The "What's on your Mind" Thread ~Asian Music Version~ II
 

Oops. I forgot about this thread. ANYWAYS.


Ayu disaster today. But what can you do.

Jpop in general has died for me. I couldn't even get through two hours of the Music Station Super Live. I wonder what Kouhaku will be like.

26/12 , last concert date of BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2012 "BEST" -LIVE HOUSE COLLECTION- I went with my friend which was held at Tokyo's SHIBUYA-AX

BEST DAY (NIGHT ?) EVER , ENOUGH SAID :thud

yes, ayu-saster....

I fell back in love with KAT-TUN today. :love

I listened to them almost exclusively for 6+ months so I took a break from their music shortly after their sixth album came out earlier this year. I also ended up selling something like fifteen of their CDs over the past couple of months because I lost interest in being a "collector" and having all of the different versions. But my parents bought me their new concert DVD for Christmas so I watched it this afternoon. Immediately remembered why I love them. Been listening to Tatsuya Ueda's RUNAWAY on repeat since the DVD finished. :heart

Got all of these new albums from JPS,but I'll probably be too tired to listen to them after I'm done tagging :thud

I might be in the minority but I am actually excited for Ayu's new album. Also can't wait for ayaka's new single!!!!

:) Haha I only listened to one of her songs, but hope the rest is good :luv2

BREAKERZ going on hiatus from Spring 2013 onwards

:(

I'm sorry to hear that Karen.

One of my favorite groups, Love of LDH, has announced a disbandment today.

:(

my sister told me about this when I came back from Tokyo & even though I don't listen to them , it was definitely too sudden for them to just post a notice on their website talking about it just this morning :x

It certainly feels like it came out of no where, but looking back at their most recently released MV, it seems like this was foreshadowed (I may be reaching but it feels somewhat coincidental). Their release schedule has also been very strange this year compared to previous years, with long gaps of time elapsed between the release of their singles after their last album release (their last single was only a single song released digitally). Overall, for me, this year has been a little crappy due to the lack of releases from some of my favorite artists as well as some drama that has surrounded them, but this certainly takes the cake and puts the cherry on top of it being the worst year musically for me.

Did BREAKERZ give any indication of a comeback? I know they said that they're going on a hiatus from Spring 2013 onwards but did they mention anything like "We're taking a hiatus but we'll be back before you know it" type of message to go along with the announcement?

for that no , it's just that when me & my friend went for their last house tour date on Wed , during their very long MC sessions , DAIGO was talking/updating everyone on what their 2013 plans will be like & 1 of which was about their hiatus from Spring 2013

Honestly I was very glad my friend & I went for Wed's gig , if not I'm very sure it will be something I might regret big time since balloting for their house tour tickets was very difficult unlike next year's hall tour of theirs

Out of 17 live house tour dates , 11 of them were sold out , including Wed's gig so I felt so 'exclusive' I was able to attend & go for it . Me & my other friend might probably be the only non Japanese that attended it ? hahaha

Let alone , all my friends in their fandom kept on saying that I'm already long overdue to go see their concert for the longest time ever & this year after I've graduated from University , it's seriously now or never for me D:

They still will be performing as Jan/Feb will be their hall tour but after they come back from Hawaii (as part of their 3rd overseas fanclub trip with fans) & RUSTY HEARTS mini lives + handshake events in March , I think from April 2013 will be the time when each of them will go do their own thing

They haven't mention how long/short their hiatus will be but to me , what they've accomplished for the past 5 years as a band is something you can't use words to describe as they really work their butt out as they were nobodies in the beginning & nobody gave a **** about them til much later on (it's still like that even up to now but I reached a stage in not placing so much emphasis on this since it's really people's loss for not knowing just how great they're)

I kinda have a rough idea what each of them will be doing solo wise next year but as their fan , I have their best interests at heart & I definitely support their solo projects after the band go on hiatus , for sure big time

I'm happy to hear that you were able to attend the event, that must have been very exciting! As you've said, they've been working very hard and while I'm sure you'll miss their group activites during the hiatus, they've accomplished a lot overall and will be working hard on their solo activities and will make a big comeback when they come back together as a group to continue their music. :)

To think my mum told me I should sell their tickets LMAO she had NO idea just how difficult it was for me to be able to secure them via their fanclub since I'm in their fanclub itself

