Asian music "what's on your mind" thread III

[owlflight]

Why couldn’t the last minute of Blackpink’s Forever Young been a full separate song! It sounds awesome and for me, doesn’t fit with the rest of the song as a whole.

[KarenPang]

Just announced a few mins ago on LINE Live , flumpool are making a comeback this year

So happy about this especially after frontman Ryuuta been plagued with vocal issues for years

1st is Matsushita Yuya , now is flumpool who're coming back . I hope the next artiste will be abingdon boys school ;__;

[KarenPang]

New flumpool single in May , woo can't wait

[KarenPang]

It was interesting to see Little Glee Monster covered Golden Bomber's Memeshikute on Fri's MUSIC STATION 2 hours special episode

And to say their rendition is very different from the original , it's an understatement

Also for Backstreet Boys & V6 to be in the same age range , mind blown & for Nick Carter to say that each group can trade members made me LOL

[KarenPang]

GACKT wrote on his Instagram yesterday & he scolded YOSHIKI for being late

Lmao that's so hilarious , I guess punctuality is not YOSHIKI's strength

[KarenPang]

Announced a few mins ago on their fanclub site , ARASHI will go on hiatus from end of 2020 onwards :O

I'm not surprised in a way , ARASHI has been working so hard the past 20 years or more so it's about time for them to go on a well deserved break

Damn this means 5x20 concert tickets will now be even more harder to get than ever before

[Kacku]

Thanks for the explanation, Corvina. I'd prefer them counting everything too, this selectiveness seems a little pedantic and impractical.

negoto announced that they will disband after a final tour next summer. I've been following them for many years and thought that they were hitting new artistic peaks just last year, so this is a sad announcement to see. I hope they'll still release some new sweet music before calling it quits.

In happier news, iri announced a new album release for March! Excited for that and NakamuraEmi's album coming in February.

[KarenPang]

ACE OF SPADES are resuming activities in 2019 after a 6 years break o_o

And I'm very surprised they have not released an album after such a long hiatus but better late than never

This also in a way is sad cos it has been almost 6 years since my sister left the EXILE fandom & she was a very big EXILE fan and the 1st concert she went to see in Japan was EXILE at Kyocera Dome Osaka where she got lost inside the venue , xD

That was before HIRO decided to retire from the public spotlight :s

Also , this year's Johnny Countdown concert goods went on sale today and I'm very surprised KinKi Kids & TOKIO had no Uchiwa made available

And it's so bittersweet that it's the last Tackey & Tsubasa Uchiwa made available for the Johnny Countdown

[LOGMAN]

Just saw Ariyasu Momoka is making her return to music after an abrupt graduation/retirement a year ago.

[Bigtop]

Yanawaraba (Okinawa female duo from Ishigaki island) is making a comeback!!!

http://www.ya-na.net/

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Universal uploaded the full In This Place~Futari no Kizuna on their YouTube account



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8hNPvJlarc

Originally Posted by Bigtop

^ Wait, what? Geoblocked??? This is a Universal artist, and not Sony...so why are they doing a full blanket geoblock? We're more familiar with the Sony geoblocks, so why is this happening to a Universal artist? (And isn't Universal owned by Comcast?)

Or is it some YouTube Premium stuff that is causing the blocking???

Spoiler:

This might be somewhat off-topic, but I'm not sure if it's related to some recent YouTube Premium business?

https://old.reddit.com/r/jpop/commen...g_on_avexs_yt/
https://old.reddit.com/r/japanesemus...s_up_with_the/
https://onehallyu.com/topic/96-the-j...#entry29118080

Originally Posted by KarenPang

I probably should stop posting such things in the near future , especially since you don't listen to Aoyama in the 1st place

For the record , Hilcrhyme recently has the same problem too . I cannot watch Atarimae PV without using a VPN

At times if not most times , you make a mountain out of a molehill

Originally Posted by minkAYuko

Anybody here can download this MV from youtube in HD? it's region locked

Originally Posted by Corvina

Yeah, avex uploaded a whole bunch of (old) videos for different artists (also two live vids for Ayu).
But all of those are for the Premium Music option from youtube. Seems to be something they wanna push for 2019.

