Short version!? After all, Ayu's not alone on short version PVs...

Johnny groups have been doing this for the past 3 years & those affected by this move are the ones that will include the PV in their single/album ~_~

Yamapi´s solo album is AMAZING EPIC!!!
The SUPERGOOD songs are good, but SUPERBAD ones are just incredible!!!I need to buy this GREAT album for sure!!

Yamapi arrived in HK prepared with 50-member entourage

http://pics.livejournal.com/murasaki_sky/pic/00069htr

It was a busy day yesterday for fans at the Hong Kong International Airport after a string of Korean and Japanese stars arrived one after another. Japanese idol Yamashita Tomohisa, Korean actress Choi Ji-woo, and Korean actor Gong Yoo all arrived in Hong Kong yesterday.

Yamashita will be holding his concert at Star Hall this weekend. Yesterday he arrived in Hong Kong to prepare for his shows. When Yamashita was in Hong Kong last year to promote his concert, it ignited a huge commotion at the airport with a number of fans injuring themselves trying to get close to their idol. This time, the organizers increased the amount of personnel on scene. His record company arranged for 20 security guards, while an additional 30 staff members were on hand to handle his reception. However, there were only 20 fans who showed up at the airport for his arrival.

When Yamashita appeared, his fans were ecstatic. Many continued to follow him as he exited the airport. Yamashita waved at fans and extended his greetings while security guards continued leading him out of the airport. Several fans prepared gifts for him, but he didn't accept any to avoid any commotion.

http://community.livejournal.com/ara...t/1795856.html

lol overshot of manpower :p

you would think the president of the US was coming or something. but it's just...yamapi, LOL. :roflmao

aoi bench (short ver.) PV :)

you know it wouldn't hurt for JE to show the full Aoi Bench PV as I think it's a bit silly to call it a short version with it standing at 3:52 mins ~_~

anyway Aoi Bench's still fantastic & Masuda is adorable *O* . Tegoshi finally looks great after so long xD

the PV really reminded me of ARASHI's Ashita no Kioku a great deal , given the way photos are used to make a collage picture on the wall :p & let alone a bit of Ken Hirai's Sing Forever too x)

maybe the director for Aoi Bench is the same person who directed Ashita no Kioku ? :P

I thought the same with regards to SUPERBAD because I didn't like that a lot of songs on there are very Americanised sounding / full of Engrish / autotune / synth driven :x

I already dislike One in a million mirrom & to hear even more songs in that almost same style , I almost wanted to throw something at someone

then again , I suppose those same group of songs are perfect if you want to plug them loud in a club but for me since I'm not a clubbing person , I'm not going to do that

but the R-midwest REMIX of MOLA is nice

for me , I like the SUPERGOOD album tracks more than SUPERBAD . Aoi is pretty <3

i'm sort of addicted to SUPERBAD, ngl. Irene likes to party it up, i guess. :laugh i haven't properly listened to SUPERGOOD though. i should get on that...

After the dust has settled I've come somewhere in the middle. I don't OMFG love the album but I do like some tracks. Still, if the SUPERGOOD side had been a bit less cliché J-Pop cheesy and the SUPERBAD side not as overly auto-tuned and synthesized, it would've been much better. But there are tracks on both sides I adore.

Aoi on the SUPERGOOD side, and One in a Million and especially Yours Baby on the SUPERBAD side.

