Me too!!! RESCUE is just very good.

I don't know how else to describe the song. The lyrics sound very DARK, and that's what I like about it. :)

awesome :yes

O_O it feels like eternity for RESCUE to be released man Irene but it's ok patience will be paid off in due time :laugh

ONE DROP will be out tomorrow :yatta & hopefully YesAsia will be able to ship out our copies in due time

ONE DROP will do well on the charts!!! :)

And I noticed we have a new second MOD now for this sub-forum. Hopefully, things will be more organized, and old threads will be locked.

Ryoko hasn't posted in this sub-forum since 2006, so I wonder where he/she went?

omg Irene , let fangirl together for the 2nd time :roflmao

http://community.livejournal.com/kat...26.html#cutid1

I so can't wait to see HQ scans for the following :



& you can preorder Kami no Shizuku's photobook via http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOIPS-358

not getting it for obvious reasons , I wait for the fangirls to scan it up & this portion of the description's something for me to look out for :

"Kazuya Kamenashi special photos 8-10 pages"

I hope the pics will be good !

So is it in a few hours, we will find out about ONE DROP's first day sales, or is it tomorrow?

I get so confused about these timezone differences, and I think Oricon reports it the day before or something?

My copy of ONE DROP is in Ready to be shipped mode on YesAsia :yatta

I think that will be the same for you as well , Irene :D

Who else is releasing a new single tomorrow?

I don't think the boys have any competition at all. Their record label chose the right week to release it. A week later, or 2 weeks later, and they would have a bit of competition.

ONE DROP shop photos will be out tomorrow :yatta

hopefully some good Junno ones will be out , wannabe american doesn't hurt too & so's Ueda & er of course Kame too :lmfao

& because we can't get enough of the beloved Turtle Pear , here're HQ scans of an.an - http://watchful21.livejournal.com/124971.html#cutid1 :D

:smitten x10000 times

ONE DROP sales should be out by late Tuesday. if not Wednesday, for sure. it depends on your time zone, LOL.

in respects to that, i agree, kaori. it's quite "generic" in comparison to their other rock-oriented songs. but for me, it beats out "Yorokobi no Uta" by like, a landslide. i think that's their most generic A-side, ever. however, Koki's rap did save the song.

& after White X'mas, i was ready for a rock song again. xD;;

anyway, watched the making-of ONE DROP last night. LOL. it was fun during the group parts. man, those boys like soccer & Manchester United, huh? (well, Koki does at least). with referencs to the yellow/red/purple(:laugh) cards. and the CRISTIANO RONALDO~~~!!& MANCHESTER UNITED~~! remarks.

& i liked the air tennis. :lmfao

Karen- yup, i just checked my YesAsia account and my "ONE DROP" has been shipped too! :D & I'M FINALLY GETTING MY QOP DVD.

:yes & you know what's funny Irene ? I didn't like Yorokobi no Uta at all initally but now I like it so much :laugh

ONE DROP's definitely not as hardcore rock as their previous stuff but it's still good for me

oh yes :laugh

it's so funny :roflmao , you can trust TaNaka to come up with such whack stuff yo :laugh

& so lucky my copy is not shipped out yet :( hopefully soon

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Scans of all 3 editions of ONE DROP - http://community.livejournal.com/jon...ds/288834.html

looks like they have done something with regards to what happened in the RE of truth / Kaze no Mukou e in that the promo pic's put inside instead of outside of the single

Eng subbed of 3rd episode of Kami no Shizuku - http://community.livejournal.com/jon...34.html#cutid5

& HEYx3 talk subbed by Wendy - http://newshfan.livejournal.com/80550.html

nooo wannabe american in male version of PMS mode AGAIN :dead2

i just saw the single scans as well. it's sad i won't be getting an extra picture in the first press like i've been getting since Bokura no Machi de. :weep oh well.

