The beginning of a new era in idol music – An in-depth look into Kosame’s first single, “Cord”

What happens when you take all the classic death metal, metalcore, tech metal, and other genres from the early 2000s and cram them into a 2021 idol song? You get Kosame and her first single, Cord.

Much like Miho in the last post, Kosame is produced and manged by former From A Second Story Window guitarist, Derek Vasconi. But unlike, Miho’s song, Doubt, Cord has a ton of influence from Vasconi’s previous work.

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The reboot we never thought we needed – Miho’s latest single, “Doubt”

The purpose of this website site, even though it hasn’t been updated in a while, is about writing whatever the author wants. It could be about books, movies, video games, music, etc. The focus is not always the same subject, however the past few posts have been about a specific sub-genre of music. A hyper-focused genre that you either love or hate.

That being said, it has been difficult to figure out what to write next. Continuing down the same trend of idol music might paint the website in the light of an idol focused website, but it is not. It was never the intention to do that. However, sometimes you just want to write. And maybe that means writing about whatever you want.

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Idol Underworld: Your one stop shop for everything Alternative Idol

When it comes to alternative Japanese Idol music, getting the associated merchandise for foreigners is quite difficult. And even if you can acquire some it’s usually a CD of a popular group who sold it through Amazon Japan. Or you spent a ton of money getting it through a proxy service. So your originally $10 CD now costs upwards of $40.

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