i think it's time KAT-TUN branch out and try new things. not musically, since we all know the music's good & dandy, but be idols. i totally think they can still have this cool image, but be marketable too. i've always thought their weakness as a group was marketing themselves as "personalities". they don't have a TV show...i believe Maru is the only one that's on something regularly. i don't get why JE hasn't done anything to widen their fanbase, especially since they spend all this money on their tours and other music endeavors. i mean, Kamenashi could only do so much with his name...
i don't think Jin's sales will be that much higher than KAT-TUN's. of course, there's that whole debut-single-equals-huge-sales thing, but i don't necessarily think he'll be that big in the long run. unless his music reaches a wide base, of course. (...i guess that's why he's releasing Eternal/Murasaki first.)
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