pics of the guys in Popolo Jan '09 - http://albinocreampuf.livejournal.co...150865#t150865

:thud

damn you so can't go wrong with suits big time

Kame ........................

why's that photoshop hates Akanishi or is it the other way round ? LOL

Taguchi looks great as usual

yay performance of White X'mas via MS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAok4qdbcSs

:smitten

I can't wait for the PV to be out now

gonna check that performance NOW :thud

edit: kame with glasses = :smitten

ANYWAY, haha, loved the performance. i think koki's voice was cracking a bit, but it's okay. :P i still loved the performance.

:smitten

could tell they're not lip synching on there

I'm waiting for the HQ clip to be surface in due time

the guys all looked great . Ueda's so cute in that hoodie like cap <3

& I like Taguchi's new hairdo . Akame's still well you know lol

This is a good perfs I think!!
But Kame??? this look?????? -__-

Jin is still beautiful :love

I'm happy that they did not lip sync! Jinno looked the best :love and thank god Koki SHAVED

yeah, i prefer live vocals over lip-syncing. :P

for the 1st performance, it was good! hopefully some awesome ones will come down the road~

LOL

2nd time I seen Kame performing in glasses on MS . 1st was the special medley of DUES + their 6 solo songs

yeah Taguchi looks great & thank goodnes Tanaka doesn't look like a pizza delivery guy now ;p

you can download White X'mas performance that's Eng subbed via http://zouter.livejournal.com/5963.h...w=67659#t67659

if not go to http://community.livejournal.com/jon...66440#t8466440

EDIT - sub performance you can download via http://newshfan.livejournal.com/6701...14058#t6714058

& oh I should mention that a few pages back , I adore Kizuna & SMACK :smitten . Nakamaru I feel should sing more in the group's songs as I really like his voice & so's Ueda but the other 2 T's ain't 1/2 bad themselves

are Kizuna & Special Happiness the only songs that Kame cowrote , Irene ?

Maybe I should start watching Cartoon KAT-TUN again..Koki and junno had a rap battle with the guests last episode :lmfao

^ lol that's cute

& omg LE of White X'mas is up & running to be preordered via YesAsia AGAIN -> http://www.yesasia.com/global/white-...0-en/info.html

^ OMGOMGOMG. *pre-orders* xD

i haven't watched cartoon KAT-TUN since i've started school, lol. but that clip was cute~!

& yeah Karen, Kame wrote Kizuna & SPECIAL HAPPINESS. :yes

:roflmao

Are these the only 2 songs that Kame had a hand in cowriting/written Irene or these're the only ones ?

Kizuna was :thud & :weep at the same time when I 1st heard it , it's such a great B-side in the Seishun Amigo single period

i think so! Kame said himself he's very bad or has a hard time writing songs, haha! i hope we get more Kame-written songs in the future though.

"Kizuna" is one of my favorite songs, PERIOD.

...i will admit it made me notice Kame a whole lot more back then. :smitten like how "code" made me notice Ryo. :laugh

oh ya I know that Kame said he's bad at songwriting but hello look at how Kizuna & SPECIAL HAPPINESS turned out to be :smitten

is Taguchi's the weirdo in the group ? cos he was so random at MUSIC STATION prior to performing White X'mas :laugh

he was saying that because of the way his parents behave , that's how he turned out to be :roflmao

LMAO. Taguchi's always the "weirdo", but i think he's just "special". :lmfao

the other members will be talking about one thing and he'll always change the subject or say something really random. and he always has his puns and sayings: "Iriguchi, Deguchi, Taguchi desu~!" is his most famous one.

it means "Enter (or Entrance), Exit, I'm Taguchi" LOL.

