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➖ ITS OFFICIAL! ALL TIME JPOP GROUP EGO!! HAS TOPPED THE CHARTS ONCE AGAIN WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE LUCK!! TAKING AWAY THE NO.1 RUNNER OF 32 WEEKS STEAL THE SHOW OFF OF THE TOP SPOT!!
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SongAnalytic01 @SongAnalytic01
Okay, let’s all be real. ‘Luck’ By Ego !! was definitely something I was not expecting. It’s a total genre shift from their usual vibe. But don’t get me wrong. Bachira and Hiori’s joint rap was something else. Their voices blend together so nicely and perfectly. I’m so glad they gave Hiori more line distribution in the song, he’s such an amazing rapper and along side Bachira I think they’re even better! Kurona's bridge was so good I need more!!! T0T Chigiri and Isagi's high note at the end was so good!! This is deffo hiori's era, but i loved isagi's verse and the way he executes the choreo is absolutely amazing. i'm happy that he's finally dancing with that same energy he had when they first debuted. :D
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JHIE !! | EGO !! NO.1 FAN🥹 @saccharinrin
OMGMGMG?? WHAT THE FUCKKK THE NEW SINGLE HAS ME IN A CHOKEHOLD I ALREADY???? OGMFJEGNRKGHERGNMEKGJ BRAU i think i like isagi yoichi idk guys i want to eat his verses his outfits this era....i am eating tf up.
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↪️—- Bachirawr!! :3 ✔️ @bachificial
YES!! UGH OUR SONG IS SO PEAK ^^ go stream guys listen to iy!!! ^^
TS PROBABLY THE BEST SONG WEVE EVER MAED ???
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PXG OFCL ✔️ @pxgentofficial
Unfortunately, It is our business to inform the fans of the official leave of our top solo Idol, ITOSHI RIN, from PXG. It truly breaks our hearts to let Rin go, due to his high performance and popularity. He has informed us in a recent email that he shall be taking his leave but not to fret. ITOSHI RIN has stated he will be joining a new agency —-
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Isagi just placed his phone down on the coffee table, stretching his arms and turning his head to look over his shoulder behind him. Why would Rin Itoshi leave his current, well now, former agency?
He shrugged it off, deciding to think about that later.
Bachira, Chigiri and Hiori were all huddled around Hiori's laptop. He could hear the faint sounds of Gordon Ramsey’s voice coming from the laptop speakers. Bachira squinted his eyes at the screen confusedly as chigiri slapped the back of his head.
It was distinguishable enough that he was able to make out the brief steps on how to cook a steak properly.
He just shook his head and ran his calloused hands through his hair, letting out a short amused laugh.
“You guys do know Ranze is bringing back food on his way back from tennis with Miss Anri..." The dark blue haired boy sighed and stared at his friends and groupmates with furrowed brows.
He manucoured himself so he was sat on his knees, arms resting on the backboard of the sofa, his gaze meeting Bachira’s.
“Oh!” Bachira just gave him a puzzled look before he shut the laptop. “Coulda said sooner Yocchan!” He said whilst walking over to Isagi’s sat form, ruffling his hair earning a yelp from Isagi.
“Meg, you know I said to stop doing that..” He stopped his soft laughing when the door to the penthouse clicked open, Revealing Kurona with a take away bag of some form of food.
”I brought food, food!” He held the bag up and cheers erupted from the others in the middle of the room.
Kurona slipped off his outdoor shoes, changing into house slippers as he walked further into the open floor plan. He gave Isagi a thumbs up, who simply smiled back. He placed the bag softly on the glass table as Hiori eyed the food.
”Did Miss Anri say anything about Luck?” Chigiri asked, appearing from behind Bachira to sit down on the sofa next to Isagi with a soft expression, twirling a strand of hair through this fingers.
Hiori joined them not even a second later, sitting on the other side of Isagi and grabbing the bag, and tearing it open without even removing the seal first.
“Big back.” Chigiri murmured, giving Hiori a non threatening look of something along the lines of repulsion, earning him a middle finger from the cyan haired boy basically taking everything out with one hand.
“Yeah! She said she was proud and liked the way you were dancing, dancing.” Kurona sat down on the arm chair opposite the couch, sitting cross legged and nodding his head at Hiori who passes him a plastic container.
