u/dalarki

▲ 24 r/ADO

Music Awards Japan Nominees

Man Kenshi Yonezu and HANA freaking killing it with their nominations. Congratulations to those folks!

What I came to post about was the fact that Usseewa is Ado's only nomination. It was for something like, Best Global Hit From Japan. The category has no restrictions on release date. It's strictly based on popularity.

I get that Ado wasn't too active this year. No album, no big tour, no soundtrack etc. Nothing that would have a big awards season push. What I don't get is Usseewa... What are we doing guys? Is Usseewa peak? Yes, yes it is. But is that really the song we're all listening to most? Or is it that her First Take performance really did introduce her to a whole new group of people so they're starting there and branching out to her other stuff from there?

Why is that song, almost SIX YEARS LATER, still her most popular track? And so popular that it's in the top 6 most popular Japanese songs in the world! Absolutely wild stuff. I doubt she'll take it over Iris Out or Jane Doe. Kenshi Yonezu is having a wild year. Even ReawakeR has a good shot at winning. But I'll still be rooting for our girl.

I find this kind of stuff fascinating. So please don't take this as any shade being thrown in any direction at anyone. It's not like that at all.

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u/dalarki — 1 day ago
▲ 101 r/ADO

Finally back home...

She, and I, are ABO-solutely tired 😩

u/dalarki — 2 days ago
▲ 137 r/ADO

Wild Abo spotted!

Never approach an Abo in the wild. If you do, you may fall victim to the infamous GYARU ATTACK!

u/dalarki — 3 days ago
▲ 45 r/ADO

I saw Phantom Siita up on a balcony at the Rose Bowl with a 5th person...

Needless to say I didn't snap a picture. Later on you might have seen them flash on the screen for a second during crowd shots of Ado's set. But yeah they were there. They're so beautiful in person, no wonder they're idols. It was actually kinda shocking. Anyway, did anyone else see them?

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u/dalarki — 4 days ago
▲ 32 r/ADO

Zipangu attendees...

My buddy and I will have Polaroids and we will take your pic and let you keep the pic if you ask us. I also have extra Liquid IV and Gamersupps (caffeine) packets that I will share. I will have a Yodaka jacket on. He has a Blue Ado Hat on and is heavyset.

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u/dalarki — 5 days ago
▲ 30 r/ADO

Zipangu attendees... What's your opinion on the "No Stuffed Animals" Rule

Are you bringing your plush? I was gonna try. My logic being that a "stuffed animal" implies something larger than a small Ado plush. Like something you could stash drugs or a weapon inside. Is anyone else gonna try and have one just chilling in their clear bag? Or am I insane and there's no way I'm getting Abo into the festival?

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u/dalarki — 6 days ago
▲ 87 r/ADO

She's so glad the driving is over... for a couple days at least.

u/dalarki — 6 days ago
▲ 57 r/ADO

Woke up in the hotel room and found Abo in a predicament 😅

Snakko thief! Lil gremlin ate all my Hi-Chew 😭

u/dalarki — 6 days ago
▲ 83 r/ADO

Couple random pics

Abo read some manga, then got caffeinated before stopping in Weed, just for fun.

u/dalarki — 7 days ago
▲ 16 r/ADO

She hasn't figured out where we're going yet :)

u/dalarki — 8 days ago
▲ 85 r/ADO

On the road to Zipangu!

Driving from Portland to Pasadena for Zipangu. Rented this Tesla to save on gas. Super fun to drive and amazing stereo. We're freaking set! If y'all gonna be in the Super VIP we'll see you there!

u/dalarki — 8 days ago
▲ 88 r/ADO

I implore folks to switch to Tidal

I have brought this up in many places. I really want to urge folks to abandon Spotify. If you want your listening habits to benefit the artists you listen to, Tidal is the answer. Think about how many Ado streams you have per month. She, and the amazing writers she collaborates with, are having to divide fractions of fractions of cents up per play. Tidal's payouts, while still lower than what I wish artists made, are MASSIVELY higher than any other services. This isn't to say "think of the starving Ado, she needs more money". It is more about how the money you give these platforms is being used, and how that money trickles down to the artists you love. We all post out number of plays, how high into the "leaderboards" we get percentage wise. We are proud of the support we show Ado, it would be nice if she actually made better money from it.

That is not to mention the audio quality on Tidal is orders of magnitude better than everything except maybe deezer and some apple music formats. Tidal has CD quality audio for most tracks, studio master quality for many tracks, and even Dolby Atmos for a lot of tracks, including almost every original Ado track. (the only one I haven't seen offered in Dolby is AiAiA)

Spotify also is rampant with scams against both artists and customers. People manage to latch themselves onto artists profiles to leech views and sometimes even payouts. Post scam links to discord servers etc. And Spotify does nothing to fix this issue. Japanese artists and especially vocaloid producers are extremely poorly served by Spotify. I'm sure you've seen at least one of these issues in your time on the platform.

You can import your playlists, followed artists etc during the account creation process. There is no reason to not switch, aside from it not being offered in your country. So I ask you, please consider it. Check out a free trial, maybe go in on a family plan with some friends from discord or something. It's worth it.

MODs, of y'all see this as not relevant enough to Ado to stay up. I get it.

u/dalarki — 12 days ago
▲ 106 r/ADO

Does this look like Hisui to you? 💚

I found this cheap online and got it cuz it kinda looked like Hisui to me. Just wondering if I'm the only one. The name is "Horror Girl Aesthetic"... so basically Sui in a nutshell. 😅

u/dalarki — 13 days ago
▲ 156 r/ADO

I just realized I will be able to date Ado...

So anyone who has played RGG games knows about the club management stuff. Well in Stranger Than Heaven you run a music club and Ado is one of the singers you recruit. That means going on dates to build affinity. Gonna be awesome to see what kind of cute lines she does. Also failing dates intentionally to piss her off. This is gonna be so epic. I'm a Yakuza junkie, so this game is going to be so amazing for me.

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u/dalarki — 13 days ago
▲ 5 r/dhl

This is the first package where they haven't made me pay extra duties and I've been really worried because of that. I know that your package can be returned if you don't pay your duties. I was supposed to arrive day before yesterday. Now it just says "on hold" and absolutely no automated system of any kind is of any help. And of course there's no one available Saturday or Sunday to speak with. I'm hoping these 2 things are related and the "on hold" is just because there's no DHL Express delivery in the USA on weekends. Is that what's going on here? If so, why not simply provide an updated delivery estimate instead of a bright CAUTION sign and ON HOLD status? Why is everything so obtuse and uninformative? 😭

Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

u/dalarki — 19 days ago
▲ 4 r/ADO

I got an email for a 2nd chance to the lottery. So if you're trying to go to the Nissan Stadium in June, check your email.

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u/dalarki — 21 days ago
▲ 333 r/araragi

I was just watching at YT video about Onimusha and the guy mentioned this sword that kills demons. They keep it at the Tokyo Museum apparently. I guess they call it Dojigiri tho...

u/dalarki — 25 days ago