[KAT-TUN] Pieces - KAT-TUN Thread #18 ♫

[setsuka]

Jin's new album is decent

that's what she said is making quite a buzz/controversy though, lmao

I just found it out-dated by current pop standards

[KarenPang]

lmao yeah I saw the lyrics with regards to that's what she said & it's just so o_O

So much so that JAPONICANA has a Parental Advisory sticker attached to it lmao

But I don't think this's an album that I want to download/listen since I feel that his English stuff is pretty crap/have no substance & quality unlike his Japanese stuff :x

TEST DRIVE & Sun Burns Down are catchy yeah but lyrically , it's a different matter altogether

[KarenPang]

JAPONICANA is up for download for whoever that's interested

http://www.j-mp3.info/2012/03/jin-ak...aponicana.html

[ll moments ll]

it's a shame that the lyrics bring down a rather decent album. Jin got a lot of "hot" producers and featuring artists (SERIOUSLY, HOW DID HE GET UFFIE & STATIC REVENGER?!??), but what. the. hell. are these lyrics? they're not even.......i just can't. i actually like club/dance music, but not even the production could save this album for me.

That's What She Said is just plain embarrassing. not only do the lyrics suck, but they're really offensive.

OK BYE JIN.
going to listen to STEREO WORXXX now.

[KarenPang]

I don't even bother to download JAPONICANA & I actually did thought of reviewing TEST DRIVE EP via my blog but after listening to just how bad it was , I don't even dare to think how much worst JAPONICANA is :x

It's surprising even the big bosses in Warner would allow him to release such stuff & the fact that this's supposedly his debut English album , it makes things even more embarassing =_=

Long story short , from today onwards , I seriously will just stick to listening his Japanese solo stuff . English stuff , OUT GOES THE WINDOW

[setsuka]

good choice, the lyrics are embarrassingly bad

ummm his producers are HOT...if so they did him wrong,this album is so out-dated by pop standards, maybe 2007 but not 2012

that is my main problem,I was getting ready for beat heavy party music like Will.I.AM, BEP, Far East Movement,Chris Brown (don't like him) but nope

Aphrodisiac,Magnitude and Oowah are the best tracks

I would like Tell Me Where

but "I fell in love with a Indian Giver" lyric killed it

[ll moments ll]

i think only Sun Burns Down & Aphrodisiac are good tracks. solely b/c of the productions from Stereotypes & Static Revenger, lol.

i just can't believe how elementary and immature the album is. it's really a Japanese guy pretending to know what "American music" is. i guess the bundle of his success with this album will be in Japan & i doubt his Japanese fans will have an idea of what he's saying.

you know, i have been very forgiving of Jin and i truly honestly wanted him to succeed, but lol idk, he's left a very bad impression on me this time around. he could do so much better & i won't be supporting him this time around.

in short: DAMN IT JIN, I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? TO THINK THAT I SUPPORTED YOUR SHENANIGANS FOR SO LONG. CANNOT BELIEVE THIS DAMN ALBUM CAME FROM A PERSON THAT WROTE CARE, MURASAKI, ETERNAL, ETC. I AM DISAPPOINT. UGHHH. EWWWW. GROSS.

>:\

so, uhhh, Kame remains flawless, yes? 0:]

[KarenPang]

uh guess I should count my lucky stars that I didn't download JAPONICANA to prevent myself from punching someone ?

not exactly sure what the hell was he thinking when he wrote if not recorded such material (cough TEST DRIVE cough Sun Burns Down) , is it even worth deeming them as songs ? :x Already when I saw the lyrics for That's What She Said on arama , I was shell shocked in finding out just how trashy if not extremely offensive the content's

I really don't know what's going on within Warner Japan but shouldn't the staff at the very least check if not screenproof the songs , making an album takes a lot more $ & effort & with something terrible like JAPONICANA , uh $ wasted much ?