Even my friends who're team brz members didn't had any luck to get hold of their house tour tickets , that goes for their own friends living in Japan . Needless to say , my friends were astounded when I told them about this as it was my 1st time balloting for the tickets & with me being successful 1st time round :thud

But with that said , Wed's gig of theirs was truly amazing . I was literally 5 rows away from the stage & I was so close to them , it was CRAZY if not surreal . I saw everything if not everyone onstage with such a great view spot that I was at & times like this , being tall helps :laugh

It will be downright weird in not getting new material from them from Spring 2013 onwards as I'm so used to them spoiling everyone with new stuff on a yearly basis but at least I'm mentally prepared about their impending hiatus

Also I think the break from suspending their band activities will do them good as individually , they can come back together in due time with fresh ideas & get recharged with probably even better if not greater future band material

Somemore , what I like about the guys is that unlike Johnny's , they openly communicate with fans on their own individual blogs & Twitter , so there's literally no secrets being kept & I respect that for them in being upfront honest & real

Which's something I don't get for other artistes I support but it's just me

I miss listening to more j-pop and j-rock. Those were just really good times. Good music. A lot of my fav artists new music doesn't draw me in as much.

in a spoiler just incase someone gets offended over calling namie miserable again.



personally i love namie's music.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/291212B.jpg

https://twitter.com/shinpei_brz/stat...12596506099712

:D :D :D

SHINPEI , thank you for answering me on Twitter for the 3rd time just now & counting :heart

Damn you DAIGO , you better do something if not .... ~_~ xD

watching princess princess from FNS Music Festival and OMG... freakin amazing...
middle aged/older women... I love it.

INFINITE - The Chaser is amazing.

I think I've found my second (or third) favorite all female pop/rock band! :laugh

http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/201...2365264150.jpg

:luv2

I'm sorry but being such a sadistic person , I can't resist that screencap xD

Let alone

http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/201...2365264149.jpg

AKIHIDE is very lucky just saying lmao

Can't believe RUSTY HEARTS is finally getting released next week omg but before that Acid BREAKERZ Cherry this Wed ! :cool

I hate it when I have to pay extra custom charges when buying expensive Japanese CDs. I had to pay extra 40 usd for one of my orders and it just sucks. It's like a slap in the face for ACTUALLY legally buying music rather than just downloading it and sticking to that. I mean, it sure as hell is not my fault that my country decided to import some random **** from America and other countries but does not import music that I enjoy listening to. It's like being kicked down for doing things legally. I know my country probably hates me because I'm spending "their" money overseas and that's why they do this to me, but COME ON.

Luckily they didn't charge me anything extra this time. If they would have done that, I probably would never order any Jpop CD again.

BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2013 “BEST” -HALL COLLECTION- concert goods

OMG my wallet is ready xD & I guess the guys will be doing REAL LOVE 2010 when their hall tour starts on 19th Jan

Ugh so jealous , why they didn't do it 2 weeks ago when I went to see them perform ;___;

I don't listen to Pay money To my Pain but upon reading news that their vocalist passed away last month at the tender young age of 31 , it's really very unfortunate

RIP

I really want Sawajiri Erika to make music again :-(

So many Jrock albums coming out this year. Can't wait to have them all. <3

Angela Aki's blue album was slated for a Wednesday release
I get it the day before from cdjapan.
I used EMS

Ayu's album is coming out on Friday.
I also used EMS

What are the chances that I'll get it on Thursday or Friday?
Do those chances even exist?
Angela's low profile release album got here early. So why not Ayu?

I so would love to hear BREAKERZ's own rendition of T.M.Revolution's classic WHITE BREATH :yes

^That would be interesting to hear! :D It's one of my nostalgic T.M.Revolution songs.

they covered WHITE BREATH during the encore of their BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2013 “BEST” -HALL COLLECTION- yesterday at Shiga's Yasu Cultural Hall Large Hall seeing that T.M.Revolution was born in Shiga himself

and yeah I would love to hear their own take of it since I like what they did for BUCK-TICK's JUST ONE MORE KISS !

^ same here. It's really frustrating! When my copy of Rock'n'Roll Circus arrived I had to pay about £13 in customs x___x I'm guessing the charge is for buying things outside the country instead of spending it in your own, which is ironic considering I was gonna use the customs money to buy some CDs from my local HMV, and so couldn't.