:roflmao

oh yeah I do remember reading about the whole pun issues that he has got it going on in him

"Enter (or Entrance), Exit, I'm Taguchi" - LOL :laugh

isn't he the one that always been kicked around by Tanaka ? what's up with that :roflmao

sorry to interrupt but i have little question xD

i'm going to buy new single CD+DVD for my friend, and i just want to know if this edition has only one song and only one PV on it? if so, why is it so expensive? xD any extra booklet? xD

thanks in advance ;)

yes you got that right . Both editions will only contain the A-side & there's no B-side song/s which's a 1st for KAT-TUN (ie. if you didn't bought the 3 limited editions of their DON'T U EVER STOP single)

The CD only edition of White X'mas will contain the instrumental while the CD + DVD edition doesn't contain the instrumental but what you will get the PV , the making of the video & a 20 page booklet which explains the difference in the price

you pay a mere ￥525 for the CD only edition while a whopping ￥1,680 for the CD + DVD & oh ya I should add that both editions have limited pressings too

hope that helps

^ thank you so much ^^ so my friend will get CD+DVD edition for her birthday :D

wow your friend's lucky & so's Irene since both of them are getting the CD + DVD

for me ? well just the CD since I can download the PV from the net but I must admit the 20 page booklet's damn tempting

^Then get the CD+DVD!! :yes

:P

M-ste live was awesome. They all sang all the song live! Amazing. *-*

White X'mas' PV should be out already ._. I want it!!

i just realized last night when i was ordering the single it comes out on the 3rd, not the 13th like i thought it was. I IS ULTRA FAIL, LOL. xD

so yeah, WHERE IS THE PV?!

i think the PV will be out next week, since it's exactly 1 week from wednesday that the single drops :cool

nah

I will only get it if there's like an extra track or 2 that's only found in the CD + DVD but since both editions will not have any B-sides or so , I'm getting the RE

+ I like the cover of the RE a bit more than the LE

I hope you're right on that Lisa T_T

Who're the ones who haven't appeared on Shounen Club Premium yet ? Is it Akanishi & Taguchi ?

& isn't Taguchi always getting kicked around by Tanaka :laugh

yeah, Taguchi & Akanishi haven't been on SCP yet.
T&T (Taguchi & Tanaka, not Tackey & Tsubasa, LMAO) have an abusive relationship, indeed. :laugh

strangely enough, "White X'mas" will be my first KAT-TUN CD+DVD single. i was gonna get "SIGNAL" CD+DVD, but i didn't pre-order in time, LOL. T_T. i usually get the first press with the most music, which was the case for "Bokura no Machi de", "Keep the faith", "LIPS", etc.

i kinda wanna get LIPS CD+DVD though. i mean, the PV's damn HOT~!

lmao you mean Taguchi likes Tanaka to kick him & all ? that's just funny

same for me Irene , I wanted to get the CD + DVD of LIPS but thank goodness I cancelled my order via HMV HK because I already have the 1st press CD only of it , same thing goes for Bokura no Machi de too

so I might as well go for the quantity of the music in the single instead of other things

Koki said so during SCP. They have an S&M relationship. <3

what does S&M means Aga ?

I'm surprised that it's actually K8's Yokoyama that gave Taguchi the pun "Iriguchi, Deguchi, Taguchi desu"

poor Akanishi who didn't get any :laugh

^I read about that yesterday. Yoko is genius! :heart

S = sadist
M = masochist

Taguchi is definately M, because he enjoys the kicks, punches etc. by Koki and even complaints when he didn't do it. Though Koki only seems S in constellation with Taguchi. I guess Kokis S and M is well balanced. LOL

I just read something. :O

Limited edition includes one bonus track plus bonus DVD with music video of the track "White X'mas" and making-of footage.

So... White X'mas will have a b-side? Or it's just a CDJAPAN error?

...OUUUU. maybe. a secret talk? Arashi had one on "Beautiful days", right? i was like, "WHY IS THIS INSTRUMENTAL 38 MINUTES?!" LMAO. K8 had one on the 2nd disc of their album too.

but it's probably a typo. xD

WAIT. YOKOYAMA YU GAVE THAT PUN TO JUNNO?!

