[alan] Don’t forget, please remember alan is always here in her 34th thread
 

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WHO IS ALAN?

LATEST RELEASES

UPCOMING RELEASES OR EVENTS

LINKS

alan’s official website
alan’s Japanese blog
alan’s Chinese blog
alan’s twitter
alan International Forum (a.k.a. AI)
song translations + romaji
pommy’s blog

thanks to tenshi no hane !!

new thread :heart

oh she'll have a new concert? Symphony? I wonder if it might be with an orchestra...

Ahh new concert~~~~ I wish I could magically have enough money to go see alan live :weep

alan 1st concert -voice of you- Behind the Scenes (from the CD+DVD jacket B)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTg4NTgxMzg0.html

Kaze ni Mukau Hana [Music Video Making] (from the CD+DVD jacket A)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTg4NjE1MzMy.html

THANKS TIEBA!!!!

I just remembered alan's doing an event tonight at La Rezona in Kawasaki...I'm off! Will hopefully be back later tonight with a report~

Maybe hearing her sing Kaze ni Mukau Hana will make me warm up to it more. .___.

^ Yay!!!! Can you take pictures?! *o*

I would totally love to see alan live. <3

yay new thread :)

I think our lives as alan-fans won't be complete until we see her performing live! she's just soo good live...

^ lol i'm a zombie until i see alan live :laugh

i even dream about seeing her live :thud

I wonder if she will come to the US anytime soon.....

Haha alan said that she wants to go to many foreign countries~

omgg she should come to australia and film a pv xD

and also, perform at the opera house in sydney o¬o *dreams*

Maybe, if she sings more openings and endings for anime, she could go to another countries and be succesful (not like BENI in the expo of US ToT)

Lol if it was like BENI....as an ultimate fan....you would have more time to talk to her :laugh

I wouldn't mind if she came to Anime Expo....she has less recognition than BENI probably :/ More chance at an autograph. Plus the Nokia Theater would be an awesome place to see alan.

thanks for the making of!
one day im going to own all alan's cds!! when i go out to work and earn $ ~she rocks.

I dream about....owning more alan CDs than just Voice of EARTH, cos that's all I have.

Yay new thread :heart

Wonder when she'll have an asia tour... >_<

gorgeous first pic!

ohh just to remind everyone! alan's play day in last.fm on the 25th of July :)

http://www.last.fm/group/Alan+Dawa+Dolma+Play+Day


try join by then!! :D

thanks for these~! *watches*

she keeps twittering :)

its cute how she says "けおつけて" (keotsukete) and not "気をつけて" (kiotsukete)... I'm still learning Japanese so, is that her mistake or just another way of saying it?? xD

^ It's her mistake. She also tends to forget to drop the -i in the past tense (-katta) for -i adjectives. But she's still learning so.. ^-^

alan is....stunning, perfect, gorgeous, flawless, etc, but none of you needed me to tell you that. xD She gets prettier every time I see her!

I was worried about today's event for a while because it started raining really hard about an hour before she was due to come on, and they told us we would have to put our umbrellas away during the performance, and I was wearing a shirt that becomes quite see-through when wet. :O Very close call! (Thankfully, it stopped raining shortly before she got there, and I had nothing to worry about.)

I'd been to an event like today's once before-- it took place at Rezona, which is essentially a big shopping mall, in Kawasaki (a city just outside Tokyo...about 25 minutes by train from Tokyo Station.) There's a large courtyard in the middle and that's where they have a stage set up for special events. The way it works is, anyone can come and watch the live performance, but if you buy the CD that's being promoted at the HMV location inside Rezona, you get a participation ticket that lets you participate in an event after the live where you receive a postcard from the artist. (The first time I did this was for Do As Infinity's Kimi ga Inai Mirai, back in January. Thankfully, today, it was much warmer. :thud)

So I showed up a couple hours before, got some lunch, bought my copy of the single (Jacket B~) and waited in front of the stage. I was worried at first because there weren't many people, but gradually more and more came. Still, I'm sorry to say, the majority of the audience was really creepy older men. D: D: D: D: D: Poor alan!