Atm I'm wondering when 4minute are gonna release something new~

I want f(x) to come back soon.

I finally received my copy of LOVE again last week and I thought it was surprisingly good. I loved Party Queen and I knew this album was going in the complete opposite direction so I wasn't sure if I would like it that much but I do! :)

Is it weird that I lean more towards to listening to female asian singers/bands/whatever else? :innocent

couldn't resist taking a photo of this in the local newspaper this morning :D :D :D

http://i47.tinypic.com/15xmjo9.jpg

omg I really cannot wait for 26th April to come now <3 My younger sister & I will be 3 rows away from Namie :love

Haha, I rarely listen to male artists so I feel ya. :P

DAIGO's going to be 35 in less than a month's time

say it ain't so lmao

Dear B'z, please release an album already! :weep It's long overdue...

Good, I'm not the only one :laugh

Not a Kana fan but I wouldn't deny that she looks so pretty in the cover of a special Taiwan version of her Love Place album that will be out this Fri

http://www.5music.com.tw/CDList-C.asp?cdno=434405678957

Damn , is that even her ? o_o

*fixed
:mtongue

I honestly will buy that special Taiwan edition of Love Place for the cover alone . Even the special Taiwan edition of Thank you , Love is very pretty too

Too bad I don't listen to Kana but I know a good cover art when I see 1 x)

Is it silly that I feel like I have a connection with BENI because she went to Sophia University and I'm applying to study abroad there next semester? Haha... :laugh It makes me want to give her music another shot!

my younger sisters are going to Japan next month

I should start to do up a list of 'can you get for me when you go Book Off' for them soon 8D

Gosh I didn't realized it until now, when I updated my Koda Kumi playlist it consist of 110 songs...the most of all JPop Diva Playlist I have :thud

Some live footages of BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2009～2010 “FIGHTERZ” were aired just now on Nico Video & seeing the footages again made me realised why FIGHTERZ is still my most fave album from BREAKERZ

And I kinda missed the days when I barely knew anything about DAIGO , he was so 'innocent' back then . Now ? UGH , don't remind me , he has been driving me nuts on a daily basis for the past 5 years which's so not funny xD

Ugh can't 5th June come like now ?

I already want to hear the whole Amber album by BREAKERZ's AKIHIDE D: D: D: D:

And of course ZAIN RECORDS being ZAIN RECORDS is so shrewd in marketing Amber & it's as if they want me to get both editions of Amber which I will do that , no doubt about it 8D

Anything everything BREAKERZ related = buy buy buy xD

KIM JAEJOONG! I'm falling in love with him all over again. His latest mini album is beyond epic. That voice :heart
And I love him even more now that I know he likes L'Arc~en~Ciel as well :laugh This guy is just amazing.

I'm so obsessed with Yamapi's Ke Sera Sera single at the moment . The PV is his best in a very very LONG time

I'm quite tempted to buy the CD + DVD A of it online but I don't want the poster D:

Ah well I guess I can wait til next month when my younger sisters head off to Japan + I need to get ready my ‘Can you buy for me when you go Book-Off’ list for them before they leave x)

http://namieamuro.jp/page_singapore3.html

;_____;

WHY WHY WHY , this's so unfair D: D: D:

My younger sister & I were so looking forward to this which was supposedly going to take place in 2 Fri's time & then now , this happens

BAH

Excuse me while I go emo at 1 corner now =(

Ayu, or Kuu, or Namie need to give me release dates for a summer single, or album, or mini album, or whatever.

I need some excitement in my life.

This. Especially Namie's new album in the summer; hope we get a release date soon or something.

Fun summer single from my Koda please.

Like a quintuple a side with 10 PVs and nice photo shoots. She always looks good. I never have to worry about weird bs.

<---I mean look at that. Goddammit. Everyone should be like her.