Yorokobi no Uta's probably my least played A-side. i don't hate it, but in terms of their rock stuff, it's not their best. my fave will be "Keep the faith".

i think keep the faith is my favorite, too. i can never get tired of it :D

aw :( but at least we're getting the 1st press copies

I was at the local HMV on Mon & they said they will not be importing the 1st press copy which's unfortunate but they will bring in stock for the RE since they cannot bring in CD + DVD due to the censorship board here

at least now the fangirls have a pic inside to look at for the RE unlike DUES & White X'mas :dead2

I have to say that JOKER's rap lyrics for Yorokobi no Uta's very clever & it's prob 1 of his best rap lyrics in terms of single wise

it's no doubt the song that started my KT music journey . LIPS sealed the deal for me after that :lmfao

"Keep the faith" is most possibly the most awesomest KAT-TUN song. EVER. IMO.
i thought i was alone sine most people prefer "Real Face".

CONFESSION TIME: i did not like "Real Face" on initial listen. :OOOOOOO (keep in mind i had the "Radio Rip" though, LOL.)

~scandalous~, riight? :laugh

but i forced...FORCED...myself to like it since it's their debut song. but now, it's a pinnacle KAT-TUN song, for sure. i think KAT-TUN's holy trinity is "Keep the faith - Real Face - LIPS".

LOL :laugh

maybe because I got into their music just last April/May that's why I listened backwards & I can see the growth that they displayed since their debut that's why I always somewhat have a soft spot for Real Face & the version in Best of KAT-TUN's ain't 1/2 bad either

I still can't help but laugh that it was gonna be called Open Sesame :rofl

i still don't like REAL FACE........

don't shoot me plz :weep

Yes Keep the Faith is amazing and also my favorite single by them, the song that pulled me into KAT-TUN fandom :heart (music wise :lmfao) DUES comes in a close second for me, I actually don't like the actual song that much but I loooove the member solos~

omg I love their solos in DUES too & it's the 1st single I listened in whole & then I start to listen backwards & I was real impressed with their B-sides material especially Crazy Love :weep

I didn't like LOVEJUICE at 1st but now I'm obsessed with it :laugh

^ lollll it took me a while to like Love Juice also. Same thing with Koki's solo...the first time I heard it I was so scared and confused LOL

Crazy Love :heart

PARASITE scared me :dead2 but surprisingly I like it when Tanaka did it live in the QoP DVD , he looked so bad ass while doing so :laugh

LOVEJUICE was *pull a face* but I like it now . The rest of their solos are awesome

Crazy Love - :smitten , it's great that they did it in the QoP DVD . Akanishi was about to choke up when they were singing it :(

Maru was quite good in miming at HEYx3 when he did it with Gamarjobat , I was laughing when Gamarjobat was putting up their skits

7 Days Dome Poster & ONE DROP shop photos preview (mostly Akame) - http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com/9687.html

Kame in non curls hairdo - :smitten :smitten

I gladly strengthen his hair :innocent

..."LOVEJUICE" is my most played song on iTunes. O_O;;
well, this was after i moved all my music to a different harddrive and had to re-load all my music on iTunes. LOL.

it would probably be "Seishun Amigo" if that didn't happen. but "LOVEJUICE" is so damn catchy and the only KAT-TUNesque song i can sing cuz it's in English~

lol, the lyric that scared me the most in PARASITE was, "I'D EAT U". i was like, D:

I still don't get the part where Tanaka screamed I Eat U :roflmao , I thought it's hilarious & scary at the same time

I hope soft copies scans of the ONE DROP shop photos will be up soon . The preview of Akame's NICE & of course I gladly will strenghten Kame's hair ie. if Irene doesn't want to do it :lmfao

going to watch the hard subbed of Kami no Shizuku now , episode 3 here I come :D

That song is so catchy.

They should definitely do more solo songs and put them on their singles. :yes

omg, i would be SO SO BROKE if they included solos in singles. :laugh
albums would be more fitting.

the 3 limited versions of DUES cost me $30+ all-together. LOL. :dead2

LOL :laugh I paid US$8.33 each for the OS presses of all 3 LE's in HMV HK

The Akanishi/Tanaka version is outta print already , I'm so lucky to have gotten it

I don't mind if their 4th album contains an extra disc full of nothing but solo works

Love in snow ... :weep I still want it on a CD :(

it's a public holiday in Japan today ie. Foundation Day (don't ask) so today's sales for ONE DROP might not be reflected on Oricon in a few hours's time but I could be wrong though

I don't like "Keep the faith" that much. I like it, but don't think it's great or the best songs ever.

