Ladybaby

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Ladybaby
General information
origin Japan
Genre (s) Kawaii metal
founding 2013
resolution 2020
Website www.clearstone.co.jp/ladybaby/
Last occupation
Rie Kaneko (since 2015)
singing
 Nana Ikeda (since 2018)
singing
 Emily Arima (since 2018)
singing
 Fuka Karasawa (since 2018)
former members
Ladybeard (2015-2016)
Rei Kuromiya (2015-2017)

Ladybaby was a kawaii metal band from Japan .

history

Wrestler Richard Magarey , originally from Adelaide , Australia , moved to China in 2006 to start his martial arts stunt career, but later moved to Hong Kong , where he was celebrated as a crossdressing professional wrestler because of his appearance . In October 2013, Magarey, who gave himself the name Ladybeard , went to Japan to pursue a similar career. With the two idols Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya , he founded the band Ladybaby, which was hired by the Japanese costume maker Clearstone for advertising purposes, and released the first song Nippon Manju , which is about all the things they love about Japan. The music video, which was published on the YouTube video platform in July 2015 , became a viral hit and reached a million views in two days.

Richard "Ladybeard" Magarey in October 2016.

The second single Age-Age Money , released on January 13, 2016, reached number 15 on the daily Oricon charts. The song landed at number 31 in the official Japanese single charts . With Magarey's official exit on August 1, 2016, the group now called themselves The Idol Formerly Known as Ladybaby and gave their first concert in their new constellation in September of the same year. In 2017 the band signed a contract with JPU Records and released the EP Pelo on the European market. A little later followed with Pinky! Pinky! another single. In the middle of November of the same year, Rei Kuromiya left the band due to her disenchantment with the idol culture and problems with the throat caused by excessive touring from the band, which led to a temporary end of the band.

In March 2018, a compilation entitled Beside U was released in Japan. A month earlier, a return of the band under the name Ladybaby with a new line-up was indicated. Kaneko is supported by Nana Ikeda, Emily Arima and Fuka Karasawa. A tour in spring 2018 has been announced. On May 10, 2018, the music video for her comeback single Hoshi no Nai Sora was released , which was released as a maxi CD on May 30 of the same year . It has also been confirmed that Ladybeard will be heard on a B-side. On October 29, 2019, Ladybaby announced the breakup of the band on Facebook and on the official website after the last concert on January 13, 2020.

music

Ladybaby's music is a mixture of Japanese pop music , EDM and various types of heavy metal and extreme metal . Magarey referred to the group's music as "Kawaiicore". Most of the texts are written in Japanese , with individual words coming from English .

Discography

Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Beside U
  JP 49 07.03.2018 (1 week)
EPs
Pelo
  JP 22nd 04/12/2017 (1 week)
Singles
Nippon Manju
  JP 109 07/29/2015 (2 weeks)
Age-Age Money
  JP 31 13/01/2016 (1 week)
Renge chance
  JP 32 04/13/2016 (1 week)
Sanpai! Gosyuin Girl
  JP 39 11/30/2016 (1 week)
Pinky! Pinky!
  JP 15th 07/27/2017 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2017 where.)
Hoshi no Nai Sora
  JP 27 05/30/2018 (2 weeks)

Singles

  • 2015: Nippon Manju
  • 2016: Age-Age Money
  • 2016: Renge Chance
  • 2016: Shōnen Yūsha-dan (promo single)
  • 2016: Sanpai! Gosyuin Girl
  • 2017: Pinky! Pinky!
  • 2017: Shibuya Crossing
  • 2018: Hoshi no Nai Sora

EPs

Best of albums

Video albums

  • 2016: First Japan Oneman Live ～ Sekai no Rule wo Kaechao ～ (Clearstone Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cross-dressing, Australian pro wrestler stars in J-pop band . Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ From Ladybeard to Ladybaby: the pro wrestling heavy metal singer taking Japan by storm . The Sydney Morning Herald . July 11, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Up Close And Personal With Japan's Ladybaby For Their US Debut . Forbes . October 16, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Colin McQuistan: Ladybaby - This Was Never Intended to Be Heard Outside Japan . In: Blog at HuffPost Entertainment . December 16, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Look Out World, Here Comes Ladybaby! . Loudwire . July 8, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Japan's Hairiest Metal Entertainer Invites You To 'Enjoy And Taste Many Japanese Products' . Forbes. July 6, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ Japan's Biggest Metal Band Features Two Underaged Girls and a Bearded, Cross-Dressing Singer . Vice . October 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ Интернет взорвал клип группы Lady Baby с бородатым солистом в платье: Буквально за два дня количество просмотров этого клипа увеличилось на миллион ( Russian ) Metro International . July 8, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ オ リ コ ン デ イ リ ー CD シ ン グ ル ラ ン キ ン グ 2016 年 01 月 12 日 付 11 ～ 20 位 . Oricon . Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ LADYBABY か ら レ デ ィ ビ ア ー ド 脱 退 、 れ い ＆ 理 江 は 改名 し て 再 始 動 . natalie . August 1, 2016. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  11. ↑ Official Separation Announcement . November 17, 2017. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ladybaby-fc.com
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  14. ↑ Chart tracking albums: JP
  15. ↑ a b Chart tracking Singles: JP