Less than 2 more weeks before flumpool , SID & WEAVER come to my country <3

omg I never thought I'll be seeing flumpool again so soon , especially since they just came for the 1st time last Sept together with WEAVER xD

SID on the other hand , I'm super excited . I haven't seen them live in performance & I'm so stoked as it will be their 1st time coming to perform in S'pore ! . Let alone , I don't need to pay any $ to see their 1st showcase together with flumpool :love

I kinda feel bad for BREAKERZ as if this keeps up , flumpool will be the artiste I've seen the most live in concert . A future 3 times & counting from them , LOL D:

Will Namie's FEEL have many English songs in it....if so, Namie, would you stop? T_T idk her English is not bad, it's just weird for me that a Jpop singer releases an album with most songs in English and it wasn't a Western market release

do as infinity's compositions are so rich. They're all so complete sounding. Like... There are so many layers and everything just works.

They're one of the best ~well known~ bands in Japan.

I remember when they released like, an album of their songs stripped of vocals and I thought "who'd want that?" But then I downloaded it and listened to it all the time!

I need to get it again haha.

I'm going to see ARASHI's Sakurai Sho live in person later on today :thud

Yes I'm so not kidding , how often does a Johnny come to S'pore in the very 1st place ? The answer is rarely if not never

^ I actually got to meet him personally back in 2008. He came to my school in Tokyo with News Zero and wanted to interview American students about the presidential elections.

My segment wasn't used (to my pleasure, honestly. They asked me who the current Japanese prime minister was at that time and I truly had no idea lol whoops :p) but it was cool to see him up close. He was shorter than I expected. haha

omg the Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de world premiere was awesome :thud

The after movie Q&A was priceless :thud . The Red Carpet however was SO disappointing :no :no

Sakurai looked amazing in person , especially that I love the military inspired jacket he wore :heart + what you see of him in PVs/pics , is exactly the same as him in real life

Kitagawa Keiko looked really beautiful , I love her cocktail dress but the necklace she wore looks heavily than her D:

Shiina Kippei was awesome , ahahaha , the K Lion & his KK609 cracked me sooooo badly :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

All in all a very priceless experience I had with my sister <3 to think at 1st I didn't want to go but this means more to her than anyone else & for that , I have my gratitude towards her

And she was SO lucky she was able to win tickets at the very last min yesterday

I don't think she will be able to sleep well tonight lmao + I don't have any reasons to see ARASHI in concert anymore as how often this kind of an experience happen in our tiny island <3

Can anyone say holy moly :O

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/7kDEs.jpg

O__O

Brown Eyed Girls being flawless goddesses.

My checking account will be completely wiped out this week due to HMV charging my account for the 3 Perfume tour blurays I preordered two months ago and the preorder I made on YesAsia for Girls' Generation's LE Tour bluray yesterday. Thank God I have other accounts or I'd be in trouble this week, lol. I just hope no other artist I buy from announce releases this week because I don't think my wallet could take another hit right now, lol.

For DAIGO to go on his 1st solo tour end of the year , let alone with it being a hall tour , it's saying a lot

And this also means there might be a high chance for him to release something new again , I'm hoping for an album x)

That said , even though BREAKERZ is currently on hiatus , I respect that each of them are still able to keep me interested in each of their solo projects

Also can't wait for AKIHIDE's 2nd album to get released in Autumn ! Amber is pure perfection , the BEST album of 2013 , hands down

Kuu's Beach Mix album came on my iPod whilst in the car with my Mum. I forgot how perfect it was for summer and driving around to :heart

Listening to BENI's Red and pleasasntly surprised. I've only paid attention to COVERS and COVERS2 and now I wanna check out her original stuff~

Woah, I never realized how short Johnny Depp was. :tipsy No offense to Daigo! I just always assumed he was at least 6'0".

Just pop your new album MiChi it's been forever.

The status of the divas:
Namie's FEEL is giving me everything...
That's about it

LOL

DAIGO is almost 5'10'' so yeah :P

My friend's going to be 1 of the lucky 5,555 people that will get a hug from DAIGO personally !

It's not just any ordinary hug but it's a Spacey Hug xD & no I'm not jealous :P

I truly am happy/thrilled for her as she has been such a great help to me in BREAKERZ's fandom for the past 3 years & she truly deserves this as so

I hope HIKKI will get all through this. The U3 family is everywhere in tv today. :(

Just randomly had these pop into my head:




Anyone remember this? lol

I'm so intrigued to know why DAIGO has been in Paris for the past few days

Let alone , he's not alone . His eldest sister Eiki Eiki has tagged along too o_o . DAIGO did said it's for work purposes before he left but he didn't said where he was heading to

So I wonder hmm why so ? :confused

This song is amazing.