I think the "I'd eat you alive Do or die"-part in "PARASITE" is "scarier". xD Though I like how Koko sings (raps) that part. ^^;

The TaNishi version of DUES is probably the only I'd be interested in having, because I like both the the most from all the DUES solos.

Awww... really? -___-

I predict 50,000 as first day sales. I want to see how close I am to real figures. ^^

guess being hard rock chicks *point to Irene & myself :lmfao in saying it otherwise in that Keep the faith's 1 of their best rock singles :laugh

I think it's too low your prediction , there're 3 editions of ONE DROP we're talking about in here

it might be 100K+ on the 1st day , I wouldn't be surprised at that

100k on the first day? :thud

My weekly prediction was 150k for the week.

more like 300K+ on the 1st week if possible

you just look at past 1st week sales for Bokura no Machi de , Keep the faith & LIPS

NINKI

Singles

01 311.60 KAT-TUN - ONE DROP
02 35.00 JUJU - やさしさで溢れるように
03 33.40 ステレオポニー - 泪のムコウ
04 25.30 ゴスペラーズ - 1,2,3 for 5
05 22.10 KEN THE 390 - 届けたくて... feat. 青山テルマ
06 19.10 愛内里菜 - アイノコトバ
07 18.00 Salyu - コルテオ ~行列~ / HALFWAY
08 17.70 松浦亜弥 - チョコレート魂
09 16.30 MEG - FREAK

That JUJU woman doesn't stand a chance against KAT-TUN. :(

KAT-TUN always release in a week where competition is so minimal, so they are guaranteed the top spot.

I love rock music, too. But it's not like I'll love any rock song I come across. I personally like "LIPS" more than "Keep the faith". The PV's better, too. WAY better. :P

oh god Aga DON'T MENTION THE PV OF LIPS :lmfao

Irene & I can't watch it anymore because of Kame , I will be staring at him from the start to the end

he's just too hot for me to handle in there :rofl

Have they had tie-ins for all their A-side songs?

I know on ONE DROP, even their b-sides got tie-ins. o_O...

Japanese music is always like that. It's all about tie-ins, lol.

I see.

But even without tie-ins, they will still get #1, although the tie-in helps a bit.

my copy of ONE DROP has been shipped out :yatta , I can't wait to get it next week

ONE DROP is just okay IMO... it's not anything special or outstanding or anything. I tried getting more into the song, but it didn't work. Ahhh....

Oh well, but I'm really excited for RESCUE. It seems so different from their previous songs.

yeah Irene & I have talked about this before in that ONE DROP's not really their best single , it's not so rocking as Keep the faith & let alone LIPS

RESCUE's just wow & it sounds so much like a cousin of GOLD which I super duper much adore :smitten

but anyway to me they haven't disappoint me at all since Real Face & let alone albums too , well except for cartoon KAT-TUN II you which was SO messy initally for me but I like it now especially the 2nd disc

MY ANGEL YOU ARE ANGEL - :smitten

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks ONE DROP is just an okay song.

And yea, RESCUE... just WOW, DARK, EPIC, AWESOME, etc. :love

From http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/ :

1st day estimated sales of ONE DROP - 79,577

after x1.75 = 139,259.75

YAY :D

now we're talking ! Congrats KT :D

I still don't get what that 1.7x thing is for? Can you explain it?

how to say this ... erm ...

the sales in Oricon's site are not really the true no.s that you see . They didn't factor in online sites's sales figures & so in comes the whole x1.75 to get a better gauge of estimated sales

don't ask me why 1.75 & not other no.s , I have no idea on this

& looks like it's possible for them to clear 300K+ with no problem if this keeps up woot

Oh ok, I kinda understand. o_O

RIAJ has given the QoP DVD Gold status for shipment of 100,000 copies - http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200901.html

:D

I'm really surprised KAT-TUN's first day sales are so high. Looks like they are cream of the crop on the Oricon charts.

