Nishino Kana (西野カナ) the 11th thread ~ Love Place ~

[NintendoHTF1242]

If Kana is boring, then I guess I like boring music.

#hatersgonnahate

[happiholic★]

I don't think that Kana is boring, I think she is safe. At this moment she is the closest thing Sony has to an avex diva, save for maybe Miliyah. Sony needs to play their cards right and keep her reaching the widest audience. I do think that she is plain vanilla a lot, but every now and then I see a little chocolate and I have my love restored.

[FIRSTKLAS]

lol, when did the Kana thread suddenly become so dramatic? It's like one thing after another in here.

Kana's just doing what other JPop singers do: finding a niche that sells and sticking with it. It seems to me that most successful performers in Japan aren't overly concerned with "artistry" or trying to do everything and be everything with their music. It's like they figure "if I do 'this', someone else can do 'that', and music fans can listen to me when they're in the mood for what I have to offer and to someone else when they're not." It's just part of the conservative nature of Japan and its preference/appreciation of consistency.

Just my two cents.

[Zeke.]

Damn, music artists do NOT have to do every freaking genre out there! Let them do what they are good at!

[owlflight]

Ordered my first Kana Nishino music release. I am excited for Love Place.

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Damn, music artists do NOT have to do every freaking genre out there! Let them do what they are good at!

I agree and I disagree at the same time. While I don't quite want Kana to become a rock artist and change all the things that I love about her and what got me into her, I do want her to grow as an artist and try new things. I don't want her to get stuck in a rut. I do fear that she will forever make mid-tempo R&B ballads.

To me, what separates a good singer from a great singer is one who can find "who they are" or "their sound", but is still able to play around with it and mix it up to keep my interest. Its why I love Kuu and Ayu.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I like Kana's generic R&B ballads because she does them so well. And she usually changes things up a lot for her b-sides and album tracks so I don't know why y'all so pressed and trippin'

Originally Posted by happiholic★

I agree and I disagree at the same time. While I don't quite want Kana to become a rock artist and change all the things that I love about her and what got me into her, I do want her to grow as an artist and try new things. I don't want her to get stuck in a rut. I do fear that she will forever make mid-tempo R&B ballads.

To me, what separates a good singer from a great singer is one who can find "who they are" or "their sound", but is still able to play around with it and mix it up to keep my interest. Its why I love Kuu and Ayu.

This is also why I adore Miliyah Kato. She genre-bends so much on HEAVEN, love it.

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Op watch out, an over-protective admin is sure to swoop in and delete the arguments like they did my comments. Lol.

lol >_>

[koumori]

Note: Posts are not all being trashed because of content, more because most of them are spammy, off-topic, etc. You shouldn't need to be told this. Keep on-topic and take disagreements and off-topic talk elsewhere.

If you have an genuine issue with why a post or a whole discussion has been trashed, it'd be great if you could just PM an active mod instead of bringing questions here and continuing off-topic behaviour.

[Minttulatte]

I'm sure Kana's music will change in time. Personally I love her R&B ballads, even if they're just midtempo ones, I don't really care because I've always been a sucker for some good R&B love songs (I've felt this way since I heard Hikki's DISTANCE lol). And Kana's voice fits with the genre really well. Also, I love that whenever she releases a R&B ballad, she always has a upbeat electronic song on the track list too. XD

[Earth_maiden]

CDJ has the album in stock. But I have to wait they get Ayu's nail book in stock before they'll ship it.

Be Strong is my new jam.

[Kouyou]

I just pre-ordered Love Place on YesAsia!! I'm so excited!

[matt9210]

I was going to leave it til next month before I bought this, but it looks like this album is having a similar distribution to her first two albums with the Limited Edition.

It's still easy to get a Limited Edition copy of Thank you Love, but the LE of Love Place has sold out on YesAsia, and there are only 11 copies left on cdjapan.

[x-megumi-x]

Album previews

[sanzo2011]

the album sounds boring so far!~~! it's not even on par with Thank you, love, not to mention the flawless to LOVE!~~!

[Minttulatte]

I'm just gonna wait until the album comes, meaning I won't listen to the previews either. It's not that long anyway. *_*

[Yoake]

FANTASY & Is this love? sound interesting. I wait for the full version to say if I like or not. It seems that this album'll have a lot of similar ballads.

[PoetGirl]

she's so much copying the queen ayu LOL I just cant, Love song, is this Love?, honey lol...

jk jk

I love the previews so much!

[Zeke.]

I am looking forward to:
Day 7
FANTASY
is this love?
Honey

I think overall it sounds more interesting than Thank You, Love;
the only song I truly loved on that album was Where Are You, followed by
Alright (which isn't even half as good as Where Are You). The rest of that
album is a major bore so I believe this album already sounds much better and
a longer play-life for me.

[Benikari47]

I like the sound of Happy Half Year, and i'm really looking forward to get Be Strong in good quality. But the album sounds far too repetitive for me. I could hardly tell the previews apart when they changed.

[Earth_maiden]

I'm waiting to get mine before I listen to any of the new tracks. Its worth my money that way.