Yoko is amazing. :smitten

:O

according to http://www.j-storm.co.jp/kattun/index.html , the RE will be getting the White X'mas instrumental

yup Irene , Yokoyama gave the pun to Taguchi . I saw it yesterday when I downloaded a previous HEYx3 Eng subbed episode via http://community.livejournal.com/jone_records/ , that was during the time when they did Keep the faith & when Taguchi was full on blond

Akanishi requested Yokoyama for one but Yokoyama ran away :laugh

anyway speaking of Akanishi : http://community.livejournal.com/kat...13.html#cutid1

OK .....

where's Kame who's not on the list ? :grumpy

guess what's out on new years?!

QUEEN OF PIRATES TOUR DVD!

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JABA-5044

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

:thud :thud :thud :thud

MUST BUY :thud

the OS press I mean

guess there wouldn't be a 1st press going on unlike for Tour 2007 cartoon KAT-TUN II You but who cares , I can't wait for it :D

yayyy!! thanks for the great news!!! will definitely preorder a copy!!!

YES!

i'm excited! what a great way to start off the new year! :D

yes yes me too :D

+ Jan's my bday month & it's released 9 days before my birthday too :D

I hope the tracklist & the dvd cover will be fantastic but since I'm getting the OS press , I probably wouldn't get it til probably end of Jan or something but it's ok

I'm really excited to hear about the DVD. I found out after I got back from work. I'm hoping they keep the Ten-G act in the set. I'm quite excited about the multi-angles!

ah, they better put in "TEN-G"! i like my dorky, crazy KAT-TUN too. :)

the multi-angles are for "Ai no Command" & "SIX SENSES" only, right?

EDIT;; White X'mas (EDIT Ver.) PV airing on Wednesday: SPACESHOWERTV
LULZ. exactly one week from release. xD

just imagine them doing Ai no Command & SIX SENSES :smitten

& YAY the PV will be out today (in here for me) :thud & eh EDIT Ver. ?

does this mean it will be a short & edited version ? noooo

longer PV preview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXP_9...layer_embedded

I want the full thing now T_T

ANOTHER EDIT VERSION?! this has to be the doing of JE. :grumpy ughhhh :weep

I know this's stupid T_T

why JE why :weep

hehehe, i'll have the whole PV once i get my single. which will probably be in like, 2 weeks though, LMAO.

the extended preview looks soooo good! :D

my dad just bought a scanner, YAY, so hopefully i can scan the single for you guys. though, people on LJ are faster than me. xD

I agree Irene the extended preview looks waaay better than the 15 secs preview

oh well , looks like we have to wait a little bit longer for the full video of White X'mas

I think the reason as to why JE's doing this for White X'mas & Beautiful days is probably to entice people to buy the CD + DVD ? :shrug

either way, your work is totally appreciated, irene :D

knowing the people on LJ, though, i think the full PV from the DVD will be uploaded by the end of this week or early next week, lol. i just hate JE for doing this edit thing. if this is gonna happen ALL THE TIME, omg....:weep i'll shoot them.

someone should probably go to Johnny's & ask Mr Johnny itself on why YOU have been doing this to all fangirls :roflmao

i'm telling you, i will NOT tolerate ANOTHER edited version of a new arashi PV, that's for sure :grumpy so JE better not piss me off even more! it hurts :weep

anyway, back to KAT-TUN, lol. umm...i really wanna see kame's new drama? :laugh

lol

so far 2 strikes & probably many more to go T_T

:D

BEHOLD!

TEN-G, YEAHHHHHHHHAHAHHAH. xD

^ YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

omg the DUES solos are in :smitten , I love Ai no Hana , SMACK , LOVEJUICE

the tracklist's fantastic & so awesome :D

question Irene - what's this TEN-G all about ?

