Featured Idol Friday: DEEP GIRL

It’s Friday, Friday, Friday!! You know what that means? That’s right folks! It’s time for our Feature Idol Friday article! This time around we will be talking about a group that has come about a bit more recently. A newer idol rock group known as "DEEP GIRL" which formed during the summer of 2015. Originally there were eight members: Non (のん), Kanon (かのん), Rikopin (りこぴん), Mashiro (ましろ), Renren (れんれん), Yuuyu (ゆうゆ), Erina (えりな), and Hinapisu (ひなぴす). Unfortunately though, there are only four girls remaining in the group today; Non, Kanon, Rikopin and Mashiro.

For their first single, which was released on July 8th, 2015, they came with a simple yet fitting title: “Deep Girl” (ディープガール)

Of their two singles released thus far, DEEP GIRL is undoubtedly the happier, fun, genki song in which they are more or less introducing themselves and where they come from as a group. Although the “long version” of DEEP GIRL is only a mere one minute and forty-seven seconds long, it is still a very good listen and introduction to the group.

DEEP GIRL - Deep Girl MV

It was announced on September 30th that DEEP GIRL would release their second single titled "I Kill" (イキル). Now the title for this song is really interesting because of the way they have it pronounced as “ii ki ru” instead of “ai ki ru” and the reason being that イキル (生きる) in Japanese means ‘to live.’ This puts a pretty awesome twist on things since there is a huge meaningful message within the song and video. This is probably one of the harder hitting songs with the theme of bullying and depression that I have heard in recent years and it is definitely very high on my list of admired songs and it is even in the running for my song of the year.

DEEP GIRL - "I kill" MV

I truly hope to see this group be able to flourish and grow as much as possible and follow them every step of the way. If they could keep releasing great songs with powerful messages I believe that they will become extremely successful and have a very long and prosperous run as a rock idol group! I definitely urge everyone to check out DEEP GIRL and share how you feel about their second single as it is very powerful and hard hitting while still managing to be a great song!
 
-Eric

DEEP GIRL Is:
Non
Kanon
Rikopin
Mashiro

For More Information:
Official Website: http://www.deep-girl.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepgirlrock
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4ejOn0522FDg5ARz7Z1Jw/videos?nohtml5=False