I was out all day with a horrible debilitating migraine during my sick leave. To add insult to injury, I also had a chest cold for the second time this year. So what better to do than blog about v-u-den when I get better? Nothing else, sir. Nothing else at all.
Early v-u-den
Truth be told, I’ve never talked about v-u-den before. I wanted to say something about them back when I learned that they were to disband later this year, but nothing really came to mind except the cover of “Aisu Kuriimu to My Purin”. Honestly, I didn’t really care. There’s a few songs I like by them, I was never pissed off about their oversexualized image, hell, in fact, I like Yui’s cans. My only problem with the trio was that it was all about Rika and no wonder they never sold well, trios don’t operate that way. To the average Japanese consumer, v-u-den was probably Ishikawa Rika ft. Those Two Chicks Who Are Also Asian And Hot. Idols like Yui and Erika will probably unfortunately always be bit players, though, but I have no problem with that. (Vulpi, on the other hand…)
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