BILLIE IDLE member starts new group

Pour Lui revealed she will be starting up a brand new idol group under the tentative name of Idol Laboratories. Lui has been in the idol industry now for ten years, getting her start in BiS and eventually working with Music Corner alumnus BILLIE IDLE who disbanded this past December. Auditions will start February 2 at the WACK office in Shibuya, Tokyo and they will be conducted in an interview style. Lui is looking for women from 18 to 29 years old and no experience is required. She is being backed by Junnosuke Watanabe, who handles BiS, BiSH, and several others under WACK. Lui stated in an interview, “I have been an idol for 10 years but it is my first time as a producer, so I hope to create a group with the members, the fans who support me, and the production team.” 

BILLIE IDLE disbands after nearly five years

Music corner alum BILLIE IDLE announced that after their upcoming tour they will be disbanding. The upcoming tour, titled BILLIE IDLE TOUR LAST ORGY, will be held in December. BILLIE IDLE got started in January of 2015 so the disbandment will come just before the group’s five-year anniversary. The group has released a statement apologizing for the suddenness of the news and there will be an interview with their producer, NICO, after the group’s disbandment in December. We here at Ongaku to You are shocked by this sudden announcement but wish every member of BILLIE IDLE the best in their future endeavors.

BILLIE IDLE shows they won't be the last to join with new single!

Music Corner alum BILLIE IDLE announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “LAST ORGY”, October 23. This will be the latest release by the group since their Oricon chart-topping hit “僕らまだちっぽけな頃の話” (“Bokura Mada Chippoke na Koro no Hanashi”) back in May. “LAST ORGY” will be a simple release as it will only drop with the track and its instrumental. It was also announced that the track will be a part of the fashion brand VERDY’s “Girls Don’t Cry” collaboration. The logo of the single is also designed to fit the collaboration.

BILLIE IDLE「LAST ORGY」Release Event

10/18/2019 Tokyo’s HMV&BOOKS SHIBUYA

［1st］START 18:00

［2nd］START 20:00

10/19/2019 Kanagawa’s Tower Records Yokohama 

［1st］START 14:00

［2nd］START 17:00

10/22/2019 Tokyo’s Shinjuku Maruin Main Stage

［1st］START 15:00

［2nd］START 18:00

10/23/2019 Tokyo’s Tower Records Shibuya

［1st］START 18:30

［2nd］START 20:30

10/25/2019 Tokyo’s Tower Records Kinshicho Parco

START 19:00

10/26/2019 Tokyo’s Tower Records Shinjuku 

START 18:00

10/27/2019 Tokyo’s LaLa Port Toyosu Seaside Main Stage

［1st］START 14:00

［2nd］START 16:30

BILLIE IDLE also announced that they will be holding several release events running throughout October (schedule at right).

Pre-order “LAST ORGY” in the link below!

Standard edition 

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Track listing:

BILLIE IDLE「LAST ORGY」

01. LAST ORGY
02. LAST ORGY（インストゥルメンタル）

Music Corner Week 15: Billie Idle

Billie Idle is a five-member female idol group whose music is not of a traditional pop genre but instead a punk rock style full of energy and fun. The group is a continuation of former idol group BiS, whose acronym stands for “Brand new idol Society”. Billie Idle’s founding members are First Summer Uika and Hirano Mozomi, both of whom began their careers in BiS. Auditions were held to fill out the rest of the group and Momose Momo and Yasui Yuuhi won their respective auditions. Billie Idle went on to make their full debut in March of 2015. In 2016 Yasui Yuuhi had to step down from the group due to health reasons but fortunately Momose Momo’s sister Akira stepped in to take Yasui’s place. Finally, on May 12 of 2018, Pour Lui, who founded and started BiS, made a surprise appearance with Billie Idle during their encore at a concert. It was later revealed that she would be joining the group full-time and on June 6 of 2018 she was officially made a full-time member of Billie Idle.

Being an offspring of BiS, Billie Idle keeps a lot of that same DNA, leaning more toward rock and avoiding pop music typically associated with idol groups. They have a really good punk sound that radiates energy and you can hear this on full display in “P.S.R.I.P” (posted below). Each of the girls has a great voice and really, their music is just plain fun to listen to. 

In the years since Billie Idle got started they have dropped six full albums and one mini-album. Their first album Idle Gossip was released in April of 2015 and their first single “Anarchy in the Music Scene” was dropped a month earlier. The group is still rocking out to this very day; in fact, they just released their amazing single “Bokura Mada Chippokenakorono Hanashi” and have also announced they will be releasing a brand new album in October. 

You can find out more about BIllie Idle on their official website and you can follow them here on Twitter. On YouTube they have a small selection of their music but if you want to listen to more of it you can check them out on Apple Music and Spotify where you can catch more of their discography.

Billie Idle has brand new tour

Five-member girl rock group Billie Idle revealed they will be releasing a brand new single October 23. The title for the song has yet to be officially revealed, but on top of this news the group announced that there will be a tour. The tour will last from the end of July to the end of September and will be titled after their latest single “Bokura Mada Chippokenakorono Hanashi”. Full tour schedule details are posted below.

“Bokura Mada Chippokenakorono Hanashi” hit all the way to number three the week of its release; unfortunately, though, it is not available on YouTube but most, if not all, of Billie Idle’s work can be found through Apple Music and Spotify.

At the time of this article, the aforementioned newest single is not yet available for pre-order but we will be sure to keep an eye open for links.

BILLIE IDLE Tour Bokura Mada Chippokenakorono Hanashi

July 28, 2019 (Sunday) Tokyo MAINBI BLITZ Akasaka

August 10, 2019 (Saturday) Gunma Prefecture Takasaki Club FLEEZ

August 12, 2019 (Monday) Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka UMBER

August 17, 2019 (Saturday) Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima Sekando Kuratchi

August 18, 2019 (Sunday) Okayama Prefecture IMAGE

August 25, 2019 (Sunday) Hokkaido COLONY

August 31, 2019 (Saturday) Ishikawa Prefecture vanvanV4

September 1, 2019 (Sunday) Nagano Prefecture LIVE HOUSE J

September 7, 2019 (Saturday) Kyoto Prefecture GROWLY

September 15, 2019 (Sunday) Akita Prefecture Club SWINDLE

September 16, 2019 (Monday) Miyagi Prefecture enn 2nd

September 21, 2019 (Saturday) Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto B.9 V2

September 22, 2019 (Sunday) Fukuoka Prefecture DRUM SON

September 28, 2019 (Saturday) Osaka Prefecture Shangri-La

September 29, 2019 (Sunday) Aichi Prefecture ell.FITS ALL (Sold Out)