Gomen ne should have been in SUPERGOOD instead of SUPERBAD

it feels really odd for it to be on SUPERBAD , like it's 1 sore thumb outta all the Americanised sounding tunes there ~_~

Setlist for Yamapi's 1st solo concert which took place at Hong Kong

1. 抱いてセニョリータ ; Daite Señorita
2. フィーバーとフューチャー ; Kitty GYM's Fever to Future
3. 青春アミーゴ ; Shuuji to Akira's Seishun Amigo
4. 挨拶 ; Greeting
5. Theme of "SUPERBAD"
6. Tokyo Sinfonietta
7. MOLA
8. One in a million
9. Yours Baby
10. ごめんね ; Gomen ne
11. 曲名不明の新曲 ; Unknown (new) song ?
12. My Dear
13. Dance Jam
14. MC
15. えびショー
16. TOMO
17. 溺愛; Dekiai ROBOT
18. 罪と罰 ; Tsumi to Batsu
19. はだかんぼー ; Hadakanbo
20. Crazy You
21. えび2曲 ; medley of 2 songs ?
22. Friday Night
23. Blood Diamond
24. ONE GIRL
25. Touch You
26. PARTY DON'T STOP

Encore

1) Loveless
2) Aoi ; 青

Source

aw he didn't performed Santa Maria ;__; , hopefully he will do that tomorrow ?

packaging for the 2CDs + DVD of SUPERGOOD SUPERBAD

http://pics.livejournal.com/sailorocean/pic/0001qwq6

wow it looks great but not the most wow packaging I've seen of an album this year :p it so far goes to Kuroki Meisa's MAGAZINE album

Scans for both editions of SUPERGOOD SUPERBAD can be downloaded here

awesome packaging! i like those designs! :P

anyway, i feel so stupid to be surprised about this, but half (if not almost) all of the songs on SUPERBAD use auto-tune! :roflmao i should have known, lol. but i really do like the album! i'm a fan of these dance songs, so i don't mind. the lyrics to ONE GIRL crack me up, though! "walking on air like a millionaire LOL. :tipsy

my favorite SUPERBAD song is probably PARTY DON'T STOP feat. DJ DASK. it's just too catchy! and it has the best beat. :D as far as SUPERGOOD is concerned, they're all pretty good songs! but i ultimately prefer SUPERBAD. although, i really like Santa Maria. i love how yamapi says it, lol. very catchy. :P

^ omfg i'm shamelessly addicted to "PARTY DON'T STOP" as well. it makes me want to go clubbing or something. :P

the packaging looks great! but i dunno if i'll get the album. :laugh

I'm looking at the lyrics sleeves for the SUPERBAD portion & yes a good portion of songs are in English/Engrish :x

ONE GIRL & MOLA are the only 2 songs that're full English/Engrish while the bulk of the rest are 85%/90% English/Engrish & 10%/15% Japanese xD

honestly I root more towards SUPERGOOD as ick I dislike a lot of autotune/synth nonsense from SUPERBAD even though I still feel it's a mistake for Gomen ne to be on SUPERBAD as it sounded very outta place there :x

haha, irene! :tipsy i'm glad you like it too! :D i've been listening to it once every day this week!!

everytime i listen to TOMO, it just reminds me of ikuta toma, LOL. well, the title does, not really the song. which i like, too. i like the "tomo-saki" part. :P

i listened to Blood Diamond, and did yamapi actually say "sexy ass" & "honey bunny" LOL. :laugh as if auto-tune couldn't make you laugh. the engrish is amazing! :roflmao

Tokyo Sinofietta is really good, too. :cool honestly, if i ever got the album, i'd listen to SUPERBAD so much. i just can't get over the music! i'm a sucker to this music when it comes to jpop, but it's even better when yamapi/JE do it! :laugh

here's the lyrics sleeve for ONE GIRL :p -> http://i51.tinypic.com/2hx8ufo.jpg

to me , if Yamapi wants to go for this kinda style for his solo stuff , I can't stop him but I don't want it to be a spillover effect for NEWS , that will be a bit :tired

I'm going to write/review about SUPERGOOD SUPERBAD soon on my blog , it's just that I need a bit more time to get my ideas all sorted out together in 1 place :p

LOL just saw that in your tweet to me, karen! :roflmao i misheard those words! it's really "sexy eyes" & "honey body". i never would have guessed, LOL.

who's elizabeth & garcia, though? :roflmao i'm really laughing right now!