and would not accept her, adding another blow to her already weak momentum. Matsuda Seiko
Before Zi took the first step towards return, he was faced with a dilemma.
Iwahashi Shinichi reads a few newspapers every day as a routine, and he also reads a few articles about the siege of Matsuda Seiko. Although he himself has no friendship with Matsuda Seiko, the only intersection was when he served as Minamino Yoko's agent.
When he was a human being. However, now that the matter has passed, he neither likes nor dislikes Seiko Matsuda.
After reading in the newspaper that a leader of Victory Records publicly said that they would not consider Seiko Matsuda, Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't help but feel that Victory Records' approach was too tasteless.
For an artist who is in such a trough, it is understandable that tabloids and magazines would sneer at her. After all, this is what the paparazzi eat. However, a record company has no need to publicly express such views. Say this.
Not only will it not put the record company in a good position, it will only make you look very tasteless.
And as expected, after the article in which executives of Victory Records were interviewed was published in the newspaper, some sympathy for Matsuda Seiko appeared among the public, and there was a feeling of resentment towards the media and industry for excessively harming Matsuda Seiko.
Later, a popular comedian publicly criticized the record company on a radio show, igniting the slight sympathy among the public and setting off another round of controversy. Immediately afterwards, Victory Records came forward to clarify what the interviewer said.
It was taken out of context, but there is no such thing.
Among all the true and false gossip news, Seiko Matsuda miraculously created a big topic again. And this time, the topic was no longer as one-sided as before, but there were many people who sympathized with Matsuda.
The voice of the Holy Son. Shinichi Iwahashi looked at this round of operations through the newspaper and couldn't help but admire him secretly in his heart.
He is worthy of being Seiko Matsuda.
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The entertainment section of the newspaper was noisy, and at the same time that Seiko Matsuda created a big topic, a piece of news appeared on the social section that Tachikawa Kosan was preparing to abandon the development of Shinjuku 5-chome and was seeking to transfer the development rights.
When Shinichi Iwahashi saw this piece of news, he was sure that the plan that Inagawa Holy City had been planning for so long had been finalized.
After Sachiko Kamaike mentioned Oda Tetsuro's record to Shinichi Iwahashi at the company party, a few days later, she asked the band's manager to send the record to Shinichi Iwahashi.
This album was produced by a band composed of Oda Tetsuro and several former BEING musicians. It contains ten songs, six of which were written by Oda Tetsuro.
His personal style is so strong that even without looking at the lyrics book, you can still tell which songs were written by Oda Tetsuro.
When the album was released, Oda Tetsuro had already ushered in a prosperous period of creation, but what Iwahashi Shinichi was more concerned about were the works produced and released by VERMILLION Records in the past two years and composed by Oda Tetsuro.
The songs written in 1999 are very similar in style.
In other words, in the past few years, Nagato Daiyuki has been using Oda Tetsuro's original stock songs.
Regarding Oda Tetsuro's refusal to provide new songs for VERMILLION records, Iwahashi Shinichi had known about it for a long time. Ordinarily, there was no need to feel concerned when hearing this old record. However, what he really cared about was not Nagato Daiko.
I don’t know how many of Oda Tetsuro’s stock songs I have in my hand, but I thought of one thing.
Fashion has a shelf life.
After Iwahashi Shinichi listened to this old record, he planned to find an opportunity to return it to Kamaike Sachiko in person and talk to her about her favorite song.
A musician with her own ideas cares very much about a certain piece of music. So Shinichi Iwahashi can't just listen to the song she likes. Ask her why she likes that piece of music and listen to her thoughts on that piece of music.
From the perspective of music, these are all necessary.
A lot of creative inspiration and the pursuit of the style of the music to be produced may be hidden in the details of the conversation. Kamaike Sachiko is not the kind of musician who has received systematic training. Because of this, we focus on her feelings about music.
, it is also necessary to help her turn what she feels into her own use.
However, before meeting Sachiko Kamaiike to return the record, Shinichi Iwahashi met with Tetsuro Oda first.
The Inagawa Society's plan is completed, and the finishing work will begin.
Previously, when Shinichi Iwahashi was attacked, Ikuo Suho came to help, but he owed him a favor. At this moment, Hideo Fuyuta came forward to host a banquet, and Shinichi Iwahashi wanted to thank Ikuo Suho in person.
After setting a time for the banquet, Shinichi Iwahashi called Oda Tetsuro and the two of them had a drink together.
When they met, Iwahashi Shinichi mentioned to Oda Tetsuro the album he had made many years ago, "Oda-san's creative talent has already produced a mature fruit a long time ago."
"Have you heard of that album, Iwahashi-kun?" Oda Tetsuro showed a slightly surprised and a little bit ashamed expression. This is not only because his works many years ago have been appreciated again, but also because Oda Tetsuro thinks of himself as a composer.
Although I am a popular person as a singer, I still feel concerned about the fact that my activities as a singer are not popular.
Iwahashi Shinichi explained to him, "It was our ZARD member, Taike-san, who recommended this album to me. Taike-san admired Oda-san's compositions on this album very much, and even lent me her album.
listen."
Oda Tetsuro had already met Kamai Sachiko.
When Iwahashi Shinichi said this, Oda Tetsuro's mind recalled the first meeting with Kamaike Sachiko. At the strong request of Daikuro Maki, he met with Kamaike Sachiko.
That Kamachi-san seemed to be a person who was not good at dealing with people. At that time, Kamachi Sachiko implicitly but sincerely expressed her appreciation for his music.
But now, Iwahashi Shinichi brought up the old things again, which made Oda Tetsuro feel even more happy in his heart.
There was a joy that confirmed that Sachiko Kamaike's appreciation was sincere and that Shinichi Iwahashi recognized his talent.
