[KarenPang]

^ frankly I feel the Japanese media has a part in over covering the idol girl groups extremely extensively over the years , whether you're a fan of them or not

It got into a point where I feel suffocated until it felt like brainwashing

As for the EXILE associated led male groups , I feel that their peak was in 2008 where it was literally a perfect year for them . Until they started adding in new members into the already big group & then EXILE became so large size wise until my sister began to feel really disconnected from them

The very 1st concert my sister went to see in Japan was EXILE at Kyocera Dome Osaka , the same year when their group leader HIRO was leaving from the group but he's still CEO of LDH . Now my sister doesn't care what EXILE does anymore which's a really sad thing as she was a really big fan of theirs

End of the day Japanese music doesn't = idol groups only . There're frankly still tons of talented acts out there , you just have to be more open minded & widened your search to try to listen to other different types of music genres

Also while it's true in recent times solo artistes' focus have been shifted , some are still doing well even though they don't appear / get invited to perform on TV but yet they still can sell out hall & arena tours each time they embark on 1