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Old 24th February 2009, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel View Post
I think she'd be rushing it if she actually did ANY TV promotion for this. She was been in LA, and then came back to Japan for a few days before going BACK out to LA. Maybe she'll do more promotion after the single comes out? Her new album does come out at the end of next month, and Dragonball does come out in a two weeks in Japan...

I don't really care if she doesn't do extremely well for this single. Of course, people know about the single in Japan because of it's tie-in with Dragonball, it's been featured on news programs, and of course her fans know about this. *shrugs*
As I've been saying, this DBE movie does not seem to have much hype going on in Japan (or anywhere for that matter) nor does 2 brief mentions on entertainment news shows equal anywhere near good promotion, especially considering that neither of those shows air in a prime time hour. (one was late late night and the other sometime in the early morning I can't remember.)

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Originally Posted by Tony G View Post
Higher quality album > TV performances of this single.

She clearly preferred spending time on her album and making good music rather than doing the rounds on music TV shows. And many are forgetting the fact it has that Dragonball tie-in to promote it.
No matter what, this album is rushed (more so than any of her albums have been) and she was done with the recording prior to when she should have been doing tv performances, so I really don't think that's the reason. She's been filming pvs instead so that they will just barely be able to get onto the album pressings in time. Rush. Doesn't mean it'll be bad though, just means that it left no time for actually promoting the single. Seems like the planning is just way off.

Last edited by SunshineSlayer; 24th February 2009 at 05:26 AM.