"That's good to know..." Isagi blinked twice and grabbed a hair tie, tying back the top section of his hair, it was getting quite long, but he knew he had to keep it like this for a little longer until the Luck promotions ended.
”Yeah but there’s always going to be people you can’t please no matter how much you try to appease them” Bachira said through a mouth full of rice earning him a soft head slap from chigiri.
“Yeah, I guess.” Hiori looks down at his own container, pushing the rice from side to side. “Fans are always going to find something to pick apart and belittle us for” A heavy sigh followed from them all, silence filling the room for a moment.
“Well look on the bright side guys…” Kurona started, drifting off when he realised he didn’t actually have anything to say.
But without warning, the penthouse door opened with a soft click, and their manager, Anri, walked in.
”How are my favourite idols?” She smiled softly, also slipping off her shoes and walking to where the 5 males resided.
“Ah i’m so proud of you all!” Her eyes shone with some form of pride and admiration. “I’m sure Ranze told you all, but there’s never enough praise to throw around.”
Isagi just looked at her with a calculating gaze, bringing a piece of pork cutlet to his mouth, taking a small bite, and swallowing before he spoke.
“Thank you Miss Anri really…” He cheeks dusted a peachy colour as he placed his chopsticks down. “Is that all you’re here for?” The other for hummed in agreement, wondering why she was here. She would usually praise them over the phone especially if it was right after a chart domination.
“Well, I’m glad you asked Isagi.” She smiled widely, bringing her laptop out of her bag and setting it on the glass table, folding her knees under her as she sat down. Kurona stood up to be able to see the laptop screen as she booted it up.
”I’m here because the label were wondering if you guys wanted to release the rest of the ep?” She typed in her password, waiting for it to register before she opened up a document.
”About that Miss Anri..-“ Chigiri started before Bachira cut him off, Chigiri elbowed the other boy in annoyance.
“I’m pretttyyyyy sure we don’t have the rest of the songs written.” He scratched the back of his neck and flashed her an awkward grin while looking at anything else but the woman in front of them.
“Hm?” Her eyebrow quirked up, a look of confusion on her face. “Really..!” The look on her face contorted to one of shock instead.
“I would have never expected that, especially not from you Isagi..!” She just looked at him and blinked her eyes. Isagi just bowed his head apologetically.
“Yeah..!! S-Sorry Miss Anri…I..well we weren’t expecting the EP's release to be pushed sooner..so i haven’t had time to write and finalize the songs...” He sighed to himself disappointedly.
“No it’s alright..but i’m sure the label, especially Ego wont want to push the ep release date back instead of forwards. Especially due to the success ‘Luck’ had on its own.” Anri looked at each of the boys individually for a brief moment before standing up again.
”He would probably prefer the songs to be sent in by friday, Yoichi” She looked at the lyricist with an almost tender look in her eyes before her expression became one of joy again.
”You guys go get some sleep and don’t burn yourself out! And once again congratulations!” She flashed a pearly smile at them, which they all reciprocated.
“Thank you, you Miss Anri!” Kurona chirped, bowing his head, in which the others copy quickly, causing the lady to become flustered and wave her hands around.
“I’ll be off!” She said, scrambling to grab the bag she dropped on the floor, slipping on her shoes and walking out the door.
“Well that was…nice” Chigiri piped up, finishing his meal and placing the rubbish into the bag which was now ripped from Hiori’s careless opening, they had just gotten back from 5 hours of practice so he understood why the cyan eyed boy was so feral with the food and let out a snort at the thought.
“I’m stuffed, tired, and still need to do my before bed skin and hair care, so goodnight!” Chigiri stood up, running a hand through his hair again and he walked off, Bachira shouting behind him “WAIT HYOCHANNN I NEED TO GIVE YOU GOODNIGHT HUGSS~!” The two toned hair boy scrambled after him, making the red haired boy yelp run away. To no avail, bachira pounced onto him. Chigiri elbowed the boy, but eventually gave in and hugged him back with a sigh of content.
“Megu…Stop- haha-” Isagi said through choked laughs, clutching his stomach, Hiori horribly tried to hold back laughter, letting out a snort as Kurona clapped at the scene Infront of him. Bachira really was the sunshine of the group.
A few minutes later, Bachira emerged from behind the kitchen counter where he had tackled chigiri and walked over to the others with a cheeky, plotting grin.