I've been waiting for it to be released in fulllll

girl next door is going to disband end of the year :weep :(

I feel really upset/devastated as they have been 1 of the many other artistes I've followed/supported from their debut til now

And it's such a cruel irony for them to announce this today of all days as today been exactly 5 years since their debut single Guuzen no Kakuritsu was released D:

HOLY CRAP!! :thud

People at JPS loving this chica~




ending lol

Mizuki Nana is coming to Singapore , wow

She + T.M Revolution doing a joint concert in my country in Nov , double wow

I need utada to come back and make a new album.
And I need ayaka to make a real album.
And Ayu to try to make a comeback of some sort.

KAT-TUN's Tanaka has left the group which's so shocking to me as I never expected this to happen to my most fave Johnny's group

Needless to say , I'm devastated & this's currently being the most talked about topic on the net , Japan wise

Goodbye JOKER , you will be missed :(

Since I restored my iPod recently, I realized that there's small number of songs that I forgot to backup. One of them is from Eurasia404 titled Natsu no Shiori -epilogue- from a-nation '04 CD, I wonder where can I get that.

I won a pair of AFA concert tickets & the organiser gives me an option to choose in going for 1 of 3 dates for the event

I'm planning to go this Sun that will be a big day as T.M.Revolution & Mizuki Nana will be performing :thud

My god I'm not even a big fan of both of them but the fact that they're so big musically , that's saying a lot

And I thought seeing ARASHI's Sakurai in person when he came here to my country was big but looks like this weekend things are going to be amp up a lot !

I wish someone would translate MiChi's THERAPY and EYES WIDE OPEN albums.

Why aren't masterpieces like Nakashima Mika's LEGEND made anymore? Perfect video, perfect song, perfect cover... A prime example of when Jpop was on top of its game.

Hell yeah bro. J-Pop hasn't been good ever since...2010? Kana Nishino, Namie Amuro, and MiChi are the only saving graces for me at the moment

I couldn't stand the wait anymore - I had to get DAISHI DANCE's new album, so I made myself an iTunes account. It felt a little like I sold my soul to Apple.

BEST. DECISION. EVER. God this album. :heart Best of 2013? I haven't made up my mind yet, but top 3 stuff easily.

http://randomjpop.blogspot.it/2014/0...othing-in.html
MY GOD THIS GUY. I'm dying.

♪ Joy to the word. Poo on da floors. If snore fall, will Santa Claus? ♪

I cried. I LOVE Random J. He is one of the few bloggers I ALWAYS return to.

I miss Crystal Kay :(

It's one of the biggest shames of jpop that Vivid didn't do better. Seriously. It's shameful.

^ with a song like 'forever', the album should have been a SMASH.
But nope. She was just a fad :'(
She better release an English version of vivid and release it here.

It's taken long enough, but finally 2014 has been blessed with an amazing album: YUKI's FLY! It's got everything, but it's not a mess at all. It's entertaining the whole way through. It has some insanely catchy songs. Recommended so hard! Everyone needs some Daredemo Lonely in their lives.

with a song like "take it outside" the album should have been a smash. Vivid is my favorite album by her.

Discovered an amazing Korean singer known as Sohyang. One of the most vocally gifted singers I have come across since becoming a fan of Asian pop music. She is incredible!

Yanaginagi has announced a new album, and I'm ecstatic! Her singles for this era have been even better than for the last album, some of the b-sides have also been awesome (You can count on me better be on the album), and apparently she's going to do the limited-edition-bonus-cover-songs-disc thing again! Feels good to be excited for an album again. :heart

No matter how much I criticise ARASHI , Japan still loves them

If not , why their latest album THE DIGITALIAN still can sell more than 660,000+ copies in the 1st week ? x)

I wish more people paid attention to lecca. It sucks not having people to discuss her music with. She does take some time to get into, but man is it worth it. Also, her vocals are probably my favorite from all the artists I listen to. Not to mention that a lot of her songs are quite different than usual Jpop songs, and all songs she composed have this unique lecca signature and they just sound so special.

I really wanted to buy JASMINE, Mika Nakashima, and Miliyah Kato's new releases... But priorities in life first. Ughhh I really wanted these limited editions too...