[ARASHI] The 33rd thread ~ 45th single Sakura (25.2)

[KarenPang]

P.A.R.A.DO.X -short ver.-



Doesn't get anymore Americanised sounding than this but I really like it

The opening's so cool

[KarenPang]

Sakurai's movie Kamisama no Karute 2 will premiere on March 21st 2014



https://twitter.com/jenewsd/status/389056877763366912

[Beauty4123]

omg the "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" PV is absolutely amazing!

the song is amazing! and arashi look very hot in the PV, too! the dancing & just everything about the PV is perfect! i really can't wait to watch the full PV!

[Beauty4123]

"FUNKY" radio rip:


"FUNKY" is awesome! i can't wait to hear the full song.

[KarenPang]

it's surreal knowing that LOVE will finally get released next week

I'm quite excited to hear what LOVE has to offer especially since this time round the singles included are some of their best & let alone the preview for P・A・R・A・D・O・X is still wow even up to now

[KarenPang]

Matsumoto Jun invited to visit Ohno Satoshi’s home for the first time in 14 years

On October 9th, Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun made an appearance in TBS’s program ‘Hanamaru Market,’ and he revealed that this year, for the first time, Arashi’s leader Ohno Satoshi invited him to his house. Matsumoto also got a glimpse of Ohno’s room.

Matsumoto made an appearance in the program corner ‘Hanamaru Café.’ Through a pie chart, Matsumoto described what he regularly did for fun in his private life. Within this graph, ‘eating with friends’ was 35%, ‘muscle training’ was 25%, ‘appreciating/admiring things by himself’ was 20%, and ‘sleeping’ was 20%. Matsumoto was then asked by the host Yakumaru, “Have you ever gone out to eat with other Arashi members?”

Matsumoto said, “This year for the first time, I went to Leader’s (Ohno’s) house.” He confessed that this was the first time in the 14 years that Arashi was established that he went to Ohno’s house. He then continued, “It was just the two of us for about an hour. We lazed around for a bit, then we thought ‘well then shall we go eat together’ and went out to eat. We also went out for a drink. It was just the two of us the whole time.”

Matsumoto had, until this point, gone by Ohno’s house, but it seems he never went inside. This time, when Matsumoto saw a picture of one of the figures that Ohno had sculpted, he had conveyed some feelings when saying, “Oh- this is really amazing. If only I could see it for real.” Ohno had replied, “Okay,” which seemed to have brought about the circumstances.

When he was asked about the state of Ohno’s room, Matsumoto divulged, “I had the wrong assumptions. It was clean. Leader is amazing. There was a clean/uncluttered feel about the room.” By the way, after eating out together, the bill was split evenly between the two.

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...e-in-14-years/

[KarenPang]

New LOVE group + solo profile shots







http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=profile&artist=10

[Beauty4123]

arashi are looking very nice in the "LOVE" pictures!

[KarenPang]

NINKI index for LOVE - 546.50

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/na/w/2013-10-18/

Not very surprised on this but I think LOVE might stand a shot to sell just as much if not slightly a bit under Popcorn ?

Anyway I look forward to hear LOVE , most importantly cos of P.A.R.A.D.O.X alone haha

[KarenPang]

ARASHI will perform P・A・R・A・D・O・X next week on MUSIC STATION

2013/10/25

1. P・A・R・A・D・O・X/嵐
2. 恋は匂へと散りぬるを/KinKi Kids
3. Remember me/くるり
4. 冬物語/三代目 J Soul Brothers
5. さよなら/西野カナ
6. 桔梗が丘/平井堅

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1. P・A・R・A・D・O・X/ARASHI
2. Koi wa Nioeto Chirinuruwo/KinKi Kids
3. Remember me/Kururi
4. Fuyu Monogatari/Sandaime J Soul Brothers
5. Sayonara/Nishino Kana
6. Kikyōgaoka/Hirai Ken

[Beauty4123]

wow, the NINKI is fantastic! i'm so happy!

and omg! i'm very happy that arashi will perform "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" next week on MUSIC STATION! can't wait!

[Bigtop]

No surprise here...going to be part of a Johnny's sweep week next week!

[KarenPang]

Kouhaku press conference

[KarenPang]

Ayase Haruka & Arashi chosen as hosts for this year's Kohaku

It was announced that Ayase Haruka and Arashi have been chosen as the hosts for NHK's annual New Year's eve music show, Kohaku Uta Gassen.