“Who wants to be nextttt~?” He says in his singing voice as he crept behind Isagi, hugging the other boy very tightly with a smug grin plastered on his face.
“Meguru!!” Isagi drawled out trying to push the other off of him earning him a whine.
“You guys don’t appreciate my goodnight hugs enough!” He pouted, which made Isagi choke out a laugh.
“We do meg...” Isagi muttered with a soft laugh as Kurona chirped up and spread his arms out cheerfully.
“Me next next!” He smiled as Bachira committed the same action on Kurona as he had with Chigiri and Isagi.
In that moment, Hiori had silently lifted himself off of the sofa and tried to tip toe away from the situation quietly.
“Oh Yo!!…I haven’t forgotten about you!~” Bachira turns around and lunges at Hiori, the cyan haired boy whining and making sarcastic choking sounds.
“You all should just volunteer for my goodnight tackles like sweet Ranze, then i wouldn’t have to attack you!” He piped up, standing up walking towards his room, but not before helping Hiori stand up.
“Well i’m off to bed, nighty nightttt,” Bachira laughed and with a wave, disappeared into his room, leaving the three other boys alone.
“Yeah actually me too, i’m fucking knackered.” Hiori mumbled before yawning, Kurona nodding in agreement.
“Me too too,” He stood up and walked along side Hiori, waving back at Isagi.
“Night Yoichi make sure to sleep.” Hiori said, Kurona smiling along with him before they both disappear into their respective rooms.
The blue haired boy silently watched them walk into their rooms before he let out a breath he didn’t even know he was holding. He turned himself back to face the floor top window that framed the entire city, watching the stars twinkle in the beautiful night sky and the moon shine as bright as ever, he loved watching the stars.
He knew ‘Luck’ was guaranteed to be a big success. They had been teasing the song for ages, from random words from lyrics here and there to doing a little step of the dance. And fans were all eager for it to release already. He should have expected Ego to want to milk the fame as much as he could. Pushing the release of ‘Egoism’ to be earlier so the hype they built would last.
He just ran a hand through his slightly wet hair as he stood up, wandering over to the window slowly, shaking his head and placing a hand on the glass.
”He would probably prefer the songs to be sent in by friday, Yoichi.”
Anri’s words repeated in his head over and over again.
“Friday huh..yeah i can do that,” He muttered to himself. “Right..?” He just rested his forehead against the cold glass, closing his eyes and letting out a sigh.
Friday was manageable, with a few all nighters…but it was manageable. For sure, i mean he was the Isagi Yoichi, probably one of the best song writers in the scene right now. So yeah he could probably do it.
He just wished he had more time. Songs take time to pour in all your emotions, to make them feel alive. But he'll try his best. This was his dream, his life, everything to him. And he felt that burning passion in his heart once again, the urge to keep going and see where he'd end up.
Yoichi couldn't help but appreciate where he was standing today and smiled.
A few moments later he went off to bed, fixing the carpet outside of Bachira's door first. That idiot definitely needed to be a little less messy. He's glad he found group mates, no, friends like this, and he wouldn't change anything for the world.
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Isagi’s alarm blared throughout the room, echoing off of the walls and creating a pocket of sound. The sound was irritating to him, but it really was the only thing getting him up. A groan formed in his throat as he wafted around his hand in an attempt to shut off his alarm, successfully doing it on the 5th try.
He slowly opened his eyes, but immediately shut them due to the bright morning light filtering into his room through his curtains. He swung his legs over the edge of the bed and sat there for a moment. Complentating whether or not if the best idea was to leave his bed.
Isagi eventually got out of bed after conjuring up some motivation and stood up from his bed, immediately missing the comfort of the soft mattress. He stretched his arms above his head, letting out a satisfied moan and tidied up his bedroom. After the tidy, he slipped his slippers on and wiped his eyes.
He walked over to his door to slide it open before stepping out and choosing to use the straightest and most efficient pathway to the bathroom door, saying hi to Chigiri on his way there with a slight smile on his face.
Chigiri always woke up near the same time as him, claiming it was for his skin and haircare routine, which he was very adamant on upholding every day.
“Morning Yoichi,” Chigiri mumbled, sipping on his early morning matcha, which he would never understand. But it was efficiently better then Bachira’s wake up helper.
“Mornin’” He grumbled, padding over to the bathroom and clicking open the door, slipping inside.