Thankfully the rain stopped in time, and though the event was due to start at 5:00 she didn't show up until about 5 minutes before and needed to rehearse. She looked ADORABLE-- had on a white dress (the skirt was slightly ruffled) with a black belt around the middle, bright red pumps, and a huge white flower adornment-thingy in her hair. She apologized for being late and sang the first bit of Koko ni iru for her soundcheck. Once she knew everything was okay, she went back off stage, but the live started about 3 minutes later. So, overall, not too behind schedule.

1. Koko ni iru
I love this song so much! It was fun to see everyone bobbing along...the atmosphere would have been better if it were sunny, but, oh well. She said this was her first time performing this song live.
2. Ii hi tabidachi
Her vocals on this stunned me into silence. So beautifully performed!
3. Kaze ni mukau hana
Omg, the wailing in the beginning...she NAILED it. It's so funny because she has to hold the mike about a foot and a half from her mouth but it's still loads louder than it is when she sings normally into the mike. Thought my eardrums were going to break. :O Overall, I don't like the song any more than I did going into today's event, but hearing it live was nice.
4. Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~
She told everyone to sing this one along with her and walked out to the edge of the stage, holding the mic out to the audience. I could hear quite a few people singing along by the end of the song! :luv2 (Though all I could sing along to were the choruses, unfortunately. :P )

After Natsukashii Mirai, everyone chanted for an encore and she was like, lol u guise, Natsukashii Mirai was the encore~~ But she sang something acapella to appease all the fans...it sounded like it was Tibetan. Whatever it was, it was stunning.

So after the live was the event, and I was the 5th person or so in line. When I walked up to her the first thing she said was (in Japanese), "Where are you from?!" And then our conversation went a little like this:
"I'm from America!"
"Oh really?!"
"Yes, but I've been a fan of yours ever since Ashita e no Sanka."
"...wooooo--"
(I said this next bit with you guys in mind) "You have lots of fans in other countries and we're all rooting for you!" (And at that point they physically pointed me in the direction of the exit of the stage, lol). The postcard we got is square, and it's a textless version of Jacket A.

No pictures were allowed of the event, but I snuck up to the second level and managed to sneak one picture...I don't know if it even came out well, ahahaha.

I was displeased with how rushed our little chat had been, and since I had been at Rezona for DAI's event, I knew which exit she would be using to leave the venue. After getting a coffee at Starbucks, I found a bench near the exit and sat there nonchalantly waiting for the event to finish...when all was said and done, I think she finished at around 6:20. There were a couple of other fans waiting where I was, but sure enough she came out past us (being guarded closely by staff, smh) but I waved at her and she perked up and waved back and said "See you!" (in English....omg, it was so cute.)

So that's my story, and I'm sticking to it~ I'm undecided about going to her concert on the 23rd because that's the day my dad gets in from the states, but he likes alan and so I think I might just drag him along anyway. Jet lag? What's that? He'll get over it. :P

wow chocopockymaster! thank you very much for that!!


you are so lucky!! thank you for letting her know about us! xD


and I hope you really enjoy her upcoming concert :) :yes

omg, thanks for sharing!!! thanks for tellin' her she has fans everywhere.
I wish I was thereeeeeeeeee!!! So happy for you

thanks for sharing your story ^-^ I wish I could go see her~

So lucky !!! :thud
Thanks for sharing with us, and haha alan is surprised that she had international fans xD

Omg thats sooooo coooooool! i wanna see her too T.T

wow chocky ur so lucky T___T but sounds so awesome too~ envious~~

Just bought tickets to take my dad to alan symphony~

xD

^ so ur going with him? oh have a fun time there, it's gonna be great!!

