Heavy Rotation

AKB48 is an extremely popular Japanese girls idol group. They hold the Guinness World Record for the world's largest pop group, with 59 members spread across 4 teams, as of September last year, which to me means that most if not all the members are pretty easily replaceable. The kids I teach, boys and girls alike, seem to love AKB48, and they're popular enough with the adults as well.

One time when my supervisor Dave had come to watch my lessons for the day, a couple of year 6 girls brought over a picture of a dozen or so AKB48 girls in short skirts and see-through shirts with brightly coloured bras underneath. They wanted to know which one Dave thought was the most attractive. He repeatedly told them that the girls were wearing too much make-up, and he didn't like make-up, and various other excuses not to judge the attractiveness of girls with an average age of 16-17; the students weren't buying it.

Watch the below clip at your own peril. It contains very pop-y music, and lots of girls dressed up in lingerie acting incredibly cutesy.