BPM15Q -- Kyo You Mu（共有夢）

 

I did ask the Bing AI art generator to come up with a 1990s aidoru several weeks ago, but the image that I received seems a little too contemporary.

However, I think it fits the song for this article. Almost eight years ago, Marcos V. posted up his own articles on a couple of songs on a 2015 single by an eclectic duo named BPM15Q (pronounced BPM ichi-go Q). Featuring former BiS member Ichigo Rinahamu (苺りなはむ) and DJ nicamoq, the video for "Hakuchuumu" (はくちゅーむ) had the ladies looking like Akihabara maid café-perfect ultra-aidoru and sporting hardened Shibuya gyaru lifestyles.

But BPM15Q didn't stay that way once they got into 2016. At least doubling in number, the larger group was now known as CY8ER, a group that neither Marcos nor I have covered yet, but my impression is that they've continued to follow the original duo's style of otaku, Akihabara and club culture and music into the mix. As CY8ER, seven singles and four albums (including one album dedicated to BPM15Q) were released before their breakup in 2021.

Then in April 2022, BPM15Q rose out of the ashes once more and came out with their first major digital single "Kyo Yo Mu" (Shared Dreams). With the shared experience of the song and music video, it looks like a "Blade Runner" adventure mixing in some pretty crazy proposals for dates from Akihabara and Shibuya and at the same time, bringing in synthpop and R&B.