And I'm pretty sure the bulk of the sales that will be contributed to JAPONICANA will be his hardcore loyal Japanese fans . I seriously don't think a English speaking fan would even want to show his support by getting JAPONICANA as it's just so *pulls a face

which led me to wonder , Eirynne are you still planning to support Akanishi via his Japanese solo stuff or you already completely given up on him , be it on the personal or music front ? :O

so, uhhh, Kame remains flawless, yes? 0:]

considering that I'm still holding a torch for him for the past 4 years & counting , OF COURSE xD

you see the PVs for LIPS , NO MORE PAIN , LOCK ON & etc , it's already enough to prove just how flawless he's sigh & oh don't get me started on the forever & will be awesome live performance of 1582

[ll moments ll]

^ i'm currently on a Jin Akanishi detox. i just can't stand him at all fronts at the moment & i need a break. perhaps it will change in the future & i'll calm down sooner or later, but i don't think i can appreciate him on the same level that i once did.

i'm not mad, despite my posts saying so. LOL. it's just, i don't think he understands everything he's going into. he's been given such a great opportunity, but i think he's wasting his talents & making poor personal decisions. also, i don't think it's fair that he's going rogue while the other Johnny's don't have that freedom...

LOL. my Kame appreciation goes beyond the lipstick, eyeliner, & badassery.

well, Kame, now...he's changed as well. except, he went the other route! it's been such a pleasure watching him grow up. he really was this punk kid back in the days, i mean he did hang out with the now infamous "Akanishi Troop". i'm really glad he didn't stay that way. he's super mature, incredibly well-versed, and professional. he always manages to surprise me somehow (in a good way, not the face-palming way)

& the other members of KAT-TUN are really good guys too. i respect Maru a lot as well. he's the normal, but integral piece of the group. he's my 2nd favorite, but all the guys have special places in my little JE world, lol.

i just think i'm over Jin & all his drama. :\

[KarenPang]

fair enough on what you said about Akanishi & I do agree on what you said as signing a million dollar record deal with Warner Music & for him to produce this kind of rubbish , it's obviously he didn't utilise the chance on what works for him best on the solo career front :x

I mean before what happened to him on the personal front with the whole shotgun marriage , I already had a pretty bad feeling about his impending English solo career as face it , so many Asians over the years have tried to take a stab at the US market but a lot of them have failed & with Akanishi coming out with such a terrible record , can you imagine just how much face will be lost ?

I'm kinda glad that when I 1st got my exposure to Johnny's if not KAT-TUN some 4 years back , I didn't fancy the pants outta Akanishi so much (that goes to Ueda & Kame eventually xD) but seeing him in this state now , I don't know if feeling sorry for him are the right words to use :x

Haha well Kame will always always have a special place in my heart even though I'm not crazily into him as much as before but I really fell for him hard for close to a year & it has been great seeing him grow & matured as a person & let alone then some xD

It still amazes me that even though he's the youngest in the group , the maturity that he displayed be it in the individual or group front , that gathers a lot of respect from me . I'm sure he has a lot of bad rumours thrown in front of him over the years but I respect that he handles them all in a good professional manner & not sweeping all of them under the rug

Nakamaru is not known as the mother hen in the group for nothing you know , even though I still wish that the others will stop bullying him so frequently ~_~ , whatever happened to Taguchi for being the 'victim' ? ;p

[Mai82Go]

To be honest I never cared about Jins' solo stuff anyway. So I'm neither suprised nor disappointed. I can see how a fan would be disappointed though. I just don't care enough about him to feel sorry. That whole episode is hilarious to me. I also doubt, like ll moments ll, that most japanese fans understand the offensive content of his lyrics. It's english so it's got to be cool, right? I don't wish this to be the end of him, he has a wife and child to support - but it really seems to go downhill. I cannot say this often enough - but I'm so glad he is gone from my flawless KAT-TUN.

[MissElin_]

I had totally missed out the lyrics you all was talking about so checked them up.



I wish I haven't.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Mai82Go

To be honest I never cared about Jins' solo stuff anyway. So I'm neither suprised nor disappointed. I can see how a fan would be disappointed though. I just don't care enough about him to feel sorry. That whole episode is hilarious to me. I also doubt, like ll moments ll, that most japanese fans understand the offensive content of his lyrics. It's english so it's got to be cool, right? I don't wish this to be the end of him, he has a wife and child to support - but it really seems to go downhill. I cannot say this often enough - but I'm so glad he is gone from my flawless KAT-TUN.

