Global J-Pop/K-Pop group based in Japan and Korea.
あけましておめでとう！Happy New Year! New Year’s is one of my favorite holidays. Really, at this point, I should probably just declare it to be my favorite (overtaking Halloween). I look forward to it so much every December. I love watching all … Continue reading The 1/1 Day Thread Loves the New Year!
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! By the time this is posted I’ll have watched &TEAM perform at this year’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦)!!! Earlier this week they posted a really cool video mix of a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 31, 2025)
For &TEAM’s anniversary last year they posted this special video for their fans (LUNÉ) filled with messages of gratitude. It was really sweet, and this song has a kind of winter holiday vibe, so it’s seasonally appropriate. Enjoy the cuteness! … Continue reading The 12/23 Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m surprised to see that I haven’t written about oyakodon (親子丼) here before, so let’s change that today. Oyakodon is a chicken and egg rice bowl, more or less. It … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 3, 2025)
It’s the Day Thread…watch &TEAM perform one of my favorite songs, “Mismatch” Have a nice day/night! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 11/29 Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m really excited to share this video today, and not just because it’s &TEAM. I mean, yes, that’s the reason, but this specific video is exciting to me because it … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 26, 2025)
It’s the Night Thread…watch an old video of &TEAM trying to (kind of) cook! Have a nice night/day! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 11/20 Night Thread
When I go to the gym I like to multitask with Japanese listening practice, and my favorite thing to watch is episodes of &TEAM’s YouTube series 「TOKYO023」which has them going around different areas of Tokyo to create little guidebooks for … Continue reading The ニャンニャンワン 11/12 Night Thread
When I saw no one had signed up for this Day Thread yet, I knew what I had to do –> share this amazing Fuma and Wonho content! I mean, it’s FUMA and WONHO together. I feel that this has … Continue reading The 11/7 Day Thread Collaborates
🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃 I hope you all had a wonderful day/night whether you celebrated or not. It was super fun to share some of my “Falloween” playlist songs in the headers this month, maybe you found something new … Continue reading The 10/31 Night Thread is Going in Blind
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you were around the Day Thread at all yesterday you probably saw me screaming about &TEAM’s wildly successful Korean debut, which I will of course continue to do in … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 29, 2025)
It’s finally here, &TEAM’s first Korean mini album! And it’s already reached “Double Million” status! I’m so happy for them!!! This is a big step for them, and the start of what I hope will one day be global recognition. … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread is Back to Life!
Happy K Day! October 21st is the birthday of K (古賀祐大), so I decided to dedicate today’s thread to him. K is &TEAM’s “center” and he really embodies that word in every way. The group was formed around him as … Continue reading The 10/21 Happy K Day Thread
The last time I did an emergency OT the second choice for the “choose your own adventure” was “Live”. So here’s the “Live” version! Please give it a watch if you’re interested! This medley is super fun and contains several … Continue reading The 10/8 Day Thread: Live
Depending on where you live, you might have a chance to see the Harvest (SUPER) Moon tonight! Or maybe you already saw it. If you missed it, that’s okay, the moon will still be plenty big and bright for another … Continue reading The 10/6 十五夜 Night Thread
Lindsay was the first to respond to the “choose your own adventure” and went with Cool. So here’s your cool Day Thread! In a recent live, &TEAM member Maki watched this video and was seriously mesmerized by two other members … Continue reading The 10/2 Day Thread: Cool
Last week &TEAM participated in this year’s Music Day (音楽の日) which is a televised concert, basically. In addition to performing several of their amazing songs, &TEAM also showed off one of their coolest dance routines from this year, a collaboration … Continue reading The 9/28 Night Thread is Mesmerized
This week &TEAM is celebrating the third anniversary of their formation as a group! Their exact anniversary (referred to as 縁DAY) is September 3rd, but the first night of their livestream concert was today, so there’s plenty to celebrate already. … Continue reading The 9/2 &TEAM 縁DAY Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Sorry I don’t have time for more than a quick post today. Here’s the newest &TEAM video, which I have watched several times this week. And, as always… What have … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 20, 2025)
Happy Fuma Day! What does that mean? It means that today is Fuma’s birthday! Who is Fuma? He’s the sub-leader of &TEAM! If you’ve seen me posting gifs for the past month, you might already know a little about &TEAM … Continue reading The 6/29 Happy Fuma Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I promise I held back for as long as possible…but today is the &TEAM header. If the last few weeks are any indication, I suspect it won’t be the last. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 14, 2025)
