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>>13695342
Well they're not idols anymore, so it's a redundant argument.

>>13695327
You're half right, being an idol ISN'T about the music. The majority of them can't even sing live. It's about tarento, appealing to the consumers is almost any way possible, usually the lowest form. Handshake events, dressing up like sluts while paradoxicallly acting "pure" to lure in virgin NEET money, that sort of thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6FJHaaIAdM

That's why Sakura Gakuin were on that balloon-popping & green powder-choking game show with another Idol group and Babymetal isn't, that's why Sakura Gakuin is on LoGirl and Babymetal isn't.

Being an idol is all about expanding your media presence everywhere and anywhere you can for the sake of your company.

Babymetal currently more or less has the media presence of 1999-era Slipknot.