I still think his Japanese solo material has substance if not great (like care , Murasaki , Seasons) but I wouldn't lie that what's really driving me mad is this attitude that he's putting up in that he assumingly thinks he's a really big hot shot (in Japan maybe but in USA , you're a mere small fry & know it no)

I kinda wonder any English speaking fans of him would even bother to translate the lyrics to Japanese cos I'm sure if that happens , all hell will break loose

Sure , lyrically in JAPONICANA might sound cool to someone but to another person , it speaks otherwise & sad to say even my younger sister echo the same thing that she couldn't believe just how tacky if not trashy the lyrical content is for JAPONICANA

And I thought what I used to listen in English rap was really bad if not offensive but JAPONICANA is like what Eirynne said , primary school material stuff & if I'm Crocker from Fairly Oddparents , I would say , F !

Originally Posted by MissElin_

I had totally missed out the lyrics you all was talking about so checked them up.



I wish I haven't.

uh I guess curiousity kills the cat for you lol

Anyway .... huff JAPONICANA debuted at #1 today with 1st day sales of 37,550 copies

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2012-03-06/

[KarenPang]

NTV live broadcasted their special music program “Nittere-kei Ongaku no Saiten Ongaku no Chikara 2012” which was to support recovery efforts for the Tohoku earthquake, and various artists sent out their cheering up songs for the Japanese nation.

Medley of Going ! + BIRTH

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzYyMDM2MTUy.html

[KarenPang]

CHAIN is certified Gold for shipment of 100K copies

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201202.html

[KarenPang]

Kazuya Kamenashi wishes he could turn into a girl and wear skirts



Transformation was the keyword for KAT-TUN’s Kazuya Kamenashi’s latest commercial, reports Oricon on March 12.

Kamenashi is the latest celebrity to endorse KIRIN’s canned tea drinks 午後の紅茶 (Gogo no Kocha, Afternoon Tea), and took part in an event to promote the product in Tokyo today.

The new commercial shows a normal businessmen transforming into the good-looking Kamenashi after taking a sip of the drink. On the topic of transformation, the press asked Kamenashi what he would want to transform into.

“I’d like to become a woman and wear a skirt. I’m just curious about how it feels. I’d like to wear a skirt and go for a stroll around town.”

Kamenashi said he found it really exciting to work with a motion capture camera for his new commercial.

“The device is so cool. It can tell what I look like from the side when all I’ve been doing is face straight forward.”

While the Johnny’s talent was telling the press he had fun working with the director, who would ask Kamenashi to wink at the camera, the cameramen at today’s event asked him to kiss the can of drink.

“You’re asking for more than the director,” Kamenashi said before hesitating, but eventually giving in and kissing the tea can from different angles.

To go to KIRIN’s tea website, click here.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...d-wear-skirts/

Oh god Kame , you will look amazing as a girl & let alone wearing a skirt ehehehehe

Also , he will be participating in this year's Dreamboys butai once more in Sept <3

[KarenPang]

Kame's KIRIN’s Gogo no Kocha Espresso Tea CM + making *_____*

CM http://www.beverage.co.jp/gogo/ad_gallery/espresso_cm1/

Making http://www.beverage.co.jp/gogo/ad_ga...presso_making/

FIAILS FIAILS FIAILS

ughhhhhhhhh Kame , why are you doing this to me again ;___; . Suit + drinking a rather harmless can of beverage in such a manner = T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T

[Bigtop]

Just to let you know, Jin Akanishi FAILED TO GET #1.



Ikimono-gakari stole the #1 - and only in their second week...

[KarenPang]

Weekly sales update

**2　*69,887　*,*69,887　JIN AKANISHI
*25　**4,235　*,125,051　KAT-TUN

I'm actually glad that JAPONICANA didn't get #1 as listening to the album made my ears bleed in such a terrible way :x , I rather & prefer Ikimono-gakari remind on top since I know the trio are very talented

Kame's KIRIN’s Gogo no Kocha Espresso Tea CM is still playing in my head , wails ;__; xD

[ll moments ll]

the whole Kame wants to be a girl & wear skirts only made me bat my lashes. TELL ME SOMETHING NEW, KAME.

Junno's going to be in a new drama with Aragaki Yui called "Legal High"
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