Showing posts with label enka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enka. Show all posts

2016-12-09

Enka and Keyakizaka: Utacon

If Keyakizaka46 keep appearing on the Utacon TV show, I might become an enka fan.

This is the second time they have been on the enka-focused pop music show, and the weird, exaggerated, overemotional traditional sound is beginning to work its magic on me.

Last week, they appeared on the show with Ichikawa Yukino, a well-known enka singer with a tragic history that is perfect for the genre. With her tall, graceful figure, the 40-year-old singer came close to tears both before and during her performance.

And afterwards, she took this photo with Keyakizaka46, apologizing for being so tall she blocked sight of some members:



She said in her blog that the group was both well-mannered and cute. She said she had enjoyed their first hit, Silent Majority, and would now be listening to Futari Saison, which they performed on the show. She pointed out that they would also be on the Kouhaku New Year's show, as she would.