Even nowdays, it would take Ayumi Hamasaki's singles many weeks to have total sales in the 100k range. -___-

ayumi's different from KT & as such you shouldn't compare with her with the guys

it's not easy for a solo artiste to sell real well nowadays for singles . It's still possible for boybands with the power of the fangirls's spending power

The power of fangirls, LOL. XD

And yeah, you do have a good point about solo artists having difficulty selling well with singles. -___-

Duet March scans - http://dassou.aoi-tori.org/index.php?p=kattun-duet

I like it when DoS & Bakanishi Jin played Jenga & then he totally blew it :laugh & the 3 duo shots oddly reminded me of the 3 songs that the 3 guys's combo did in Best of KAT-TUN too @_@

Do you collect KAT-TUN mag scans and all that?

You seem to love those, hehe.

soft copies scans yes :yes I don't see the need to buy the physical hard copy at all

I went to my local Japanese book store, and the JE magazines were SO EXPENSIVE!!! Ahh... I think it's $20 or more... for one issue. :thud

Unless it was some special edition magazine issue or something, I don't think I would buy it.

RESCUE Episode 2's up via mysoju for streaming - http://www.mysoju.com/rescue/episode-2/part-1/

Have you been following along with the J-drama, Karen? Is it good?

my younger sister's watching RESCUE . For me I'm concentrating on Kami no Shizuku in which I'm watching the 3rd episode at the mo :laugh

From the trailers/CM's, it looked full of suspense and epic. <3

I bet it's really interesting and not boring at all. :)

What did your sister say about it? Comments she made, did she like it, etc.

she likes RESCUE , she watched the 1st episode on mysjou which was a 2 hours special

although she oddly said that Maru made her laugh hmmm

2 hours for first episode? WOAH... kinda long.

Glad she liked it. :)

I just finished the 3rd episode of Kami no Shizuku . Better do a spoiler thingy :



I hope Kame wouldn't become a wine addict prior to after/before the drama :laugh

SINGLES
x->1 - KAT-TUN - 79,577 (x1.75) = 139,260
x->2 - Stereopony - 5,010 (x1.75) = 8,768
x->3 - The Gospellers - 3,756 (x1.75) = 6,573

the guys outsold Stereopony at almost 1:16 , go figure

As I've mentioned in the Oricon thread, it doesn't matter how big the tie-in is for the competitor, KAT-TUN would still beat them.

In this case, Stereopony had a really huge Gundam tie-in, and before this single, their first single was used as the BLEACH anime ED song.

screenshots of ONE DROP from Cartoon KAT-TUN - http://swirlylollipop.livejournal.com/117759.html

omg the last few screenshots are :roflmao & eh Kame wants to join ARASHI ?! :tired

oh I can't wait to see this performance now , swirlylollipop said that Akanishi didn't lip synch in this

I hope she's right

I still don't understand why there was just two editions for White X'mas, and no b-sides. What's the problem of doing the usual three edition with a least one b-side, JE? D:

Anyway, pretty good sales for them <3

yay! awesome 1st day sales! the single deserves it :cool

I don't know why J-One Records did so but I suppose because it was released specially for Christmas for a limited time frame , that somewhat led to lower than expected sales than before

anyway it's a great song & I have 2 editions on hand *argh going so poor at this rate it's not funny at all T_T*

:D

LQ scans of ONE DROP shop photos - http://blog.yam.com/miyake1028/article/19505984

:thumbsup for DoS & there's the whole before & after curls Kame :roflmao

Akanishi loves fur eh & he oddly looked serene in that pic when he sleeps hmmm

awesome sales! ...as usual. xD;;
i should be getting my single later in the week or early next week.

