Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring BiTE A SHOCK, airattic, Takane No Nadeshiko and more, plus some thoughts on navigating bias as a idol-music writer
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[Text list] Idol Watch's Top 100 Idol Songs of 2023
The simple text list of the newsletter's favorite idol songs of the year from AMEFURASSHI, Sakurazaka46, HATE and TEARS and more