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The season of the Goodbye. The song “Sayonara no Kisetsu” first appeared in Stereopony’s final album “The Best of Stereopony.” Just as the title goes, this song is about painful goodbyes. This song is of a love breaking at the juncture of a High School graduation. People choose different paths for themselves. If they are in a romantic relationship with …

With honest, open words, we want to try and speak our minds It all passed too fast. Bestselling singles, powerful hits, Oricon chart positions; and soon enough, Stereopony was set to hit another milestone: the release of their first record album. Hydrangea ga Saiteru hit the stores in June 17th, 2009, in its English version, A Hydrangea Blooms. The title …

“One Day, in the Recording Studio, we ran into YUI!” It is no mystery to myself and my counterpart that Aimi Haraguni is a HUGE YUI fan. She also seems to be a huge Paramore fan, but I would need to see her CD collection or inspect her mp3 player or phone to know for sure. Ever since I got …

SMILIFE Smilife is Stereopony’s 4th Single. The word SMILIFE is a stylized way of saying “it’s my life” and that’s exactly the theme of this song. Drawing the energy from life, friendship and the drive to go beyond one’s limits are the messages of this song. Smilife’s lyrics talk about how our shortcomings and failures can be taken as a …

We just entered the second week of our Throwback Flashback feature.  

なんと、ステレオポニーの名前が、宇宙に打ち上げられます。 このサプライズイベントを、「ステレオポニー・イン・スペース」と名付けることにしました。 Very Good Days のメンバーで、もうずっとステレオポニーファンの

Welcome to the second week of the new feature VGD Weekly Polls. Before we starting off with this week’s poll, let’s announce the results from last week’s poll. Last week people voted for their favorite AIMI hairstyle. Surprisingly, there are two two-way ties for first and second place at the time of writing this post. AIMI’s hairstyles from the “Smilife” …

It has not been officially announced by Draft King yet, but it appears that Draft King now has an official YouTube channel! Currently, the channel has four videos uploaded: 真夜中メリーゴーランド　 　Draft King Surf N Sun Draft King tell me how to say I’m sorry Draft King アブラカタブラ Draft King You can access the channel at this link: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC0WJzmMrjrnoqq5TvRibbQ (there is …

Running at full speed, we’re not afraid of anything After Namida no Mukou’s success, Stereopony’s third single I do it came to solidify Stereopony’s name in the Japanese music industry. Born out of a jam session with fellow musician and renowned artist YUI, I do it is considered to be a dream come true on Stereopony’s part, as neither girl …

Beyond the tears and the pain is the bright future! LLike their debut single, this new single also has ties to anime; in this case, Gundam 00, the second half of the second season to be exact. I suppose I should get this out of the way now: of the four songs used as openings in Gundam 00, this one …