I just realise :

DISTANCE , AFFECTION ~Mou Modorenai~ (NOOO not this one :( ) & SHOT ! are not included :weep :weep :weep

EDIT - download both PV previews of White X'mas via http://community.livejournal.com/jon...64851#t8564851

I want the whole thing now T_T

good tracklist :D

Junno isn't the best vocalist, but i thought he sounded just fine (in comparison to his other lines in songs, etc.) in "DISTANCE", IMO.

& Karen, TEN-G for KAT-TUN is what Eito Rangers is for KANJANI8. but K8's skits are like 10000x better and longer and more awesome, LOL. and they sing-along to this weird song. xD

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ny604/TENG.jpg

[FANCAM] TEN-"G" FROM -QOP- 06.29.2008

EDIT;; and if you haven't seen the PV yet here's a YouTube link: WHITE X'MAS (EDIT PV). :)

Akame focus since it's like. the first 2 minutes of the song & they got the most lines in those 2 minutes, LMAO.

i loved the first 2 minutes of the PV. but ugh, i just wish it wasn't edited :weep

I know Kaori , it sucks that AFFECTION's axed :( :weep

oh thanks for the info Irene

me too T_T

& yes like what Irene said it's mostly Akame focus

damn the plot & longer preview looks awesome , I want the whole video now :(

EDIT - wow the OS presses of White X'mas are already up & running for preorder via HMV HK -> http://www.hmv.com.hk/search/search_...at-tun&fmt=Any

:O

sorry to double post but big HQ RE cover of White X'mas :

http://i38.tinypic.com/24yuxib.jpg

credits to http://embryo-ed.livejournal.com/

:thud

I so can't wait to get a copy of it now :smitten

& the guys are to debut in Korea -> http://community.livejournal.com/kat...88.html#cutid1

^I like Kame's poseeeeeeeeeeeeee........... niceeeee cover!! :heart

wow, that cover is pretty HQ! o_o;;
it looks great!

and lol, i don't think they're going to "debut" in Korea, per se. but just release their material over there (maybe YesAsia will release their Korean Versions of singles!). i like how everyone's tripping out over it. i really don't think they'll learn a different language & try to sing Korean, like how DBSK/Tohoshinki sings in Japanese. xD

cuz honestly, JE groups don't need to go into the Korean music industry when Japan's one of the biggest music industries in the world (if i'm correct, it's 2nd to the United States). that's why most Asian acts try to break in Japan. o_o;;

Yeah, i agree. Korea's music market is so 'small'. I don't think Johnny will say to them to learn a new language and stuff if japan's market is soooooooo bigger than korean's. I think they'll only release cds o-o

me too :D

yup you're right on that Irene because the market in Korea's just too small . I don't think JE will spend a lot of time & $ to market the JE bands there where they can just release Korean editions of their albums/singles

& YAY less than a week before the single's officially out , psyched :D

ueda and koki look the funniest in the cover :tipsy

i think a lot of people are mistaking "debut in Korea" as in...releasing actual Korean music, going on Korean TV, being in direct competition w/ Korean boybands. but yeah, i think they'll just release KAT-TUN's material there (like how Ayu, Namie, & Arashi have Korean Versions of their material). maybe a possible future tour stop too.

i think K-T has the potential to go overseas. my Taiwanese friend says they're quite popular in Taiwan (NEWS is too).

but anyway, i really like Ueda's fur hat. it's so cute! i want one, LOL. :3

it's not just KAT-TUN that's popular in Taiwan Irene , it's practically every JE act who's popular there no kidding as Taiwan's very supportive of JPop

KAT-TUN should be next to play a concert in Taiwan , my Taiwanese friend Cliff said that he will go for it (just like what he did for ARASHI & NEWS & KinKi Kids when they came to Taiwan to perform)

& yeah Ueda's hat's so cut & erm furry lol

wow! yeah i think that's right since my friend goes to Taiwan to get a lot of authentic JE goods. (that's how i got my Kame QoP poster :smitten)

