Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Tentenko - Good bye, Good girl


 I fairly recently acquired a copy of Tentenko's debut solo single, "Good bye, Good girl." Tentenko, previously a member of the popular "anti-idol" group BiS (Brand-new idol Society), began a crowdfunding campaign in October of 2014 with the goal of releasing a solo CD featuring music she had composed and performed on her own. The campaign raised over one million yen in a day (approximately nine thousand US dollars at the exchange rate at that time.)

Good bye, Good girl is an 80s-stylized song featuring a music video filmed entirely with a VHS camera. It's almost impossible to tell that this was filmed recently, the only things giving it away are small slip-ups in the background such as someone holding a smartphone.

 
The EP was released on January 14th, 2015 in two types, aptly named type 1 and type 2. Its highest position on Oricon's sales-tracking charts was #32.

Type 1 Cover Art

Type 2 Cover Art
Type 1 features a remix of the title track by Pellycolo, whereas type 2 features a remix of the B-side featured on both types, Hot Pants, by Seki from NATURE DANGER GANG.

If you are interested in buying this single, please check out the links below.
Type 1 (CDJapan)
Type 2 (CDJapan)