OMG KAREN! those scans! :smitten

but my matsujun is looking....:blove no words, LOL.

i'm totally in love with the Lotus PV as well! the dancing is so great! and the solo scenes are so sad, but beautiful! i like when aiba is by that sakura tree. i think it's a sakura tree. :P but anyway, LOVED IT. :cool :heart

speaking of Love, did anyone listen to "Boom Boom" yet?

totally awesome! the sakurap = :cool love you, sho! it kinda reminds me of "Spiral" for some reason. :P my mind thinks crazily, i know, lol.

Wahh Matsujun looks so young in that pic!! So cute~~

^ the hairstyle makes him look like he's 20 instead of 27, lol. even in the PV, he looked SO young! and handsome! :smitten yup, this hairstyle has definately grown on me by now, haha.

LOL @ what you said about MatsuJun , Lisa . I TOLD YOU SO 8D :P :innocent

I already put the Lotus PV in my mp3player :love & the B-sides this time round are not as strong as what I feel D:

with a title like Boom Boom , I was expecting an upbeat song but for it to be quite mid tempo & the Sakurap was barely audible to me X_X

mmm I need to listen to ever & Boom Boom again if that's the case T_T

LOL karen! :roflmao i never doubted you for one second!

i also thought you couldn't hear sho too good. i thought it was my speakers, LOL. but i still think it's a cool song! :P

on youtube, the Lotus PV seems to have over 33,000 views! in just one day! :dead i can't stop playing it myself. it's too amazing! :weep

:lmfao trust me , if I have the same reaction on what I saw MatsuJun in the CD + DVD sleeves of Lotus , then what you will have will be even more up there than me :p

uh the Sakurap in Boom Boom was barely audible for me D: & it didn't help that it was mixed with autotune too ~_~

but yeah anyway I'm satisfied with the A-side & let alone the PV , it's like the white version of truth since in the truth PV , they were wearing black outfits which're mixed up with red

Ori Star unveils results for their poll, “What’s your favorite song by your favorite artist?”

Weekly entertainment magazine Ori Star recently announced the results of its latest survey, asking for their fans’ favorite song by their favorite artist.

Arashi top’s track was “Monster”, the theme song to the drama “Kaibutsu-Kun” which stars member Ohno Satoshi. When asked why they chose this song, one fan replied, “I can’t help but love the impact of the song and their cool dancing.” To round off the top three tracks for Arashi, ”Monster” was followed by “truth” and “Troublemaker”.

Other favorites include Ikimonogakari’s hit song “Arigatou”, which earned three times the number of votes as their debut song, “SAKURA”. Tohoshinki’s first song as a two-member unit, “Why? (Keep Your Head Down)”, also ranked highly on the list.

Check out the first part of the list below !

Arashi – “Monster”
B’z – “ultrasoul”
EXILE – “Lovers Again”
Fukuyama Masaharu -” Sakurazaka”
Hey! Say! JUMP – “Arigatou ~Sekai no Doko ni Itemo~”
Ikimonogakari - “Arigatou”
Kanjani∞ - “Life ~Me no Mae no Mukou e~”
KAT-TUN - “Real Face”
Kimura Kaela – “Butterfly”
Kinki Kids – “Family ~Hitotsu ni Naru Koto~”
Mr. Children – “Owarinaki Tabi”
NEWS – “weeeek”
SMAP – “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana”
Spitz – “Sora mo Toberu Hazu”
Tohoshinki - “Why? (Keep Your Head Down)”
YUI – “CHE.R.RY”

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/02/ori...vorite-artist/

Okay~~ please somebody tell me, that I'm not the only one, who is disappointed with "Boom Boom".
I was expecting a song like "Sakura Sake" or "Attack it!" and I'm really sad, that it turned out like this. :(

I mean, it's not a bad song - I like it (Riida sounds so great in this song! :heart) - but I was looking forward to the Sakurap sooooo much and then they auto-tune it! We can hardly hear Sho's voice and the auto-tune sounds terrible.