He switched on the lights with a flick of his wrist and winced at the fluorescent light filling the room. His eyes took a moment to adjust befote he walked over to the mirror, taking in his appearance.
His hair was messy. Strands sticking out in all directions, forming something similar to a birds nest. His little sprout ahodge thing had remained, like always. It had an annoying habit of being the only thing that never got messy.
He just sighed and ran his hand through the blue locks, wincing at the slight tug of his hair when his fingers interacted with a knot.
He needed a spa day, desperately. unfortunately, the schedule of a globally idol was jam packed and there was no open slots for such luxuries so he just grabbed a brush from the compartments on the shelf labeled YOICHI!!✧.
Slowly but surely, he worked the brush through his tangled strands, slighlty tugging at his scalp as he worked the prongs through the knots, easing them to untangle slowly. After a few minutes, his hair was all fluffy and free. He placed the brush back, ruffling his hair with his hands and styling it to suit his taste.
Reaching for his toothbrush he squirted a generous amount of toothpaste onto the brush, spending time slowly brushing his teeth and humming to himself in the mirror, his voice muffled by the toothbrush. He somehow still sounded good.
Spitting out the toothpaste, he turned the cold water tap on as he washed his toothbrush and used his hands to cup some of the water and splashed it onto his face, making him wake up properly.
“Oh fuck, that's cold..” he shivered, turning off the tap as he grabbed a towel to go have a nice cold shower.
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About 10 minutes later he was out the door on his way to a coffee shop near the Blue Lock building, bag slung lazily over his shoulder as he walked into the small cafe.
He pushed the door open, the bell above chiming, announcing his arrival to the staff member working behind the till.
“Ah hello Isagi-kun!” She smiled, putting down the rag she was using to clean the counter as she walked to the touch screen.
"A-ah, no need for the honorifics Riki-san.." Isagi raised his hands and smiled awkwardly.
“Then don't call me 'Riki-san'!! just Riki or Ryo is fine. Oh, and just the usual?” She turned to face him, cheerful as always.
”Yeah, okay! I'll keep that in mind.“ Isagi waved at her with a smile and stuffed his hands into his pockets while going to his favorite seating area, underneath the stairs next to the window.
It was quiet since the window looked out to the fountain at a park nearby, where friends were gossiping with eachother and couples walking around. It gave him some peace, though he felt kind of envious.
He had friends outside of coworkers of course, but he didn't really get to see them a lot because of his packed schedule.
He took off his bag, admiring the view once again before sighing contently. Isagi took out his pen and notebook and drifted aimlessly into his thoughts. Humming little tunes to find what he liked.
It was hard to write songs, to find a subject, to find...a meaning behind each sentence. But he chose this, he enjoys it. He couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
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Isagi walked back to the counter, finding five separate drinks in a bag ready for him. Bachira's diabetes concoction...Hiori's very strong coffee.. more matcha for Chigiri..Kurona's sweetened iced coffee..and his own drink. He paid and said goodbye to Riki before going off to dance practice. As he walked to the building he took out his phone and opened the group chat.
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[3:25 pm] Egotesticals‼️ 🌟
yocchan 😋 : i got ur drinks, be there in like 5 mins lol yk how long rhat elevator takes 😭😭
giri 💗 : okayyy we're already warming up, cyu soonnnnn
isagi reacted with 👍
Hioree 💫 : DON'T TRIP AND FALL AND RUIN OUR DRINKS YOICHI DO U HEAR ME???
Isagi reacted with 😭
giri 💗 : fatass srsly. i’m telling u ur acc a fatass yo.
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Isagi walked into the Blue Lock building, scanning his ID on the door scanner to get into the main lobby. He sighed while closing his eyes, walking forward only to bump into a hard chest.
"Oh shit- sorry-" Isagi opened his eyes and looked up, freezing in place, fumbling with the cafe bag, placing it on the receptionists counter next to him due to him almost dropping the bag due to the human wall.
Huh? who- Oh My God. Yoichi looked up to see a handsome young man with seemingly glowing, pretty teal eyes and a piercing expression that was hard for him to decipher. It took him a moment to process who was infront of him, the gears in his head turning until it clicked.
