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The story
At 6:25 PM on September 21, 2026, ANGERME’s official YouTube channel premiered a “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026 Live Stream.” In the video’s comments, leader Ise Suzuran wrote, “Unfortunately, we’re really frustrated about the cancellation, but we’re bringing you our all-out performance from the studio,” suggesting that after their on-site performance was cancelled, studio-recorded footage was delivered instead. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, viewers kept up a running commentary trying to determine whether the stream was truly live or pre-recorded, scrutinizing clues like whether the members were holding mics, slight timing gaps in the backing track, and the camera work.
What people said
@angerme_upfront
＼\❤🔥Coming up at 18:25～❤🔥/／
No way it's live
Are they actually performing live?
💡Premiering at 18:25
ANGERME ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026 Live Stream
https://youtu.be/vFnGFeAnseY
#ANGERME #アンジュルム #ハロプロ #Helloproject
since the members' hairstyles match what I saw yesterday
"Unfortunately, we're really frustrated about the cancellation, but we're bringing you our all-out performance from the studio!" (Leader Ise Suzuran)
Looks like a conference room
https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv351434436
9,499 people watching
https://youtu.be/4ym83uONLSI
Because the choreography was designed with them holding mics
Crew member (like, "that was too far, let's zoom in…")
That's part of the actual stage setup too
Feels like a waste to stop watching now, right
Chiba is done for
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Inzai City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Shiroi City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Tomisato City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Minamiboso City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Sosa City
●Level 2 Heavy Rain Advisory
■Katori City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Sanmu City
●Level 3 Heavy Rain Warning
■Isumi City
●Level 2 Heavy Rain Advisory
The Keisei Line has stopped running
Yeah, true
There's something beautiful about seeing them give it their all
Everyone ranked above the "tricolor dango" cutoff has dyed hair, but Ise, Tamenaga, and Hashisako are each a slightly different shade of brown — though looking at it now, they barely look different ("tricolor dango" apparently marks some kind of seniority/rank line among the members)
She's already fairly tall, plus she's in high heels
Everyone around her is just short
The MC talk was off too, so it's a stream issue
Since it doubles as a recovery event, it's bound to get super hyped
Are they just dancing without holding mics?
They're doing it without mics, singing live
No idea why that track gets treated like an afterthought on that album
At a livehouse you can hear it
Background and Key Points
Rock in Japan Festival is a major outdoor rock festival held every autumn, and this time ANGERME’s on-site performance was cancelled for reasons not specified, with studio-recorded footage premiering at 6:25 PM instead — a sequence of events reflected in leader Ise Suzuran’s comment-section message: “Unfortunately, we’re really frustrated about the cancellation, but we’re bringing you our all-out performance from the studio.” Around the same time, heavy rain warnings were issued for several municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, which also became a talking point on the thread, though no direct causal link to the cancellation was confirmed there. Opinions on the stream were split: some posts overlooked the “premiere” label and mistook it for a genuine live broadcast, while others tried to work out that it was actually pre-recorded by picking up on clues like the members singing without mics and slight timing gaps in the backing track.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “■ ANGERME ■ YouTube 『ANGERME ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026 Live Stream🪽✧』 ■ 18:25〜 ■“.
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