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Old 20th December 2019, 01:02 PM
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Ken will perform #302 at the year end MUSIC STATION ULTRA SUPER LIVE 2019 next Fri

https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...-2019-revealed
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Old 23rd December 2019, 09:14 AM
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Ken & other artistes will be performing at CDTV Special! Christmas Ongaku Sai 2019 later tonight

Video commentary

https://twitter.com/TBSCDTV/status/1208379090555805698

& omg is that a toy moose on Ken's shirt pocket ? xD

I think Ken's performance will be pre taped as tomorrow , KEN HIRAI Ken's Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI will be held
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Old 24th December 2019, 10:12 AM
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KEN HIRAI Ken's Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI is taking place later on tonight & it's Ken's 1st concert he'll be doing in China

WOWOW will broadcast KEN HIRAI Ken's Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI on 28th & 29th Jan at selective Tokyo and Osaka cinemas

Fans who're unable to watch the advance screening will be able to do so next Feb via WOWOW



https://natalie.mu/music/news/360875
https://twitter.com/wowow_mj/status/1209413450209775616

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Old 25th December 2019, 05:05 AM
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Photos & report from last night's KEN HIRAI Ken’s Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI

Spoiler:


























Setlist

Spoiler:
ACT 1

M1 Boku wa Kimi ni Koi wo Suru
M2 Mahoutte Itte Ii Kana?
M3 Kouhaku
M4 Kimi wa Tomodachi
M5 LAKuEN
M6 Hitomi wo Tojite

ACT 2

M7 even if
M8 Elegy
M9 Todokanaikara
M10 Kimi no Suki na Toko
M11 KISS OF LIFE
M12 POP STAR 

ENCORE

M13 Non Fiction
M14 #302
M15 Gaining Through Losing


https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000176634
https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1577225076880/

5,000 people attended last night's KEN HIRAI Ken’s Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI and it's the 4th time Ken brought his Ken's Bar concert overseas

Sept 2002 - Taiwan
Aug 2010 - New York
Aug 2018 - New York

Last night's concert was not only Ken's 1st Ken's Bar concert in China but it was also the 1st time he performed during Christmas Eve

Ken briefly spoke Mandarin in the 1st MC which he introduced himself as so in Mandarin x)

With last night being Christmas Eve , the mascots from POP STAR was not only wearing the green outfits from the PV but also a Santa Claus outfit xD

Last night's setlist was the 1st Ken's Bar setlist that consist only of Ken's original material ie. no covers are in

For the encore , Ken was only back up by an acoustic guitar ie. for Non Fiction & #302

And Ken concluded the concert with Gaining Through Losing & he knows that F4 from the 1st Mandarin drama adaption of Hana Yori Dango covered it x)
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Old 25th December 2019, 11:58 AM
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^ that’s a really good setlist. Excited to see the broadcast!
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Old 25th December 2019, 12:13 PM
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Yeah I didn't realised yesterday was the 1st Ken's Bar setlist that didn't had any covers Ken performed until the reports pointed that out xD

I'm more curious to hear Ken briefly speak Mandarin cos that's not an easy language for Japanese to master :x

It's great that Ken concluded the concert with Gaining Through Losing , it's still 1 of his best under rated album tracks

Let alone it's also surprising Ken name dropped the fact that the Mandarin drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango sung the Mandarin version of Gaining Through Losing which's quite funny

Then again , it's no coincidence the Japanese drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango starred ARASHI's MatsuJun as the lead = Ken's closet admiration for ARASHI as he used to name drop Kitto Daijoubu years ago during Ken's Bar 2006 xD
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Old 26th December 2019, 01:39 AM
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^ That's so interesting. And I love Gaining through losing, it's a great song to end the show with.
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Old 26th December 2019, 11:16 AM
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Tomorrow's almost 12 hours MUSIC STATION ULTRA SUPER LIVE 2019 performance schedule featuring Ken

▼夜10時~
嵐20周年企画「あなたがトリに聴きたい、嵐のベストソングは?“嵐 国民投票”」


EXILE
小沢健二
THE YELLOW MONKEY
椎名林檎
Perfume
平井堅
MISIA

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000176422

Ken is 1 of 2 male solo acts that will perform at the last hour of MUSIC STATION ULTRA SUPER LIVE 2019
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Old 27th December 2019, 04:11 PM
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Ken sure is happy after MUSIC STATION ULTRA SUPER LIVE 2019 concluded



https://twitter.com/ariolajapan/stat...56089902616577

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Video commentary of Ken uploaded via WOWOW's Twitter , in line with the upcoming broadcast of KEN HIRAI Ken’s Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI on 15th Feb

https://twitter.com/wowow_mj/status/1223078449322942465
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WOWOW aired KEN HIRAI Ken's Bar Special!! in SHANGHAI that was held last year on Christmas Eve

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av89241439

Setlist can be viewed via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=284
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^ thanks for the link! Can’t wait to see this!
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Yesterday's MUSIC FAIR was a 2020 Anniversary SELECTION which featured lots of old VTR footages

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av90999146

And 1 of the old VTR footages was Ken who performed KISS OF LIFE way back in 18th May 2002



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Ieiri Leo will release her 1st mini covers album Answer on 22nd April

Among the songs Ieiri has covered in Answer is Ken's POP STAR

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000180024
https://natalie.mu/music/news/371414

Interesting
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2 Ken news update today

1) Official Instagram

Ken has set up his own official Instagram & for this unlike Twitter , he will personally oversees it

https://www.instagram.com/hiraiken_official/

2) New digital song - Kaibutsu-san Feat Aimyon



Kaibutsu-san is the 2nd duet that Ken has done with another artiste , the 1st was Grotesque with Namie

Credits wise , Ken wrote & composed Kaibutsu-san and it's a pop song about unrequited love

Kaibutsu-san will be released digitally next Fri

Song PV preview

https://twitter.com/KEN_HIRAI_staff/...03720459030528
https://twitter.com/ariolajapan/stat...03024846295040

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/KenHirai/info/516722

Kaibutsu-san promo picture



Ken looks great in both the Kaibutsu-san PV preview & promo picture damn

Song preview wise Kaibutsu-san is very different from what Ken normally does , which also applied to Ite mo Tatte mo too
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Old 18th March 2020, 03:33 PM
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Ken with Aimyon



https://twitter.com/unborde/status/1240202438071607296

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Aimyon said that her favourite Ken album is SENTIMENTALovers & it's an album that she still repeatedly plays in her home stereo up to now
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YAS. I hope this means that it's one step closer to him being more international, like making his YouTube and Spotify not region-locked.
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Old 18th March 2020, 05:25 PM
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From Aimyon's Twitter





https://twitter.com/aimyonGtter/stat...49210613542913

This year is Ken's 25th anniversary so I wouldn't be surprised if it might happen

That happened for aiko last month so maybe this year Ken should do it next
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Old 23rd March 2020, 11:08 AM
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Sony Japan has released the Liner Notes on Kaibutsu-san

On Kaibutsu-san

- Ken wanted an attention grabbing song title so he settled on Kaibutsu-san

- Song intro is retro electropop

- Song is 4 minutes 4 seconds

- Song is written & composed by Ken . Lyrically it's sung from a woman's perspective, just like Elegy & Shiranai ne Desho?

- Aimyon appeared as a guest on Ken's radio show back in 2017 & from then on , they became friends

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/KenHirai/info/516846
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Old 23rd March 2020, 12:42 PM
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^ reading the liner notes, It reminds me very much of his song かわいいの妖怪
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