But whatever...I'm still quite satisfied with this single. "Lotus" is awesome (the song and the PV!), "Boom Boom" is nice and "ever" is an okay-ballad.
I hope, Arashi will have more upbeat songs in the future! :yes

I'm kind of liking "Lotus" a bit! Seems similar to "truth" and "Monster"...

i kinda always wanted to hear what arashi sounded like with auto-tune, and now we get "Boom Boom" and not everyone likes it. :roflmao although while i love the song, i do admit it's not their best b-side. but i still like & enjoy it, lol. :P i think "Mou Ippo" from Troublemaker is ultimately better, if you compare the first single of 2010 to 2011.

this time round , Lotus's B-sides are not very strong/prominent as their other singles imo but the A-side is superb

I have a feeling it wouldn't be long before a new album will surface ? we'll see

it seriously feels like yesterday when BnMF came out, though! i even remember the day the album leaked! :roflmao it's crazy! i feel like they'll release one more single (despite having 5 singles already) and then a new album, lol. :P or they'll just release an album and that's it, which is still fine. either one of those 2 options would make the most sense, since arashi can't release 2 more singles to make...8 singles all together. :dead

edit: i'm reading youtube comments on Lotus, and one user mentioned something about the dance. in the opening, the way they dance is like aiba's the bird and the other 4 guys are his wings! or the way they dance in the opening is like a flower blooming or something, lol. whiever way you interpret it, i think this dance is one of arashi's creative and great dances in awhile! i can't stop watching the PV just to see them dance! :heart

(and for matsujun's gorgeous solo shots...:smitten)

Oh man I LOVE Boom Boom!!! Better than Lotus for me~~ I love the style!!

yeah I think it's more or less perfect for them to release a new album since you already have the following singles which will be on their 10th album (omg 10th album X_X)

- To be free
- Love Rainbow
- Dear Snow
- Hatenai Sora
- Lotus

I have a feeling their 10th album might be something special since after all it's their 10th album release

maybe they will call it X ? xD but I'm quite sure it will be a 2CDs edition since it has been like that from Time onwards but we'll see

Personally I think that the choreography in the beginning is supposed to show a blooming lotus...at least that's the way I see it! :yes
But I also really like the choreography in this PV.

honestly from all the Johnny's that I support/listen & let alone watch their PVs & live performances , ARASHI's dance moves are probably the hardest to mimic if not follow

theirs's not straight forward & clear cut unlike NEWS & Hey ! Say ! JUMP but it's just so D: , especially in the PVs for We can make it ! , truth , Crazy Moon & then now Lotus :x

i think the PVs with the hardest dance moves would be truth, Crazy Moon, and Lotus. even kitto daijoubu, maybe. but i can't dance AT ALL so anything would be hard for me to follow, LOL. :laugh but arashi have really unique dance moves, for sure!! :P

i still can't stop watching Lotus! :tipsy

I was so brain dead tired last night that I completely forgot to mention Kitto Daijoubu's dance moves

I think that's also very hard to mimic :dead2 . WISH & Love so sweet a bit to a certain extent

but yeah ARASHI's dance moves are not easy to copy at the end of the day , it's not very straightforward & direct man

1st day sales for Lotus - 241,173

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火 　　　　　241,173　248,828　228,415　232,679　179,779　232,0 45　232,893
水 　　　　　***,***　143,649　117,694　121,773　108,021　131,2 99　144,343
木 　　　　　***,***　*62,418　*54,381　*59,256　*47,663　*59,8 54　*60,356
金 　　　　　***,***　*38,157　*34,295　*37,057　*32,598　*38,1 75　*39,274
土 　　　　　***,***　*31,527　*24,596　*31,495　*25,478　*32,0 11　*31,967
日 　　　　　***,***　*23,115　*22,789　*28,630　*23,376　*27,2 46　*22,348
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推定売上　241,173　547,694　482,170　510,890　416,915　520,6 30　531,181
週間枚数　***,***　572,050　500,730　528,844　425,978　543,2 69　542,334
週間−推　***,***　*24,356　*18,560　*17,954　**9,063　*22,6 39　*11,153

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