"White X'mas" did pretty darn well, since it's limited...both of the presses were. and no significant tie-on other than a music CM, i thinks. i just wished it crossed the 300k mark. :3

D-T-S LYRICS (which means "DEAD TO SHAME"? i get the point, but it sounds weird, LOL.)

i've came to a conclusion after reading these lyrics that D-T-S > ONE DROP. LOL. they're quite rebellious. and as you can tell, Junno, Jin, & Koki sing most of it. & those 3 have been in the rumor-mill as of lately.

but then again, Jin's always has some type of rumor. LOL.

^ WHAT , Death To Shame ?!

:dead2 that's just ... I don't know weird & here I was thinking it might be Drop That S-it on what Akanishi said in the beg of LOVEJUICE sheesh

& it's a bit sad that White X'mas is unable to cross the 300K :( but considering that it's a limited release it's OK I guess

I hope to release ONE DROP by early next week if possible :D

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news updates inclusive of 7DITD poster & Ueda/Group shop photos preview of ONE DROP - http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com/10231.html

looking good DoS :smitten

oh this's just so cute - http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/KAT-TUN-White...3286.m63.l1177

I want 1 :smitten

ORICON DAY #2 : 39,254 (x 1.75) = 68,695

DAY 1 : 79,577 (x 1.75) = 139,260
DAY 2 : 39,254 (x 1.75) = 68,695

TOTAL : 207,955

did i do it right? :3

hai you did so Irene & as expected , it drops by 1/2 on the 2nd day which's typical but I'm still happy with the sales :D

yup, sadly that's true.

but i think KAT-TUN's sales will be higher than that since their index number falls around 1.8 to 1.9, instead of 1.75.

there's always the weekend for sales to pick up Irene & they will be on MUSIC STATION tomorrow & the next Fri :D

good second day sales! their on MUSIC STATION tomorrow :cool

& next week too , STOKED

I'm still waiting for J-One Records LJ comm to upload ONE DROP's performance that they did in cartoon KAT-TUN

hopefully Akanishi will remember to wear his hair thingy around his neck :laugh , it's weird that the rest keep making fun of him on that in the making of

I miss their factory skits now suddenly :weep

I can't wait to see Music Station tomorrow... the setlist is just awesome!!!

KT, BoA, Mai-K. :)

ONE DROP performance @ cartoon KAT-TUN:

hurrah Akanishi wasn't lip synching in the performance unlike for HEYx3 & Utaban

All of them looked great , can't wait for a HQ clip of it now

ONE DROP -music box- stream/listen here:

http://www.imeem.com/yuki1974/music/...dropmusic_box/

at least in cartoon KAT-TUN , they weren't lip synching although Junno looks somewhat pissed/off tune O_O

The DoS was at Hanamaru Cafe today , I hope it will be subbed in real soon & [Osama no Brunch] 24 Jan, 2009 - "RESCUE" drama cast quiz & chin-ups - http://newshfan.livejournal.com/80849.html

:roflmao this I HAVE to see

thanks for the performance!

'NakamURA - oh, I mean NakamARU's - name' -- :lmfao is it so difficult to pronounce Maru's name ?

oh dear poor thing . 2nd to Taguchi , he prob get bullied the most by the rest or so I think :laugh

that's the downside of being the 'motherhen' of KT :bchuck

looks like RESCUE's in the bag for me to watch over the weekend now via mysoju . After watching Ousama no Brunch , I realised how much hard work that Nakamaru has put into his 1st drama role so all the more I should see it

3 dramas's a lot but I can do it :lmfao

i must say, i like the new single. one drop is pretty good, i don't feel d-t-s that much, but on my mind is so sweet!

does anyone have larger scans of the cover? i need it for my itunes :yes

D-T-S's nice , it stands for Death In Shame which's quite hardcore . It's supposedly an attack song towards the papparazzi & On My Mind is :smitten

I do have them but is there any particular one/s you want me to upload or all 3 ? :laugh

tomorrow (or today :laugh) is the MUSIC STATION performance :cool

:laugh it's today or should I say later on for me Lisa as it's already Fri the 13th :thud

March Wink Up scans - http://dassou.aoi-tori.org/index.php?p=kattun-winkup

I usually don't use the word hot on Tanaka but in there , HELL YEAH ! :lmfao

TV Guide & The Television scans - http://pornvilai.livejournal.com/38592.html#cutid1

gaa Junno looks great in TV Guide :smitten @_@ & I bought somemore buttons again from Sarah , this time round it's Akame & KAT-TUN :

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1868/img0985rg9.jpg

:D I asked her to customise the Akame & MatsuJun ones & she gladly did so

^Oh, Arashi~.