This seriously needs to be pointed out - YouTube Music Premium, which just recently rolled out to Japan, is now causing 'geoblock' or 'paywall' issues on J-pop music videos, especially 'full versions' of it. This could be very serious in the long run, and this could affect not just Avex - but other labels around Japan, especially big ones like Sony or Universal...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

This seriously needs to be pointed out - YouTube Music Premium, which just recently rolled out to Japan, is now causing 'geoblock' or 'paywall' issues on J-pop music videos, especially 'full versions' of it. This could be very serious in the long run, and this could affect not just Avex - but other labels around Japan, especially big ones like Sony or Universal...

You probably am the only 1 in the forum over worry about such things for nothing

Personally I don't see this as a big deal . Almost 10 years ago when Johnny & Associates start to roll out short PV versions of Johnnys PVs on music shows , that's 1 way of getting fans to buy their physical releases as up to now , Johnnys' material are not available for legal purchase or legal streaming , yet

Then subsequently other record labels do the same thing as well

And now with YouTube Music Premium , it's more or less the same thing . If you don't want to pay $ to watch whoever artistes' videos are uploaded online , then just buy the artiste's release , simple as that

Granted that Japan is the world's 2nd music market but USA is still the biggest overall

This basically means Sony Japan & Universal Japan stand to lose out a lot of $ in limiting their artistes' videos for viewing within Japan solely

[Corvina]

I've read some comments again about why J-Pop isn't as appealing anymore and they say it's because it got so stale, boybands and idols reigning and no really interesting newcomers except anime singers and mellow singer-songwriters like Aimyon.
And while I think this might be true for the overall mainstream market, I couldn't disagree more with newcomers.
From the top of my head there are a bunch of new artists I came to love - Taichi Mukai, Chanmina, FAKY and eill to name them.

Really excited for Chanmina's first physicial single release btw.
The covers are awesome!



Glad to have her, cause she's bascially a new Kuu/Namie, except she's more of a rapper while also having a great singing voice.
A strong female figure Japan just needs more of right now imo.

[Xianghua]

^ if she has a similar style to kuu and namie, I will definitely check her out!

[Corvina]

You should!
Her best release yet was the Chocolate mini-album (My Name and Green Light ).
Pain Is Beauty is her last digital single and a good song, too.

[Xianghua]

Thanks Corvina! I like all the songs you recommended, and Doctor I will look forward to her next release.

I read from last.fm that she was bullied in school, so that answers my question about the inspiration for the Pain Is Beauty video/ the song To Haters

[KarenPang]

Yamapi & ARASHI's Sakurai at the red carpet of today's 61st Annual Grammy Awards







Yamapi did English interview commentary with other celebrities on the red carpet which in this case he interviewed Zedd (the guy on the far left) , just like what V6's Sakamoto did last year for WOWOW as they're the ones that broadcast the Grammies in Japan

And Yamapi used English and said to Zedd that Sakurai is the number 1 star in Japan , LOL

https://twitter.com/sakuraifacts/sta...01379636330497

Ah damn so cool xD

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Xianghua

Thanks Corvina! I like all the songs you recommended, and Doctor I will look forward to her next release.

I read from last.fm that she was bullied in school, so that answers my question about the inspiration for the Pain Is Beauty video/ the song To Haters

Yeah, Pain Is Beauty is such a sad song, especially cause there are her real experiences behind it.
Which is why we have that dedication to the people supporting her at the end of the video.


Ah, just found this new English interview with her!
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture.../#.XGEwRFO1I0N

[Xianghua]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Yeah, Pain Is Beauty is such a sad song, especially cause there are her real experiences behind it.
Which is why we have that dedication to the people supporting her at the end of the video.


Ah, just found this new English interview with her!
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture.../#.XGEwRFO1I0N

thank you! an interesting read especially about the social media which i agree with. it makes me want to write something nice to her since she checks out the comments~

and lol at her saying she would have became a kpop idol if she went back to Korea, when i first saw her pictures i thought she had the kpop idol look

[KarenPang]

Becky is now married , congrats to her

Hoping the best for Becky as she gone through so much over the years & didn't helped she had horrible relationships with men inclusive the last 1 which really screwed her up while he got away relatively free with his bands which shows how much of a double standard Japan's society still is unfortunately -_-

Here's hoping Becky's new husband will treat her with respect , love & kindness