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Old 2nd February 2017, 10:06 AM
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Lip synced this time:
1) kanariya
2) Fly high (choruses only)
3) UNITE! (choruses only)
4) M
5) appears
6) Because of You (the only live part is "yeaaaaaah" she sings right after the song ends)
I noticed this too. I think I'm getting better at spotting which ones of her performances are lip-sync, despite her intentionally using off-pitch recording to trick the viewer

I think her voice in the 12/31 broadcast (unedited) was unfortunate, much like the preceding year's broadcast of M(A)DE IN TOKYO. It just sounds like she's been singing too much that day, I don't know how to describe it exactly; it was husky and she evidently looks struggling when having to reach higher notes.

Also, I think her hair in the whole thing was rather unflattering, but this is my personal preference. I'm never a fan of this kind of 'do. Luckily it's obscured by a cap during the encore.

Apart from that, this CDL was interesting. The set-list was good and, at some point, full of surprises (kanariya? Holy fuck. That extended intro to Last angel? Colour me fucked.); the stage was different from last year's as well. I can't wait to see the Blu-ray version of this - hope we don't have to wait as long as we did for M(A)DE IN TOKYO.

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Originally Posted by Chris85 View Post
So here's the video of We are the QUEENS performance for you, guys. Please use it for your personal enjoyment only, don't upload anywhere.
The beginning is out of focus.
https://mega.nz/#!xk9AGbZK!8Pfy-ZvzJ...dqXYKldgHZd4w4
Thank you for this! She sounded OK here! And it doesn't look like a too-exhausting performance. I wonder why she cut it from the final day.

Last edited by Deep snow; 2nd February 2017 at 10:13 AM.
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