Itoshi Rin. The fucking Itoshi Rin.It wasn't that hard to recognise him because he had seen him countless times online, whether on his timeline; basically any social or some random fashion magazine. He had that face burned into his memory. His heart stopped for a moment. Itoshi Rin was beautiful.
Isagi's face flushed a deep red as he was snapped back to reality by a simple flick to the forehead. He did a perfect 90° bow, his hair falling forward, He looked up as he heard a snort. He tilted his head upwards, catching the taller man in the middle of regaining his composure. "I-I'm sorry are you oka-"
"It's fine. Get going already." Isagi felt his heart leap at hearing that gorgeous, deep voice in person for the first time.
"U-uh..okay- sorry again I-" Isagi bowed again before standing up and bolting to the elevator, forgetting the bag and running back, flashing Rin another smile, before going back to the elevator.
But of course he had to say what he was thinking, even if it was fucking embarrassing. His finger hovered on the elevator call button, not quite pressing it. He turned back for a moment, finding Rin still staring at him. "Oh wait- can I get your number?" Shit. he wasn't supposed to ask that!! but in his defense, it just came out!! Stupid Yoichi!
"Huh? That's really the first thing you're asking me?" Rin crossed his arms something like a little smirk on his face, it was very subtle though. Rin’s eyes narrowed slightly, his head tilting with the motion, eyebrow quirking up.
"It looks like I have to go, haha..." Isagi desperately pressed on the elevator call button, staring at it like it had just murdered his entire bloodline. When the doors opened, he bolted inside while awkwardly waving at Rin as the doors closed again. "I'll uhhh...see you next time- forget everything I said!" The elevator doors closed quickly and the hum filled the room as it moved upwards.
Rin looked on in front of him in mild amusement. He didn't expect Isagi Yoichi to be that awkward when he had that kind of crazy stage presence and confidence on stage. He was..interesting to say the least. Definitely going to talk about him to Sae later.
Rin had listened too a few of ego's !! songs before, they were actually quite good and earned a spot in his playlist.
Some were better than others of course, that was a given, although his personal favorite was one of their least popular songs, carnival locked.
The whole group was eyecatching to fans...Though he had to admit, the only one who truly caught his attention in the group was Yoichi Isagi.
Rin stared at nothing, lost in his thoughts for a moment before Jinpachi Ego's voice rang through his ears and brought him back to reality.
"Itoshi Rin. Let's go talk and finalize your contract, shall we?" Ego moved his tablet to his other hand, using his free one to now fix his glasses while still having that weird grin on his face. Rin just nodded and stuffed his hands into his pockets.
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Isagi walked out of the elevator, sighing because of the embarrassment he had just unleashed upon himself. He ran his free hand down his face and fixed his hair, praying that he wasn't all red anymore. Yoichi walked a couple doors to the right and stopped when he heard faint cackling through the door.
He moved the cafe bag to his other arm before opening the door, greeted by the sight of his group mates making a TikTok in the middle of the room.
"Hey, Isagi." Chigiri sat on a nearby chair watching the scene, he turned to see Isagi and waved. The three in the middle noticed and cheered as Isagi put down the bag on the table near the door.
"Hi Hyoma. What are they doing-" Isagi looked at the boys in the middle.
"Filming a TikTok dance, Kurona looks so supportive it's funny." Chigiri laughed. "Bachira slipped on air earlier."
"Oh, I'm glad you're all fine." Isagi smiled, patting Hyoma's shoulder, giving him a soft smile.
"Isagi-chan!! you're finally here!! Help Hio-chan wants to kill me-" Bachira was cut off as Hiori raced to the drinks impatiently, Followed a little later by Chigiri, who's eyes lit up at the mention of matcha.
"Bachira, you're fine." Isagi laughed softly. "And guys, drink that later, you have to earn it!! You know we can't practice like this!" The leader of the group called out to the two that had already opened up the bag while rolling his eyes.
Kurona just clapped and went to the middle of the room cheerfully, stretching his arms above his head.
"Fine." The redhead and cyan haired boys said in unison as they put the drinks back for now, eyeing eachother and laughing.
"Okay, are we ready?" Isagi says, finishing setting up the speaker. The others were already in perfect position.
"Readier than ever before," Hiori winked as Isagi started the count, music blared from the speaker as they already started moving.
They had to practice their performance for the award show they were attending just next week, and they were determined to be the main stars and it showed with how hard they worked towards their dreams, together.
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