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The story
News broke that TM NETWORK will perform at this year’s Kohaku Uta Gassen (NHK’s New Year’s Eve song contest), and 5ch’s live-discussion thread immediately lit up with guesses about which song they’d play. Most posters expected the band’s signature hit “GET WILD,” while others speculated that producer Tetsuya Komuro might make a guest appearance during Misato Watanabe’s performance of “My Revolution.” Posters also noted the surprising detail that this is actually only the band’s second Kohaku appearance — their first, years ago, was the comparatively obscure “COME ON EVERYBODY.” The thread also turned into a generational-gap discussion, with several posters admitting they had no idea who any of this year’s new idol groups sharing the stage even were.
What people said
You'd have to start by figuring out who that even is
Which name are they performing under?
What are they even gonna sing?
Re: #8
Gotta be GET WILD, obviously
They're actually huge, low-key
Kinda like a lion, maybe?
They do live shows pretty regularly, actually
So THAT'S what the site visit was for
I mean, 'My Revolution' was literally Komuro's first big hit, so
She's gotta be a special singer to him
It's ILLIT
=LOVE
HANA
EBiDAN
&TEAM
BE:FIRST
Are these all Korean acts?
Only the top one's Korean, the rest are all Japanese
The Yoshi Ikuzo version (the enka singer known for goofy cover versions)
lol, the anime bit
Guess Anri's doing 'Cat's Eye' then? (Anri sang the theme for the Cat's Eye anime)
Isn't it because Kyary sings the theme for that NHK E-Tele anime 'Pan Dorobou' (Bread Thief)?
Though I'd love to see Cat's Eye and City Hunter too
'Time Machine' — well, the Tama version (the members hail from Tama, Tokyo)
=LOVE (1st time) — who?
HANA (2nd time) — who?
FRUITS ZIPPER (2nd time) — who?
CUTIE STREET (1st time) — who?
Ayumu Imazu (1st time) — who?
Aぇ! group (1st time) — who?
EBiDAN (1st time) — who?
&TEAM (2nd time) — who?
M!LK (2nd time) — who?
Monaki (1st time) — who?
Vaundy (4th time) — who?
BE:FIRST (5th time) — who?
Macaroni Enpitsu (1st time) — who?
What is that, did you type all that out by hand?
Exact same reaction as me
Get out already, how many years has it been?
Is it really that bad?
And the first one wasn't 'Love Train' or 'GET WILD' —
it was 'COME ON EVERYBODY'
Hmm, kind of a weak song choice
Apparently that first time too, they didn't actually want to do it but couldn't just say no, so they piled on demands — no weird segments, a minimum performance length, and so on — figuring NHK would just say 'fine, don't bother then,' but every single demand got approved and they ended up stuck doing it anyway
Background and talking points
This is actually TM NETWORK’s second Kohaku appearance, and posters in the thread pointed out that their first performance wasn’t their signature hit “GET WILD” but the far less famous “COME ON EVERYBODY.” Post #112 claims the band was reluctant to appear that first time and, unable to simply refuse, piled on conditions for NHK — no gimmicky segments, a minimum performance length, and so on — assuming the network would just let them off the hook, only for every demand to be accepted, leaving them stuck performing anyway; since this comes from an anonymous post, it can’t be verified. The thread also noted that this year’s Kohaku lineup includes unfamiliar names like =LOVE, HANA, EBiDAN, and &TEAM, with posters correctly clarifying that most of these new acts are Japanese artists rather than K-pop groups, despite some assuming otherwise. The exchange highlighted a clear generational gap between the Kohaku old guard and the newer Gen Z acts sharing the stage.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Live Jikkyo) thread “[Breaking] TM NETWORK Confirmed for Kohaku.”
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