Recorded February 10, 2019
Running Time: 01:47:00 (192k MP3, 176 MB)
Episode Breakdown
00:00 – Opening
00:20 – Introductions
03:30 – Japan Debut
10:06 – Japan Showcase Crowd demographic observations
15:27 – IZ*ONE breaks first day sales
16:22 – 48 Sister Group Latest Singles
18:25 – Our thoughts on Japanese Fans
27:42 – Suki to Iwasetai Single Impressions
31:23 – Suki to Iwasetai PV Impressions
35:41 – Suki to Iwasetai b-side impressions
44:16 – Japan Showcase impressions
59:11 – Random weird IZ*ONE related news
01:18 – Allen’s IZ*ONE Rankings
01:36 – Closing Thoughts
Panel
- Allen
- Greg
- Hannah
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Full Show Notes
Japan Debut
- Suki to Iwasetai released on Feb 6th
- CD breakdowns
- Content: 3 MVs, high touch
- If you reserved regular CD, lottery held for 4000 lucky fans to attend Japan debut SHOWCASE
- Launching with Kiss My Ft and Love Live singles
Japan debut sales 190k – https://www.soompi.com/article/1301881wpp/izone-breaks-1st-day-sales-record-for-k-pop-girl-groups-in-japan-as-they-top-oricon-daily-single-chart-with-debut-single
Beating 48G sister groups latest singles first day – https://jshowbiz.com/english/news/akb48/item/4797-iz-one-japanese-debut-single-oricon.html
Suki to Iwasetai Impressions
- Initial thoughts
- Are we the “trash?” 😂
Breakdown B-sides
rank them 4 to 1 based on song and PV
Japan Showcase
- Did you watch?
- Compare to Korean Showcon debut
- Japanese camera shots vs Korean camera shots
Random Weird News
International fans have adopted animals in Minjoo’s name:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Produce48/comments/al62e9/minjoos_international_fans_have_adopted_a/
Creator of kkt emoticon oktoon tries to give Wonyoung an iPhone:
Sakura met Irene from Red Velvet at ISAC and had #Sakuras1stWin trending for a day:
https://twitter.com/IZONE_DAILY/status/1082226324624699393
Allen’s IZ*ONE rankings as of Feb 7th (15 – 30 min of hot takes) 😁