& yes! i really want KAT-TUN to perform overseas too!

they can stop by Los Angeles too. :innocent
JIN, I KNOW U LOVE IT HERE. lol.

haha well my friend's living in Taiwan & he can vouch for that & I'm really envious of him since he goes to JE's concerts whoever who stopped by Taiwan , ayumi included too T_T

it's so difficult for a jpop act to come to S'pore to perform & the 1st artiste to do so was just this year which was MISIA :dead2

KAT-TUN, COME TO CANADA!...:weep

Anyway last night I had my first dream related to JE...uhm Junno had a surprise wedding with Maki goto which resulted in Junno leaving Johnny's. He joined avex and with Maki they formed a group together...like Le couple? click the name if you don't know who they are lol.
idk it was weird. Not sure if it's a good or bad thing now that i'm starting to have dreams about JE :paperbag Please tell me I'm not the only one :laugh

the guys's 2nd performance of White X'mas at MUSIC STATION - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8eTs...layer_embedded

Nakamaru ... your hair .... :thud & so's Kame in which both guys got their haircut

er I don't know if that's a good or bad new look on Nakamaru T_T

Akanishi - I like the scarf but the glasses are a bit eh on him

MS screencaps - http://community.livejournal.com/kat...6164#t45056164

nakamaru's new haircut is quite short, but he looks cute :P

the performance was really nice! i like the stage alot more than last week's.

wow, Nakamaru got a drastic change! he like...never changes, LOL! idk what to think of it yet, but it's probably for the drama? Kame too!

LOL ♥ you! i've probably had JE dreams, but i don't remember them. >_>;;

yea, it has to be for the RESCUE drama because massu has also changed his hair. and he never changes either :laugh

LMAO that's so true about the both of them. but change is nice, right? xD

i wanna see Massu now. o_o;;

on LJ, it says that massu stated in his MC part during the tour that his hair would probbably be black and shorter than shige :thud i'm really scared, haha.

anyway, lisa wants the full PV of white x'mas now :grumpy (trying to stay on topic :innocent)

aww kaori :laugh at least you still have kame, right?

your arashi set is kinda freaky, LOL. the icon makes jun look like a toy or something :laugh

lol but aiba is seriously making me laugh in your set! :laugh and i meant freaky in a good way, too :weep

you can download the Eng subbed MS episodes & mini music station via http://newshfan.livejournal.com/6795...48374#t6848374

the mini music station's quite LOL :laugh

& hey put on a smile Akanishi :grumpy

is jin trying to be emo? :tipsy

lol

like what Wendy said he's probably pissed that he's not getting the spotlight like Kame ?

cos you know when you put together it's Akame , you know what I mean ?

haha yea i get what you mean. jin is too much of a diva. he better fix that soon :yes LOL.

JIN IS PROBABLY HUNG-OVER, U GUYS.

...i might be serious. lol.

i didn't even think of that :dead2

STOP DRINKING, JIN :weep and kame, LOL.

anyway, i feel bad for my LIPS single. it's swimming in a pool of arashi singles :laugh

:roflmao

:roflmao x2

I'm just curious is Akanishi a shy person to begin with ? cos I always see him pouting way too much or is it a bid way to conceal his shyness or something ?

I don't know :dead2

i think Jin is a person that expresses what he feels and doesn't conceal it. when he's hungover, he'll be hungover. when he's happy, he'll express happy feelings, you know? LOL.

gosh, if you guys think he's a diva now, you should've seen him a little bit before debut. he was waving his diva stick like no other. :lmfao

& nice single choice, Lisa! :)

i forgot it's junno's b-day today :dead2 happy birthday to him!

