Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I am so, so happy to share that Lilas (幾田りら) released her new solo album today! I’ve been hoping for a new album for a while now but didn’t really … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 10, 2025)
Want to share how old Spotify thinks you are or how many minutes of podcasts you listen to? Or just talk about how fuggin’ ugly the design of it is this year? Come in, come in! Continue reading Spotify Wrapped 2025 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)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! There’s a new Gen Hoshino (星野源) song. It’s great, of course. And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🍙 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 19, 2025)
November 11th is Momo’s birthday, hooray! For some reason I signed up for the Night Thread instead of the Day Thread like I usually do for birthdays. But what you’re probably actually wondering is “who is Momo?” which is fair! … Continue reading The 11/11 Momo Night Thread
🎃 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
Kino was (and is) a Soviet post-punk band that started in 1981. The band was hugely popular even though most of their music was only distributed through bootlegs. In 1986, Student filmmaker Sergei Lysenko approached the band about filming 4 … Continue reading The Night Thread of Konets Kanikul by KINO
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)
Truthfully, Taco’s album After Eight is mostly really good. I think this video takes place in the Blade Runner universe. Continue reading The Day Thread of TACO
It’s finally here, &TEAM’s first Korean mini album! And it’s already reached “Double Million” status![footnote]This means over 1 million copies sold in both Korean AND Japan! Also, they are officially the first Foreign/Global group to debut with over 1 million … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread is Back to Life!
Today’s “Falloween” song is one of my favorite Gen Hoshino (星野源) songs, from one of my favorite albums ever, Pop Virus. The first time I heard his music, I was immediately hooked, and I couldn’t stop listening. I guess you … Continue reading The 10/24 Day Thread Has a Pop Virus
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Check out this awesome King Gnu live performance of their Halloween Universal Studios collab song. Love the commitment to all things spooky on display here. And, as always… What have … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 22, 2025)
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
Today’s “Falloween” song comes from Sakura Fujiwara (藤原さくら). The video is also great and has really nice spooky vibes (but note that it does have some flashing lights). Enjoy! Have a nice day/night! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 10/19 Day Thread is a Monster
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’ve been waiting to feature Chevon for October because they are a perfect spooky season band, but I’ve been listening to them A LOT since I first heard their collaboration … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 15, 2025)
Tonight’s “Falloween” playlist selection is Lilas Ikuta (幾田りら). You may (or may not) know her as the vocals from the popular duo YOASOBI. But her solo work is very much its own thing and should get way more love, in … Continue reading The 10/14 幾田りら Night Thread
I currently have 526 songs on my “Falloween” playlist, which is honestly too many. I need to do some editing. But it’s a great seasonal playlist that I listen to every year from the end of September to maybe mid-November. … Continue reading The 10/11 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,[footnote]This is a livestream where 1 (or several) members chat about various things, play music, … 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
