There is yet another 15 second commerical for KAT-TUN's upcoming single, Run For You. I actually think this commercial came out the same day as the dwango one, but I think I just completely missed it. XD
Since this PV preview is only 15 seconds long we hardly get to see anything. But unlike the other PV preview that was nothing but dancing, this PV preview shows the close-ups. And everyone can take a sigh of relief that this PV will not become another Ultimate Wheels. The close-ups are a little confusing. I'm not exactly sure what's going on in them. We see Ueda in a solid white room with tons of electrical equipment, and speakers. And also there's a hospital looking bed in the background. In Maru's close-up there's only a hospital looking bed. And in the very beginning of the PV there's this door that's bolted shut. Which leaves only one conclusion, that KAT-TUN is either in a hospital or a mental institution. Which on the surface is a pretty cool idea. However, that storyline lost all it's appeal when I remembered one thing: wouldn't that theme be too much like N*SYNC's I Dive Myself Crazy music video? And you know what, it competely would! I feel slightly embarrassed just thinking the 2 could have similar videos. XD
A commerical for KAT-TUN's Run For You single was just released. Giving us fans a sneak peek at the PV.
The PV preview is extremely short, it's roughly 10 seconds long. Pretty much all we get to see is them dancing to the chorus. They are dancing in all black in a plain white room. Can you say Real Face or Ultimate Wheels anyone? Since the PV preview is so short it's impossible to get a feel of what the PV is going to be like. For all we know this is just the dance scene and there's some other eleborate scenes going on in the rest of the PV. Most likely them dramatically running, like in their recent Suzuki Solio commercial. However, since all we see is dancing there's also the chance that this is all the PV is going to be. If you remember the entire Ultimate Wheels PV was filmed in a white room. The set of Run For You seems to have more elements than the horrible nothing but white room in Ultimate Wheels. But you still never know.
Here's the PV preview
Also, here's the solio CM if you haven't seen it yet.
The radio rip for KAT-TUN's upcoming single, Run For You, has just been released. Apparently we first heard this song back in May in a Suzuki commercial. But I do not remember that at all. XD
I was completely not expecting this type of song at all. The song has an extremely heavy electronic/techno beat. It's like Going and The D-Motion times a thousand. I actually really love the overall sound of the song. I love elctronic/club music. And I love auto tuning. However, I don't think KAT-TUN should ever use auto tune. There's just something about the tones of their voices that they sound absolutely horrible when auto tuned. Kame and Koki sound the worst. Kame's voice gets screechy and Koki ends up sounding like a frog. But no one sounds more like a frog than Inoo Kei. XD And actually Taguchi sounds pretty horrible too. His nasally voice becomes more prominent. But whoever did the auto tuning this time fixed Koki's lines. And your really only hear his frog voice once at 2:42. Bur luckly less then half of the song is auto tuned. Anymore and I think the song might have been completely ruined for me. But there are some good elements to the song. First off, the bridge is amazing. I think it might might actually be catchier than the chorus, which doesn't really happen to often with songs. The chorus is pretty catchy too. Even though it sounds more like Lan Lan Lan For You, then Run. Which is pretty hilarious. Also randomly throughout the song some random person with a deep voice says Run Run Run. Which is pretty weird, and throws the song off a bit. I laughed pretty loud the first time I heard that. Another thing I love about this song is how it's not just completely Kame. It sounds like Kame only has 1 solo line. But it may actually be more, because it's hard to tell 100% who is singing when their auto tuned. Ueda's and Kame's voice end up sounding very similar. But for most of the song it seems to be Maru and Koki. The only time you really hear Kame is during harmony lines, or group lines where he takes the higher melody. Which I'm not really complaining about. Any song that features Koki a lot is good in my book.
KAT-TUN announced that they will be releasing their 16th single. The single is titled Run For You and will be released on August 3rd.
I'm trying to be excited for this single, and I am in a sense. I was just pretty dissapointed with their last single. White was a good song and all, but nothing will ever convince me that White worked better as an A-side than Perfect would have. I just think management made a terrible mistake with that. I'm also hoping that this single will be more intense than White was. I mean Change UR World and Ultimate Wheels had pretty heavy and intense music. They completely had that original KAT-TUN feel that we hadn't seen in a while. And honestly that's what I would love KAT-TUN to sound like from now on. To me that type of music marked the new Jinless KAT-TUN. However, with Kisumai debuting they'll probably take over that sound since they already have been making songs like that.
The PV for KAT-TUN's for new single White was released recently. And surprisingly not for that long. I expected it would be out for at least a week and a half already, but it hasn't even been a week.
I can't say that I was expecting much from this PV. After seeing the preview I knew exactly what the PV was going to look like. And it actually turned out exactly how I expected it to. Which makes me pretty disappointed. I was still holding out for this PV to have more going on then just walking around a college. However, that's exactly what it consists of. The PV is just basically KAT-TUN walking around the halls of a school, with their close-ups even being in the hallway. They also wander around a library, but that part is extremely brief. I was also hoping for them to do a few scenes on the roof, because that is the only remotely interesting scene in the entire PV. But the are only on the roof at the very end of the PV. Which is completely stupid. And of course this PV reminds me a lot of C-ute's Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~ PV. Mostly because the have nearly identical themes. They even share a scene. I was really expecting a lot more similarites between the two PVs, but thankfully there weren't.