...irene, we need to stop posting at the same time! :laugh LIPS is honestly my favorite single so i'm happy i have it as my ONLY KT single :weep

LOL at least in a way he doesn't fake it in front of the camera I suppose Irene

I love LIPS , I remembered there was a period of time I was so obsessed with the song & video & I kept playing both non stop

& I swear now I cannot watch LIPS anymore without staring at Kame from the start to the end now T_T

it must be the eyeliner talking :innocent

lol you forgot about me Lisa :laugh

& happy birthday Taguchi & wow he's .. young lol

23 years old :D

OMFG. i totally did not forget, you guys. @_@

HAPPY BDAY JUNNO!

Iriguchi, Deguchi, Taguchi desu~! :smitten

:D

wiki said that his bday's 29th & not 28th so in a way you're not late on that Irene

...i would've forgotten tomorrow, anyways. xD

the only important JE dates i know is KAT-TUN's debut (MARCH 22nd) and Kame's B-day (FEBRUARY 23rd). :luv2

KT debuted a day after my birthday :laugh cool.

why don't you know jin's b-day by heart, irene? :P i feel like people have a love/hate relationship towards him, lol. i admit it that i do, though. i like jin and all but i just get that "player" or "acting touch but really isn't" vibe from him?

:laugh i'm rambling and spamming today. don't mind me. (i've been drinking alot of soda today :innocent)

T____T

no brainer that Irene only remembers her hubby's bday :innocent

I think Akanishi's the type of person who can't go up to easily to say hi & that sorta thing

he has a rather too cool image going on in him

actually, i do know Jin's bday. IT'S THE FOURTH OF JULY, LOL!
"America's Birthday" he likes to say. xD

here's my stages of Jin:
LOVE-->DISLIKE-->RAGING HATE-->LIKE-->LOVE AGAIN!! :smitten

if this were 2006 i would honestly be talking trash about him, LOL. but i think unlike most JE members, he seems the most real, as in, he doesn't follow the whole I'M-AN-IDOL!-WHEE! persona and i think that's what messed me up initially, haha. Johnny's and idols do give off a rather clean image, yet he didn't and that made me think that he was a "diva" or mean-spirited. JE has messed me up mentally, LMAO. if Jin wasn't a Johnny he'd be rather normal outside this whole idol mentality.

that's why i like KAT-TUN though. they don't really have the same image as the others, hehe.

WOW, I RAMBLED, DIDN'T I? xD

Ueda was on SCP a while ago & then V6's Okada was saying that KAT-TUN are the type of people that you can't go up easily to say hi & that sorta thing

& er ya I think that applies for MatsuJun too , he's a bit frosty & needs to be thraw out

& WHAT Akanishi shares the same bday as America's birthday ? that's cool

too bad no 1 I know share the same bday as S'pore's , ie. 9th Aug

oops sorry Kaori :dead2

I used to think that KAT-TUN's those chao ah beng/s (sorry Singlish in talking in here) that you can't go up easily & say hi to the guys cos of the image that the guys portrayed but I realise now they're actually very funny in real life

you look at Tanaka , he's like always in a bad mood & that sorta thing but I didn't know that by right he's very sweet & cares a lot for the group

image & perception can play tricks on you :dead2

EDIT - KAT-TUN's new calendar is up for preorder via http://track.webgains.com/click.html...0-en/info.html

LOL, he was probably feeling left out that Kame went out with Pi without him.

SO looking forward to the Utaban appearance! The photo of Jin in the tv guides being thrown by the sumo chick is hilarious looking. The bringing back of baka!Jin is nearly complete now.

ahhh HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNNO YOU SEXY BEAST@@@:heart :heart :smitten

:laugh well at least you have a KAT-TUN single....CONFESSION TIME.

Kame in the latest Only Star mag - http://cerraazizi.livejournal.com/14...291753#t291753

wow he looks good :smitten

EDIT - OMG THE FULL PV OF WHITE X'MAS IS UP & RUNNING NOW -> http://community.livejournal.com/kat...1044#t45091044

:thud