Global J-Pop/K-Pop group based in Japan and Korea formed in 2022.
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Last year I shared some of this in OT on the day of the Harvest Moon, but this year I wanted to share it with you all BEFORE the Harvest … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 23, 2026)
September 7th is EJ’s birthday, so this Day Thread is for him! EJ (Euijoo) is an incredible singer, dancer, rapper, actor, and he’s &TEAM’s adorable, goofy, wonderful, beautiful, kind, sweet, thoughtful leader! With EJ leading &TEAM I never have to … Continue reading The 9/7 Happy Euijoo Day Thread
Today is &TEAM’s fourth anniversary! This is my second time celebrating their anniversary in a Day Thread, which is wild to think about. It definitely doesn’t feel like a whole year has passed. But when I look at all of … Continue reading The 9/3 &TEAM 縁DAY Thread
Today is a little difficult! But it’s okay. Because I have the Day Thread! And &TEAM! And SHINee! And, most recently, TOMORROW X TOGETHER! So, that gives me a lot of joy and love, making even difficult days better. It … Continue reading The 8/11 Day Thread is Okay
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! The “Prologue” video for &TEAM’s new EP was Little Red Riding Hood-themed and I am NOT normal about it. Not even a little bit. And this morning they released this … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 5, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s my last week in Japan so I’m going to be incredibly lazy and use the same header image I created for the Day Thread to celebrate Fuma’s birthday and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 1, 2026)
Happy Fuma Day! On Sunday I sang happy birthday to Fuma along with the other members of &TEAM, an arena of fans who love him, and my two friends who came from different countries so we could all be together … Continue reading The 6/29 Happy Fuma Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m flying to Japan tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I have a million things to do and can’t focus on anything. Except I did manage to spend a silly amount of time making … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 20, 2026)
May 4th is Taki’s birthday, hooray![footnote]I know, we just had an &TEAM birthday thread a few days ago, but it’s not my fault that two members were born so close to one another. Not that I’m complaining, it just means … Continue reading The 5/4 Happy Taki Day Thread
May 1st is Harua’s birthday, so I’ve dedicated this thread to him! In addition to being a great singer and dancer, Harua is hilarious and always entertaining. He may be small, and cute, but don’t let that fool you, he … Continue reading The 5/1 Happy Harua Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM was on Sound Bomb 360 again, which is one of my favorite things ever because you get to really hear their voices. They even have focused videos where you … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 29, 2026)
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)
&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
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! 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)
February 17th is Maki’s birthday, so this thread is all about him!!! Maki is the youngest member of &TEAM, he has an amazing voice, and he’s basically a very energetic puppy. But the most impressive thing about Maki is the … Continue reading The 2/17 MAKI Day Thread
I will fully to admit to not really listening to this song by Kazuki Hayashi (林和希) the first time I heard it. Because I was distracted by Fuma, K, and Yuma’s dancing. But once I did actually listen to it, … Continue reading The 2/12 Night Thread Says Wow, Wow, Wow
Hello, friends! I think today everyone should listen to &TEAM’s debut song, “Under the Skin” because it’s really good. I like it a lot! Also, the video is cool and does a great job telling the story of the lyrics, … Continue reading The 2/8 Day Thread Is Right Here
