[JAPAN] Another evening at Club Prince

JapanToday recently featured an article on the Club Prince venue and the boy band.

According to the article, “While this might sound like pure female fantasy, the nationwide host industry is often viewed as a vulture preying upon innocent girls who wind up entrenched in debt. Also not boosting public relations are assumed ties to organized crime. Yuga, who once fronted the pop trio Kids Alive, hopes to change that perception through the release this month of the CD single “Love Dokkyun” (Heartbeat of Love) by his new band — not coincidentally named Club Prince — on pop label Avex. His desire is to take the glamour and nonstop pace of the host lifestyle around the globe.”

“I want to create an image similar to that of an amusement park, like Disneyland, for the host world,” says the 22-year-old of the group’s single, which is a high-tempo dance number that starts off with a call for free-flowing alcohol. “Since music is a worldwide language, I decided to use a song to convey this message to as many people as possible.”

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