Although it will be the first time for Ayase, who will be supporting the red team, to participate in Kohaku as the host, for Arashi, this will be the 4th consecutive year to serve as the host on behalf of the white team. It was also announced that NHK announcer Udo Yumiko will be the general host.

At the press conference held on October 18th, Ayase who appeared in last year's Kohaku as a guest introducer for the artists' song, commented, "I am nervous. While getting advice from Arashi-san and Udo-san, I hope to be able to tell the wonderfulness of Kohaku. It is a big year event. Last year, I enjoyed it very much, but this year, I want to act flexibly and bravely."

Arashi members also left comments.

Sakurai Sho said, "I would like to send out the songs from the position of being the host."

Ohno Satoshi also added, "Until last year, our record was 2 wins, 1 defeat. I hope for the white team to win again, so that we could have a long lead against the red team."

Aiba Masaki commented, "It was Ayase-san who introduced our song performance last year. This year, we are enemies. We will give it all we've got.", to which Ayase responded, "You're quite obsessive about winning, aren't you?"

Ninomiya Kazunari also gave his own thoughts, "We've been getting support from people around us although we were inexperienced (as the host in previous Kohaku). It may be the first and last time for this 6 of us (with Ayase) to participate in Kohaku, so I would like to do our best."

When Matsumoto Jun was asked to give advice to Ayase, he humbly answered, "We're not good enough to give advice, but I hope for both red and while to unite efforts."

The 64th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen will live broadcast on December 31st starting at 7:15 pm and run until 11:45 pm.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...s-years-kohaku

[KarenPang]

LOVE has leaked out !

http://www.j-mp3.info/2013/10/love.html

The opening track Ai o Utaou is just wow

[KarenPang]

P.A.R.A.DO.X full PV

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=645348455487756

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME

enough said

[Beauty4123]

"LOVE" is a fantastic album! i love it!

all the songs are just so amazing! my favorites are "Rock Tonight", "CONFUSION", "P.A.R.A.D.O.X", and "Starlight kiss". the solos are really awesome, too! i guess it's no surprise that my favorite solo is matsujun's, lol. "Dance in the dark" is so fun to listen to, i just love it! and i really like ohno's solo, "Hit the floor", too. it's a very cool song.

i also just watched the full "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" PV & wow! it's totally one of arashi best PVs ever! it's perfect! and the song is really amazing, too. i absolutely loved the dancing that arashi did in the PV. they looked so hot in their outfits, too! the whole PV is perfection, lol. seriously, the PV is amazing! i can't stop watching it!

i just love "LOVE" so much! i love every arashi album, so it's no surprise that i love this album too, lol. it really is an amazing album!

[KarenPang]

Honestly , LOVE is not an easy album to get into but I can understand why out of the 8 group songs , P.A.R.A.D.O.X was the only song that got a PV as it's easily the best new song in the album

Solo wise , Aiba's unexpectedly the best as he never had a solo ballad before but he pulled it off quite well & of course Ohno can never go wrong

Even MatsuJun's solo is tolerable this time round but yeah the singles are the ones that hold quite a big weight in LOVE

I don't think LOVE will be my overall fave album of ARASHI but it's a bit different from their past albums which I think is not necessary a bad thing

[KarenPang]

LOVE 1st day sales - 327,985

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-10-22/

Wow & it's even higher than their previous albums' 1st day sales o_o

First Week
【嵐】　 popcorn(2　World（1　bnmf（1　Best（2　Dream（2　Time（2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　 ---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---
火 　　　 302,605　269,854　275,081　261,076　100,985　*80,187
水 　　　 166,826　145,895　183,521　171,046　*56,859　*53,381
木 　　　 *77,738　*73,337　109,659　120,568　*19,183　*20,365
金 　　　 *46,398　*51,161　*54,727　*74,411　*15,111　*11,571
土 　　　 *46,847　*38,213　*42,160　*65,443　*14,824　*11,531
日 　　　 *33,715　*32,619　*41,130　*50,223　*13,760　*13,835

Popcorn's 1st week sales was 701,260 . Maybe LOVE is able to top that ?

[KarenPang]

LOVE 2nd day sales - 150,370

Total 2 day sales - 327,985 + 150,370 = 478,355

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-10-23/

And a group shot of them in LOVE mode that's probably found in the album booklet ?



http://www.jpopasia.com/news/arashi-...rt::15057.html