Cuteness vs. competence

After watching Hitomi Shimatani's "Angelus" PV, which I downloaded some time ago (don't remember when), I got to thinking a bit. Let me first say that I loved it at once, and it bugged me not remembering when or where I got it and not having watched it sooner. It's a great piece of music and video in my opinion.

The PV immediately reminded me of Bon-Bon Blanco, which I think is not surprising since "Angelus" is heavily latino-inspired, as is most of B3's songs - at least the ones I've heard. 

By the way, if you don't know what B3 (short for Bon-Bon Blanco) is, then don't feel ashamed... they're only one of the most talented and under-promoted jpop bands around....

Namida no Hurricane is one of my favorites:

The similarities between the B3 ones I've seen and this Hitomi PV, inevitably led me to compare them. My conclusion was that I like them all, though I'd like to elaborate a bit...

I LUUURV B3, I have since I first saw and heard them. I LOVE the songs, the girls and their genki-ness, and above all I love their vocalist Anna Santos. She's an extremely talented singer/artist, and a beautiful young girl to boot.

Hitomi Shimatani is pretty new to me. I've seen a couple of PVs but they didn't do much for me. "Angelus" is different in that respect. I loved it at once! In fact when I first saw it I thought that it might be a B3 video that I named wrongly. (After having watched it a few times, and also the other videos I have of her, I can safely say that it's Hitomi Shimatani though. :))

I love her voice and her beauty. She has a very, very good voice in my humble opinion, and she's really pretty - hmm I already said that I think.

Now here's my point: With all Hitomi's beauty and skill and her one lovely song (based on "Angelus"), and B3's beauty and skill and lovely songs, I think I prefer the latter. Why? Because B3 is cuter in my opinion.

I think Hitomi has such a good voice that if she wanted she could become a singer of classical music. B3 has something else though, something I have a hard time putting into words... It has something to do with un-professionalism I think... a naivet'e maybe, something which I find very endearing, like Sayumi's (Morning Musume) singing voice for example.

To conclude: I think that skill might be combined with cuteness, but you'll have to look long and hard to find both. One exception that springs to mind - besides B3 - is W (Double-U), with Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago.