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[Bigtop]

WTF Koyama and Shige!?!?!?

I'm shocked at these rumors. This is unacceptable.

(Oh, it's from Shuukan Bushun though, questionable source. But if this was true, then this is a real shocker that could spell the final days of NEWS... )

[Utena]

F.I.N.A.L.L.Y is all I can say...

[KarenPang]

Happy birthday Shige , he turns 31 today

[jiarongisme]

Love the art direction. It's so Japanese.

[jiarongisme]

Massu daddy

[KarenPang]

Happy 15th anniversary NEWS

[jiarongisme]

Nothing about the covers shows the concept of being unleashed LOL. It feels very much the opposite. LOVE edition is probably my favourite. Wasn't very impressed with his solo stuff after he changed labels but let's see.

[KarenPang]

Details on Yamashita Tomohisa's new album 'UNLEASHED' revealed

The details on Yamashita Tomohisa's new album "UNLEASHED" (November 28 release) have finally been revealed.

"UNLEASHED" marks Yamashita's first album in four years. Yamashita himself is involved with the songwriting and composition of most of the songs in the album. In addition, KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya participates in the seventh song, "Dancer."

The album's limited editions, FEEL Version and LOVE Version, will both come with a DVD containing music videos and live footage from his nationwide tour 'FUTURE FANTASY.'

[UNLEASHED]

CD:

01. UnleAsHed
02. You Make Me
03. Paraiso
04. Right moves
05. LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME
06. Byoushin
07. Dancer
08. "H"
09. StrAwbErry
10. AI
11. With you
12. Ano Hi no Kaori（※Regular Edition Only）

Limited Edition FEEL Version DVD:

・「Right moves」Music Video

TOMOHISA YAMASHITA THE BEST LIVE TOUR 2016「FUTURE FANTASY」Special Digest FEEL ver.

・Nocturne
・Odoru Yoru
・LOVE CHASE
・PARTY DON'T STOP
・Touch You
・Dreamer
・Tokyo Sinfonietta

Limited Edition LOVE Version DVD:

・「You Make Me」Music Video

TOMOHISA YAMASHITA THE BEST LIVE TOUR 2016「FUTURE FANTASY」Special Digest LOVE ver.

・LET IT GO
・PARTY'S ON
・One in a million
・HELLO
・Kimi no Hitomi no Naka ni Mieta Marukute Aoi Hoshi
・Modorenai kara
・YOUR STEP
・B-A-N-G

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...ashed-revealed

Hopefully Yamapi's new album is worth the 4 years wait like what happened to FLOWER FLOWER's Spotlight & V6's The ONES albums which're both excellent albums

[A-TeensFan]

those Unleashed cover pics look like a photobook pictures

[KarenPang]

Happy birthday Tegoshi , he turns 31 today

[jiarongisme]

Looks like he's stepping up his live vocal game. The 2 year break did him good. He can actually sing well live now. I was impressed during his guest appearance with Namie, and now this is pretty good as well.

[jiarongisme]

Kuu was at NEWS' concert in Tokyo Dome yesterday.

[jiarongisme]

I just listened to Yamapi's YOU album and I have to say I'm really into it. Much better than his EDM work imo.

[Spiral]

Is there a reason for the random capitalizing on Unleashed album titles? I was wondering while listening to it. lol.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Spiral

Is there a reason for the random capitalizing on Unleashed album titles? I was wondering while listening to it. lol.

Capitalizing titles of some songs aren't uncommon in Japan...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Spiral

Is there a reason for the random capitalizing on Unleashed album titles? I was wondering while listening to it. lol.

Not that I know of any particular reason why so . Yamapi didn't mention about it during the 2 CDTV Artist File episodes and also during Buzz Rhythm 02 , Love music & The Covers

Yamapi was only asked about the reason on why UNLEASHED was quite heavily English language driven

Also on a side note , it's a bit of a shame that the same photos were included in both CD + DVDs booklets of UNLEASHED , Sony could have included different photos of Yamapi to make things slightly better

I don't know about the CD only cos I didn't buy it

[Spiral]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Capitalizing titles of some songs aren't uncommon in Japan...

Quite aware of that fact. Was curious if there might have been a reason other than stylistic. Everything was packaged so stylishly and nice. The random capitalization took a bit away from it imo. But watevs.

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Not that I know of any particular reason why so . Yamapi didn't mention about it during the 2 CDTV Artist File episodes and also during Buzz Rhythm 02 , Love music & The Covers

Yamapi was only asked about the reason on why UNLEASHED was quite heavily English language driven

I see, thank you! What did he say about the heavy English use?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Spiral

I see, thank you! What did he say about the heavy English use?

https://babyshazam.livejournal.com/112899.html

Not exactly related to UNLEASHED but what the translated interview talks about explains why in recent years Yamapi chose to sharpen his English usage skills

Yamapi for years has been influenced by Western culture , partially cos of his BFF but back then his English pronunciation was quite poor especially way back when he released SUPERGOOD, SUPERBAD

Listening to UNLEASHED made me sense just how much Yamapi's English pronunciation has improved tremendously over the years . At least what Yamapi sings/said , I can understand instead of some weird random rambling & to a certain extent , the English lyrics of some songs does make sense despite the occasional questionable moment

For Yamapi to host Otona no Kiss Eigo , that also no doubt has helped him a great deal

[Spiral]

oooo interesting! lmao he's cute. I've only listened to like 2 singles of his and random news singles. are his earlier albums anything like unleashed?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Spiral

oooo interesting! lmao he's cute. I've only listened to like 2 singles of his and random news singles. are his earlier albums anything like unleashed?

You can check out his 1st mini dance album Asobi , it's almost like a prelude to what UNLEASHED offers

All the songs in Asobi EP are all dance but yet they're all really great and I don't really like dance songs to begin with

Yamapi's other studio albums were equally good & versatile . YOU is quite radio friendly but the others like Ero & A NUDE are less mainstream but still worth listening to

Debut album SUPERGOOD , SUPERBAD has 2 discs kinda like Kuu's W FACE . SUPERGOOD has radio friendly safe songs while SUPERBAD is a lot more westernised

Frankly out of all the Johnnys that left groups to pursue solo careers , Yamapi is the only 1 that I still follow back when he 1st released Daite Senorita in 2006 until now