Kame makes a weird face on one of those pics. Is he drunk? xD
And Koki is always hot.

:roflmao , I think Kame downs too much wine already on Kami no Shizuku

some news updates - http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com/10611.html

lmao Uepomu :lmfao

Preview of ONE DROP Shop Photos & Only Star (looking good guys especially the guy with the curls now oops I mean Kame) -- http://larva-zax.livejournal.com/35843.html

oh really ? who knew Kame & -_-''' at Akanishi . DROP IT ?

:laugh

HQ of ONE DROP performance via cartoon KAT-TUN - http://community.livejournal.com/kat...42.html#cutid1

:D

So the Music Station performance has aired already I think. WOOT! :)

SINGLES
x->1->1->1 - KAT-TUN - 79,577 + 39,254 + 13,118 (x1.75) = 230,911
x->2->2->3 - Stereopony - 5,010 + 4,796 + 1,564 (x1.75) = 19,898

come on guys ! cross the 300K by this week if possible :(

& Tanaka in a future an.an special edition ?!?! (click that link on your own risk) - http://community.livejournal.com/kat...86.html#cutid1

:thud . He's prob like 1 of the last guys that I expect to be in an.an but hmmm

& my uncle was so kind , he got for me the RE of ONE DROP earlier on at the local HMV :D

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6919/img0991mq1.jpg

I'm still waiting for my 1st press copy to come :yes

OMG, they are performing RESCUE next week on Music Station!!! Someone on JPM had the new setlist, although I couldn't find it on MS's official site.

WTF? I thought they were going with ONE DROP again, but WOW, RESCUE first live performance!!!! :love

Zemus posted it on http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...55#post1824955

STOKED :D , I think the covers will be up & running in due time now :yatta

A better quality of RESCUE - http://strawberry-gemm.livejournal.com/22025.html

the much better quality of RESCUE is to die for :smitten

Guess they are doing early promotion for RESCUE.

I think people like RESCUE, that's why they are performing it.

I heard Music Station works differently from other music shows. The viewers/fans request which artist they want the artist to perform, and then that's how it works. (It works by requests).

Having said that, they must have had lots of requests for RESCUE. Cus if you think about it, they should be performing ONE DROP, and next week's performance of RESCUE is a bit surprising.

Not really because for me I'm not surprised that the fans are responding more positively to RESCUE than ONE DROP

so much so that both LE's are outta print at CDJapan & I don't see any signs of restocking for both anymore

anyway I don't need them to promote ONE DROP already since the single's already out

I have this feeling RESCUE will do better than ONE DROP, sales-wise on the charts. :) :yes

I think so too because ONE DROP's more or less doing worst than expected & its 1st week sales might be lower than Yorokobi no Uta (300,396)

oh well at least the guys still can sell by the masses , others are not so lucky & I probabl have a hunch that RESCUE will sell better

it already sounds better than ONE DROP so :yes

RESCUE next weeeek at MS sounds awesome :cool can't wait.

all of them please :luv2

d-t-s is a bit too hardcore for me, lol. it might grow on me more though

youtube of ONE DROP @ MS:

Thanks Lisa. :love

here you go I put all 3 covers inside the rar file - http://sharebee.com/66abbbbf & awesome , it's about time they start promoting RESCUE since they already did it at HEYx3 , Utaban , cartoon KAT-TUN & MS

MS Hard Subbed Talk & Mini MS - http://newshfan.livejournal.com/81105.html & for the record Junno shouldn't stop his lame puns , I love that in him

Maru & Ueda in POPEYE - http://creamy-amande.livejournal.com/11607.html

@__________________________________@ at Ueda , O.M.G . He has a great body for sure :smitten

what a great way to start my morning on a Sat on V-Day :roflmao