Wow really ? :thud

*ENVY ~episode II~*

Have fun anyway!! :heart

Yeah, the concert is like...6 hours after his plane gets in. xD But when Asu e no Sanka (I think I've been romanizing it wrong all this time O__O) first came out I made him listen to it and he really liked it, and every now and again I'll send him some new alan songs...so in a sense, he's been with her since the beginning too. :P And I'm intrigued by the whole concept behind this concert since it's referred to as her symphony...I'm expecting strings! (I hope you're listening, alan. :innocent )

But yes, I think it will be quite fun. :3 It'll be my 4th time seeing her but my first time seeing her do a full-length concert since I couldn't make it to her first tour. :luv2

Ah strings would be cool.. let's tweet your idea to her! xD
Yay I hope everyone can watch alan live too someday :heart

I just started following alan on twitter...does she actually reply to people, or not so much? xD

Lol she did reply people.. I guess..
Not as mush as Ayu though, she's such a spammer :laugh

Seriously, when Ayu gets going it's, like, one every 15 seconds. @__@

I tweeted (is that the right term? I've always hated twitter but I finally gave in) alan a little thank you note for today; I'm interested in seeing whether or not she remembers me. xD

I know right! :laugh

(yeah we use "tweeted")
Haha I hope she read your tweet, maybe gotta try to tweet her again when she's online to make sure xD

Ah your review is perfect XD Would you mind if I share your review on AI?

alan usually just tweet a lot of pictures :laugh But she replies to people.....at rare times :luv2

Wow awesome experience choco!! I hope you have fun at the concert as well!!
hehe my Dad likes alan too!! XD

:hi5 my dad loves alan too...

guess all middle aged guys like alan :laugh

chocko, I love you, you hang out with supaakwl people like alan, Nakata & Anna ♥

Woww, so lucky!!!!
Congratz and thanks for tell us about that event ^o^

And today her sales are better, she sold 637 and she is No.18!!!!!!!!!!!

TOTAL : 4889

woo hoo! i'll be happy if she sells 5000 :laugh

Nice rise for alan!

Of course! Go go~

My life surprises even me sometimes. :innocent

Didn't see that spike coming, but good for her! I like knowing I'm one of those 637 copies. :luv2

Yay for the raise!! Go alan for 5000 copies :heart

we still haven't got the full single to download?? (5 versions)

:(

It's always a great feeling. \:D/

Is there anyone who can share with me the HQ covers of alan's new single, please? :)

Which tracks are missing? Are you looking for the 3 live versions from ~voice of you~? I can rip those from my CD, if you'd like.

Incidentally, the versions of Ii hi tabidachi and Koko ni iru I downloaded won't load in iTunes for me. :thud

dropped to #21 now :( at least she isn't out of top 30..

I want to see behind the scene of Voice of You concert from Jacket B DVD :love *I can't watch Youku here :( *

Me too! I wonder why :headache

my ver of il hi tabidachi and koko ni iru can play in itunes...got them from the asian download section..?

My copies came today :D Finally listening to the actual single mhm

I hope you can rip the songs please!
And you can download the single in this link http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1LTRBCML/
I can add the songs on my itunes

And i can't believe it, alan today sold 636
TOTAL: 5525

According to Natsu Style, but Oricon can show something different

:( the sales on this single are horrible for how good it is. I loooooooove this single though :D All three versions that I was able to get are amazing.

Could someone with the mu-mo versions rip them and upload them directly? I don't want to have to retag from the rip that already exists

Hey guys i found the full single @320 kbps
This one have the intrumentals and the live version of the other songs
You can download on AI

Ah I just read this article on alan

And remember how she sang "Tian Lu" with Han Hong when she was still a student? Well...apparently before they started singing, Han Hong asked people downstage "it's ok to let her sing?" and alan only sang 2 lines while Han Hong sang the rest of the song by herself
That was a hard hit to alan...

Avex invited alan and her mother to go to Tokyo to check things out before alan signed a contract. Max went with them to a-nation and told them "Hamasaki Ayumi and Amuro Namie have concerts with 30-40,000 people and you feel shocked after watching them". A staff member told alan that this will also be your future.

During Hitotsu, alan asked Max "If the sales are always like this, will you send me back to China"? Max's reply was "It's ok for 5-6 years, but you have to work hard".

