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Originally Posted by ll moments ll
look, i'm just being realistic here, but not all Johnny's groups are going to be SMAP (or Arashi now) where all of Japan are going to know all the members right off. it takes time. heck, no one knew who Arashi was like...3 years ago until HYD started up their fame. i remember when their sales barely reached 150k. or when people did not know any members other than MatsuJun.
even though KAT-TUN has been a solid unit since 2001, they've only had their debut in 2006! they're still "new". sure, Akame has had more exposure, but it was really in 2005 where people started paying attention to the group as well. and its going to take more time for T-TUN to gain the same attention as KA.
& while the Jimusho pushes KA far more, i'm sure they will capitalize on T-TUN when the time comes, just like Arashi. and they are starting to do that (albeit, slowly). i mean, i was pretty surprised when Nakamaru got the lead in "RESCUE" or when Ueda was the first to announce solo concerts.
tbqh, NEWS has it worse. honestly, who else is in NEWS other than YamaPi? JE actually let him release a solo single. a LEGIT solo single as "Yamashita Tomohisa" when he's in a group that is new and needs MORE attention than KT.
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*startrant* Of course, they get their solo-work, too. And it's going to be like this probably - that as time goes by they get more attention (You're right....a few years ago, Arashi also was recognized for MatsuJun mainly with Nino and Sho coming somewhere second and nobody cared about Aiba and Ohno) But why keep doing this with the solo songs? It must hurt TTUN AND be bad for group dynamics. I was never a fan of NEWS, but the overeexposure of Yamapi is really something that unnerves me, too. (I don't like any NEWS member except maybe to a short extend Massu and I don't like their music) I mean, of course they cannot all be in the spotlight all the time. But if this keeps continuing you could, like Karen said, rename them to Akame & Co for real. And I like their voices - they CAN sing. They all should get solo songs, not just two of them. If it was only Kame, then it would also be ok, because it's for his drama and so. Then it's understandable. But I don't understand Jin's solo song, when he just even released an Album. Well, I understand why it's happening, I just don't think it's fair. *endrant*
