Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Very excited to see that you can now watch Gen Hoshino’s Mad Hope concert on Netflix! This tour looked incredible, so I’m glad I get to experience it this way … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 22, 2026)
I found something. It’s Taemin’s performance of one of his new songs, “Permission”, from last weekend’s Coachella. Enjoy! Have a nice night/day! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 4/19 Night Thread Will Do What it Wants
Picture it: one year ago today, it was a day like any other, I was hanging out watching the latest episode of CDTV with Ralph. But not that closely, he was probably playing chess, and I was just happy to … Continue reading The 4/19 LUNÉversary Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Instead of just releasing the title track and a Music Video on Sunday, &TEAM dropped the whole EP and I promptly lost my entire mind. Partly because I was at … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 15, 2026)
Ayumu Imazu (今津渉) is a great singer and songwriter. Here is one of his songs that I like a lot, and maybe you’ll like it too! I especially recommend it if you like City Pop ☀️ Have a nice day/night! … Continue reading The 4/14 Day Thread Will Make it Magical
Today Taemin AND Fujii Kaze will perform at Coachella (Taezechella!), which is very exciting for me personally and probably to at least a handful of other people in the world. But mostly just me and mostly just because I can … Continue reading The 4/11 Taezechella Day Thread
Sometimes the universe does funny things. I originally planned to sign up for today’s OT and then pretty much immediately changed my mind. I got too in my head about it, so I decided I wouldn’t do what I had … Continue reading The 4/8 Jonghyun Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Chevon album is here, rejoice! This is their second album (I don’t know why they’re calling it their “first major album” but it’s probably something to do with record … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 8, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you only listen to one of the many things I insist on recommending in these threads every week, I hope it’s this. Even if you don’t become a Motoki … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 1, 2026)
Taemin is a genius. With a beautiful voice. And I need everyone here to know that. So here’s a video of him singing! Every time I watch this (which is a lot) I find new moments to fall in love … Continue reading The 3/26 Night Thread is in Love
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Winter anime is wrapping up, which means new Spring anime is just around the corner. What will you be watching? Right now, the show I’m most interested in is Go … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 25, 2026)
Sometimes an album is so good you just have to listen to it over and over and over again. That’s what Onew’s Tough Love has become for me. Well, EP, technically, but still. This is Onew’s 5th solo EP, and … Continue reading The 3/19 Tough Love Day Thread
&TEAM’s Maki, Nico, Yuma, and Jo recently collaborated with Santos Bravos on a remix of one of their songs. It’s a pretty good song on its own (very catchy), but of course I like the &TEAM part the best. Especially … Continue reading The Remix Night Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Last year I read Satoshi Yagisawa’s Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and really enjoyed it. Part of the appeal for me was feeling like I was back in Jinbocho surrounded … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 18, 2026)
One month after Valentine’s Day, if you gave someone chocolate, you might get a present in return! In Japan this is called ホワイトデー (White Day), and apparently the tradition has spread to a few other countries as well (South Korea … Continue reading The 3/14 Day Thread is 桜色
Later today, or tonight I guess, I’ll find out if I won the first raffle to get &TEAM tickets in Japan this summer! To try and send out good vibes to the universe (or whatever) here is a video from … Continue reading The 3/12 Day Thread is Wishing
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Short on time today, but here’s a good song to check out! aoen is a new group that includes the two non-debuting members who stood out to me the most … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 11, 2026)
KERENMI is one of my favorite producers/songwriters/musicians. His 2024 album, Interchange, was especially awesome, I highly recommend it! Just about every song is different, but they’re catchy and interesting in their own unique way. And he has a gift for … Continue reading The 3/5 Day Thread is 世界
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I just wanted to watch something cute today, so if you also want to watch something cute today, I recommend this video. And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 4, 2026)
Wrapping up their Story of Light series, SHINee released The Story of Light: Epilogue on September 10th 2018. If you missed it, you can read about (and listen to) EP 1 here and EP 2 here and EP 3 here. … Continue reading The 3/2 Day Thread is The Story of Light: Epilogue
Today I continue my relentless quest to get more people to listen to Toki Asako (土岐麻子) and appreciate how amazing she is. Have a nice day/night! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 3/1 Day Thread is 美しい
