A Japanese dance-pop unit that weathered lineup changes and label disputes to keep making music.
For a sense of their sound, try "Love Song" or "Dynamite." They're not flashy innovators, but there's something steady about how they've held on.
Their 2009 single "Fly Away" broke them into the mainstream after early releases didn't connect. Songs like "Love Song" and "Dynamite" show their knack for polished dance-pop that's anchored in their agency's performance style. They're one of those groups where the story isn't just about hits, it's about sticking together through contract fights and member departures.
They formed in 2007 as a seven-member LDH sub-group. After "Fly Away" took off in 2009, they lost Ryuji to health issues in 2010 and later hit a label dispute that paused things around 2014. They worked through it, kept going with a six-person lineup, and put out albums like "R.Y.U.S.E.I." in 2014 and "Unfair World" in 2019.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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