◇ image via WikipediaSTU48
STU48 is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of NGT48, Nogizaka46, Yasushi Akimoto, AKB48 Group and AKB48. Those roots explain a lot about how STU48 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sakurazaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, BiSH and Little Glee Monster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Love, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around STU48, reaching back through NGT48 and forward to Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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STU48 connections
STU48 grew out of NGT48, Nogizaka46, Yasushi Akimoto and AKB48 Group, shares an orbit with Sakurazaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, BiSH and Little Glee Monster, went on to shape Love. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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