Destiny Line: The Official Leah Dizon Thread II

[Amai Yume]

The last thread reached over 500 posts so here's the new one to satisfy all of your Leah Dizon needs

From Leah's Blog...

そして家帰って、クリーニングして、
猫と遊んで、おふろ入って、本読んで、ミルク飲んで、
ＤＶＤを見て、newシングルのかしwriteをして、ブログwriteをして、今から寝ます ドキドキ

Translation...

Originally Posted by Psychotic_X
and I returned home and did cleaning and played with the cat and got intot he bath and read a book and drank milk and watched a DVD and wrote lyrics for a new single and blogged and now im sleeping. *heart beats*

Most Recent Discussion: Leah's performance at Kohaku. Due to nerves and/or other reasons, Leah was pretty upset and was even crying.

No matter what, I can sympathize with her. People get nervous and because she's in front of everybody when she's nervous, it doesn't make her any less human. True, she's had time to get over stage fright / initial nervousness but sometimes, you just can't help it. So I feel bad for Leah but hope that next time will be even better

Let's start discussing Leah news and hoping for that new single to be out around March

[Kaiouforever]

"Write" o shite? She doesn't even know how to say to write?

She doesn't have a dictionary? WTF she's on the computer.

Someone please point her to thejapanesepage.com and jisho.org.

*sigh*

[Amai Yume]

haha, maybe she was in a rush when she was writing the message. You never know...

Also, off-topic: I actually use both of those cites to learn some Japanese. haha

[Kaiouforever]

They are good sites! It's weird that she doesn't know that verb though, I thought it was very basic, but then again who knows that they teach her first. Probably important stuff that relates to the CDs she releases etc.

[Amai Yume]

yes, I really like those cites. Especially thejapanesepage.org. It wasn't until just now that I realized how to use the other website so thanks for pointing it out

But I'm sure over time, her Japanese will get better and her nerves will get stronger. Go Leah! I'm rooting for ya! Truthfully, I didn't think the Kohaku performance was bad. She did miss a some notes here and there but the only other thing that struck me was that the expression of being nervous and a bit unhappy came across in her face while she was performing. But there were moments when she smiled and it was adorable.

Anyway, what are you hoping the new single will be like? I'm personally hoping for maybe a pop song that's cute with a B-side like "Are You Feelin' For Me?"

Hopefully, we'll get a single announcement soon like everybody else is releasing something!

[s1012h]

oh god Kouhaku for leah was just baddddddddddddd
my ears were pretty much dying
ayu didn't do so well either
and i'm not surprised of koda's consistent GOOD singing

[namiie]

Wow, "to write" is one of the first verbs you learn when taking elementary Japanese. And she doesn't know how to say "cleaning" either? 書いて and 掃除して, respectively, are quite rudimentary words. Oy vey.

And I'm going to sound like such a heartless jerk for saying this, and I'm sorry, but it's hard to sympathize with her for being nervous on stage while singing when I've already seen how confident she is in front of a camera with barely any clothes on. How bad was the Kouhaku though? I'd like to see.

Edit: Ok I just saw it. Lol @ her outfit. At least I heard her over the music this time...albeit, she was still offkey. Ayu wasn't spectacular either but at least she was solid on the verses if not the chorus. Leah was just bad at everything

[[kokoro♥]]

Haha. At least She is trying 0w0! Its good she is following her dream. People generally can learn a language if they stick to it, and it helps her that she is actually living where its the main language.
I felt bad for her when she forgot her lyrics though ;_;

I still can't find the performance. :|

[Luv ~Venus~]

It should be in on page 25 in the first thread, austin!

EDIT: HERE YOU GO!

Originally Posted by twilightnight

heres her performance at kouhaku (thanks to delerium@JPM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HmNRWlZiKk

AND Leah was apparently nervous earlier that she was crying (thanks to lonnachan @ JPM as well )

Everytime I look at that 2nd pic, I laugh hysterically!

[namiie]

^ LOL those pics are pretty funny, yeah.

[Hazuki]

wasn't she crying after the performance?
because right before AKB48 started singing (the girls before leah)
the ones who were being interviewed were the oshiri kajiri mushi guys.
i don't even remember seeing that part when she cries o---o;
someone point me to where it was~?

[criminal]

Well, to be quite honest, I felt so sad for her. At that point, she seemed like this good-hearted innocent girl who's luck turned it's back on her. She did try, I could see it, but it wasn't good at all.
I don't know, it seemed like Shokotan got so big of a boost out of Leah's failure that she rocked it. [Or maybe I was just so happy to hear some good vocals after the disaster...]

[[kokoro♥]]

T^T Poor Leah.
I saw that video. I just want to hug her so bad.

I hope she doesn't give up XD

[Kaiouforever]

Originally Posted by namiie

And I'm going to sound like such a heartless jerk for saying this, and I'm sorry, but it's hard to sympathize with her for being nervous on stage while singing when I've already seen how confident she is in front of a camera with barely any clothes on. How bad was the Kouhaku though? I'd like to see.