The thing that she lost for the price of fame is: her freedom
She would write out her thoughts on her blog and then the next day, her assistant would delete the posts

Ah....this article is kind of long, so I'll try to translate some~

^ wow intense.

thanks for translating at least these parts~

Thanks! :D


@pomster : oh that's one interesting article :O
thanks for sharing~

I really don't see what the big deal is... I mean, some artist (i.e. Crystal Kay), can only push 3000 copies of an ALBUM, alan still has like 5000 - 10000 for singles. ^_^

If she starts going down to placing at number 100 again, there might be some problems.

wow pommy that's a depressing article...ah...

ohh :( well maybe this is just a little part of her life?? maybe she has future somewhere else... where she will be real happy?? I guess we need time to know...

either way, AVEX seems to want her to become a puppet, and I'm sure she won't let them do that to her, she wouldn't know right now because she still young... but she will find her path soon enough :)


thanks pommy for that!

I knew this about freedom, but didnt know he gave her 5-6 years to rise.
Hope she'll really be next queen.

Thanks for translating :) That's kinda sad ... :(

Wow, very intresting article.

I guessed this is all part of being a music artist.

I'm sure that alan is going to be okay as long as she keep promoting her music.

Thanks for translating Pomster.

what is AI? i want to download all tracks on this album...
thanks for sharing the info

^ AI = alan international, the forum pommy created for alan fans xD

URL: http://alan-international.forumotion.com/index.htm

^oow..i'm a member there too...but i forgot my username...
i don't know that it's called AI...LOL...

i hope somebody will upload the file here too...

Well he said that if sales continue like Hitotsu's then she only has 5-6 years. Hitotsu only made it to #100 and her singles ever since have been higher. So I don't think she has like a countdown timer for her being thrown out of Avex xD. Lots of artists sell around alan's sales and still sing.

And what about her Chinese sales? I got the impression that she was selling really well there.

Well alan got #17 weekly....good job hanging in there....

#17 weekly with 6313 copies, pretty good alan

有ME就好 FULL PV
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTg5NDk3MjA4.html

She looks so cute!!!!!

No. 17's ot too bad, but I'm guessing it's due to strong first days and then she tumbled down.

And her China sales... Are they any good? I mean, haven't all her albums been released in HK in Mandarin? Never heard them even charting?

Aw you're so lucky chocky! I'm stoked you got to speak with her :thud. Just sad that it lasted for just a few seconds. :grumpy.

here's YouTube link also xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HpTHyEM-r0

this PV is 100% cute :love

http://i28.tinypic.com/2z9h7qd.jpg

Oh by the way.....her sales in China is pretty good :D

Like a couple of weeks ago, My Moonlight was the #1 hit song on some music programs :D

I'm surprised to see my last.fm

http://a.imageshack.us/img801/4287/lastfm.jpg

2,000 times for my life LOL How could I listen to only one song so many times :roflmao

風に向かう花 (Happy Music)

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTg5Mzc5MjE2.html

Her last TV performance!!
She is gorgeous

haha congrats! my life to you is like Gunjou no Tani to me :laugh

:luv2

Well, at least this made me feel we can still see her making new music in the future :yes

Haha....even if she gets dropped I can't imagine that another label wouldn't snatch her up immediately....she's too talented. So yeah...I wouldn't worry about alan not making music :)

thanks :heart she looks and sounds so gorgeous!

alan symphony goods~

http://alan-web.jp/info/100716.html#goods

I'm sorry if it has been posted.

the logo in the bag looks so much better to me xD

I want that black bag!

i love the goods :luv2

Here's Happy Music performance in HD

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8...vithumb.th.jpg

http://alan-international.forumotion...00709-t666.htm

^ Thank you! :heart

And I love the goods!! They're so affordable too! *wants bag really badly*

I want a phone strap.. By the way, anyone knows what is the last item that costs 600 yen?

^ opera house glasses/binoculars :laugh

^ LOL good idea.. the audience can watch her clearer even if they in distant seat :roflmao

that made me want to see alan singing opera o__O

can someone make me a list of all leaks from kaze ni mukau hana cuase I want to collect all songs and videos and I was out for like 2 weeks XD

I can't wait for the setlist!!!

she's promoting concert goods xD

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3...851728b658.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/281...3c8d43f7c8.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6...80bd1135e8.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2...fe1cd11668.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5...5be99250a8.jpg

http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/4...718d109068.jpg

^ t-shirt looks good!

Omg those pictures are so cute!!!!! I want those goods even more now, lol :heart