A studio live video ANGERME streamed to coincide with “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026” racked up 131,000 views in 24 hours. The performance ended up being sung completely live without microphones because, according to a member’s official blog, the studio mics kept cutting out. On 5ch’s Hello! Project thread, many compared this number to Juice=Juice’s “More! Mi Amore” (227,000) and BEYOOOOONDS’ “Hai to Diamond” (202,000). Opinions split between those who suspected the mic-free format was “a deliberate stunt” and those who took the official explanation at face value as “an unlucky technical glitch,” sparking debate.
What people said
1AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:26
24-hour view counts for live videos since 2025
227,000 — "More! Mi Amore" (Nippon Budokan) / Juice=Juice
202,000 — "Hai to Diamond" (Yokohama Arena) / BEYOOOOONDS
5AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:29
It's doing well for ANGERME, but considering this is completely unreleased, rare footage, it feels like it should've done even more.
6AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:29
If something thrown together like this racks up views, I bet they'll start phoning it in more from now on.
7AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:30
Re: #1
Great result for a mic-free live vocal performance, well done.
8AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:30
Rena Yamazaki's "Something I Wanted to Tell Someone." TOKYO FM, Tue 2026/9/22, 13:00-14:55
From 28:10 — talk about the ANGERME stream, folks.
https://radiko.jp/share/?t=20260922132810&sid=FMT
10AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:31
Honestly it was worth watching — that's solid growth for ANGERME.
11AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:31
If they do it the normal way it won't get views, so they have no choice but to keep pulling out gimmicks like this.
12AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:32
Uploading the lame-costume "red-line" cut with Kamiko (nickname for member Kamikokuryo) in it at the same time and scattering the hype like that is garbage scheduling.
They'll probably cancel the one-week-only limit anyway if it gets good buzz.
13AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:32
So "Hai to [Diamond]" really is blowing up after all.
14AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:34
If it gets good reviews they might lift the time limit, but honestly that'd feel kind of lame too.
15AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:36
So was this really a bid for a "whoa, mic-free live vocals, amazing!!" viral moment that just… missed? Is that the read here?
16AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:36
The whole move of "drop the live footage once it gets a bit of traction on X" is kind of lame across Hello! Project as a whole right now, so I think they should just keep doing stuff without worrying about that.
18AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:38
No way they're genuinely spending resources on this out of pure goodwill while they're busy pushing Juice=Juice.
21AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:40
Even their usual rehearsal studio has proper sound gear and mics, so doing it in an empty space with just one boombox is way too obviously calculated.
22AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:41
Even if this was thrown together on short notice after the original plan got cancelled at the last minute, it still didn't really go viral, it's time-limited, and it's losing to "Phantom Sheeta," so it doesn't count.
23AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:42
BEYOOOOONDS already did the mic-free live vocals thing first, you know.
34AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:48
Re: #23
That one was carefully planned out, though.
25AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:44
I always thought ANGERME's dancing was amazing, but only like two songs in the setlist have really intense choreography — the setlist's dancing is surprisingly chill.
Can't be helped since it's live vocals, though.
28AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:45
Re: #25
Even if you pull off amazing choreography at a huge festival, nobody can actually see it from that far away.
26AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:44
This is a decision, an action, and an achievement that's gonna go down in Hello! Project history — no, in the history of idol music and art itself, woof! Too amazing, woof! 🐈🤗 (the poster's own quirky verbal tic, not a typo)
27AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:44
Kinda underwhelming considering the counting method changed, no? And they even shot it offshore.
29AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:45
Great to see the current lineup beat Kamikokuryo's (former member) numbers.
30AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:45
https://ameblo.jp/angerme-new/entry-12979382062.html
We actually tried using the studio's mics, but maybe because there were 9 of them, the sound kept cutting out and the balance got off, so…
it turned into a video with live vocals over the backing track! 🙇♀ (Reading the comments, a lot of people said they didn't even notice there were no mics at first — the best compliment ever! 😂)
To get the live vocals across properly, we kept the backing track a bit quieter and leaned into a more resonant singing style than usual, so it's a rare video! 🌟
The footsteps are pretty impressive too, lol
38AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:52
Re: #30
Sounds fake lol
You totally planned this.
31AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:46
You can really tell they're locked in and giving it everything, fully focused on the performance.
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Ah, quite a few people have pointed this out, but since this got decided at the last minute, there was no PA staff on hand 💦
This is a performance with completely live vocals and no mics 💦
There might be some rough patches to listen to, but please forgive it since it's a rare stream 🙏
33AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:48
This is just planting seeds for now.
They need to keep stacking up efforts like this for another 2-3 years before they bloom the way Juice=Juice did.
Juice=Juice put in solid groundwork before they blew up, which is why their foundation is so rock-solid now.
36AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:49
Re: #33
That has nothing to do with it.
Juice=Juice just caught on via TikTok too, same as Kawalabo.
37AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:51
Even if they catch on on TikTok, ANGERME doesn't have a hook to carry that over into terrestrial TV exposure.
Though for Juice=Juice, really it was just that they had Danbara (member Ruru Danbara).
39AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:53
Re: #37
That's just what an "oyaki" (nickname for a certain type of fan) would think.
Danbara has nothing to do with it at all.
40AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:53
It's because they had Reiruru as a dual pillar.
Having Inoue, the group's strongest visual, is a huge factor too.
42AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:53
Re: #40
Not related at all.
It took 13 years — are you saying Danbara and Inoue didn't even exist for most of that time? lol
43AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:54
131,000 / 1.4 ≈ 94,000
131,000 * 0.7 ≈ 92,000
Take whichever number you like.
45AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:55
Re: #36
It's definitely related.
YouTube's early growth curve clearly started improving right around "Pride Bright."
46AnonymousSep 22, 2026 18:55
Re: #45
Not related at all.
133AnonymousSep 22, 2026 19:14
Getting a lot of views isn't the goal — what matters is the result that comes from being seen a lot.
Heard the tour's pretty empty though, is it gonna fill up?
144AnonymousSep 22, 2026 19:16
Re: #133
Who exactly are you fighting here?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Among Hello! Project fans, “24-hour view count” has become an established benchmark for gauging each group’s momentum, and commenters brought up Juice=Juice’s “More! Mi Amore” (227,000) and BEYOOOOONDS’ “Hai to Diamond” (202,000) as points of comparison. As for why ANGERME’s stream ended up being mic-free live vocals, a member’s official blog explains it was because “the sound kept cutting out when we used the studio’s mics.” The thread split between those who took that explanation at face value and those who suspected it was “actually planned that way.” Some also argued the strong view count was driven by particular members’ popularity or past groundwork, but these are all personal speculation without solid evidence, and shouldn’t be taken as established fact.
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