Yeah, but she KNOWS she's good at taking pictures. And she probably KNOWS that she sucks at singing, hence her nervousness.

If she keeps trying, who knows, she might have a little bit of a future.

[~Amy~]

Now that I think about she could have lipsynched and concentrated more on her dancing, she dances pretty well. Or she could have had a better back-up isntrumental maybe? That way her voice wouldn't sound too terrible. >.<

[namiie]

Originally Posted by Kaiouforever

Yeah, but she KNOWS she's good at taking pictures. And she probably KNOWS that she sucks at singing, hence her nervousness.

If she keeps trying, who knows, she might have a little bit of a future.

If she truly KNEW how badly she sucked, she'd take a step out of the limelight for a little bit and WORK ON IT. Hell, if you're designing something that sucks, you should take it off the market and fine tune it before you sell it to consumers again. Why are cars and other products recalled so often?

It makes much more sense for her to have just worked on her vocals and her Japanese before making such a big deal out of herself (okay, her record label/management is responsible for this too). She'd be able to express herself more since she'd not only know how to speak the language (and it doesn't even have to be fluent; just decent...which is more than I can say for her now), she'd also sing with a certain degree of competence.

Look at BoA--she made sure she had a good grip on Japanese before debuting. Ayu wasn't feeling confident in her lyrics or her singing and so she went to New York to work on both. I'm not saying Leah has to go anywhere, but she should overall think before doing.

[Kaiouforever]

She can't just get better over night though. I hope she is taking vocal lessons and we can see a progression in her voice like we did with Ayu. That will really help her in the long run and people will be like "Oh she got better! Let's go listen to her new single." Still, the company that manages her apparently thought she was good enough to start now. If she keeps working on her language and vocal skills, then it's ok - but we need to wait a little bit to see improvement since it doesn't happen overnight.

[namiie]

Originally Posted by Kaiouforever

She can't just get better over night though. I hope she is taking vocal lessons and we can see a progression in her voice like we did with Ayu. That will really help her in the long run and people will be like "Oh she got better! Let's go listen to her new single." Still, the company that manages her apparently thought she was good enough to start now. If she keeps working on her language and vocal skills, then it's ok - but we need to wait a little bit to see improvement since it doesn't happen overnight.

It doesn't happen overnight--EXACTLY what her managers should've taken into consideration before unleashing her upon people's ears. It's no coincidence that she got such a huge jumpstart into her music career. It's because she's exotic and cute. How many artists have to struggle before being picked up so quickly? Too many, compared to someone who doesn't even know the language and has never sung a day before in her life.

It was rather reckless of the label (and Dizon as well; she's not a child, and I'd like to think she has SOME control over her career) to just shove her out there with such little experience and letting everything ride on her looks alone. So far it's been moderately successful, but I think she's starting to realize that lack of actual merit is starting to blow up in her face. I do feel sort of sorry for her, but honestly, if she has any instinct at all she'd realize it's time to step up her game a little.

She does have potential; she's not a bad dancer and seems hardworking. I do think it's wrong that someone such as her can get by on such superficial merits when more talented artists can't sell half of what she does. However, I suppose that's more her management's fault than it is hers.

[Kaiouforever]

Originally Posted by namiie

It doesn't happen overnight--EXACTLY what her managers should've taken into consideration before unleashing her upon people's ears. It's no coincidence that she got such a huge jumpstart into her music career. It's because she's exotic and cute. How many artists have to struggle before being picked up so quickly? Too many, compared to someone who doesn't even know the language and has never sung a day before in her life.

It was rather reckless of the label (and Dizon as well; she's not a child, and I'd like to think she has SOME control over her career) to just shove her out there with such little experience and letting everything ride on her looks alone. So far it's been moderately successful, but I think she's starting to realize that lack of actual merit is starting to blow up in her face. I do feel sort of sorry for her, but honestly, if she has any instinct at all she'd realize it's time to step up her game a little.

She does have potential; she's not a bad dancer and seems hardworking. I do think it's wrong that someone such as her can get by on such superficial merits when more talented artists can't sell half of what she does. However, I suppose that's more her management's fault than it is hers.

Her vocal abilities are appalling. Her kouhaku performance was such an embarrassment, but it also shows Kouhaku's falling standards. It's more of a joke than ever, as viewer numbers keep falling. That girl needs to take a break before her new single and work on her voice BIG TIME.

But I do think her management is at fault; I am afraid they shoved her out to make a quick buck, and aren't thinking about her in the long term. She might disappear after 2 more failed singles and another failed album if her company doesn't spend any time and effort on her; she is exotic and cute and that makes a quick buck but doesn't last long. =[ What do you think? Do you think they will actually try to improve her or just dump her? I hope she can continue along, but you never know, especially with her voice and language skills needing some fine-tuning. =[