I wonder where this was filmed for there to be a random white guy playing soccer.
Kame's a cutie.
Even more people who aren't Japanese.
Lolz at Maru's and Koki's hideous dorky smiles. And I hate how horrible the quality of this PV is. x_x
I don't understand why they are in such awe just because Kame walked by.
Just like in C-ute's PV.
See, exactly the same.
Now Maru has to look over just because he sees Taguchi. I don't get it.
You can't imagine how I annoyed I am by the fact that they don't let you read the whole quote.
I'm not sure what the whole intense turning around scenes are about.
Time to have cheerleaders randomly thrown in for absolutely no reason at all.
Koki looks pretty hot here.
How come every member of KAT-TUN looks hideous when they smile?
With less than 2 weeks until the release of KAT-TUN's new single, White, JE continues to string us along only now releasing the PV preview. Less than 2 weeks until the release date and we haven't even heard the full rip of the song. Us fans might hate waiting this long, but apparently this marketing works as KAT-TUN continues to sell great. Not as good as with Jin though. But they still usually outsell my beloved NEWS.
I'm excited to see that this PV has some sort of storyline. I would be so angry if we had another mess like Ultimate Wheels. But there's really not much going on the PV. Of course the PV has the pretty much standard close-up scenes. You can't really make a PV without them. But what's with Ueda wearing a hat yet again? Does he miss Jin that much that he feels the need to take over Jin's "member that wears a fedora" position? Other than that in the close-ups Koki and Kame are looking fine as usual. The PV also shows them walking dramatically across what looks like a ship yard. Maybe it's the awful quality or maybe I'm blind, but where they are walking, to me, totally looks exactly like the place where they shot their 2010-2011 calendar. I'll have to wait for the full PV of course to be absolutely certain. The PV also shows random out of place cheerleaders who serve no purpose in the PV. And they are dancing on a football field. A for a brief second I had flashbacks of horrible H!P PVs. Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~ and Seishun Collection, PVs better left forgotten. The rest of the PV preview if full of them randomly hanging out on top of a roof, as people usually do. I don't know any college that lets you sit on the roof, but apparently you can in Japan. And it also shows the members of KAT-TUN walking through the school. And I'm going to sit here and pretend that the entire White PV isn't a complete and blatant rip off of C-ute's Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~ PV. But it totally is. I am extremely disappointed by the obvious similarities of the two PVs.
A short radio rip for KAT-TUN's upcoming single White has been released.
When I heard the short commercial previews of White and Perfect I was afraid that White would never be able to compare to Perfect. And than when I saw KAT-TUN's performance of Perfect on Music Station, and how amazing the song was, I was completely worried about White. And after finally hearing more than 30 seconds of the song I can officially say all of my fears and worrys were 100% justifiable. White is a completely lack luster, mediocre, excuse for an A-side that is in every way, shape, and form far inferior to Perfect. Perfect is simple and laid back and yet at the same time has completely upbeat and dancable music. Not to mention Koki's incredible rap section. I've never heard Koki rap that fast before. It was incredibly sexy. XD
At the end of White's intro there are these soft chimes that would be much better suited for a Hey! Say! JUMP song. And that pretty much sets the tone for the entire song. The song reminds me a lot of Ultimate Wheels where the song is sung pretty much on the same level the entire song, even the chorus. The chorus in White tries to act like it's actually picking up, but it's not really. If you listen the chorus is sung exactly the same as the verse except in the chorus they are singing signifigantly louder. They try to trick you into thinking the song is picking up however it never does. And I don't really want to settle for something like that. Yes, Perfect does basically do the same thing with their verse and chorus. However, there is a bridge thrown in there to make the song a little more interesting. The only redeeming qualities about this song are the high notes at the end of the chorus and that it sounds like just after where the song cuts off it sounds like there's a Koki rap solo. Which is always a nice addition to KAT-TUN songs.
Johnny's group KAT-TUN announced they will be releasing a new single on May 18th. The single's A-side will be entitled White and it's B-side will be entitled Perfect. Both songs are currently being used as songs for commercials.
It's been nearly a month since these songs were mysterious reveiled in commercials. Despite these songs being pretty much old news, I wanted to wait to make my post about them until something official was done with them. And here we go, here's something official. XD The previews for both songs a obnoxiously short, that there's no reason to even make lengthy comments about them until longer previews are released. For now I'm just treating these snipets of songs as a short taste. Even though I've actually heard Perfect before. Mostly because Kame looks pretty perfect in the CM. Oh, bad pun alert. XD The only thing I will say about the songs is that I really wish they switched the A-side. After hearing just 15 seconds of each song, you can tell already that Perfect is a much more exciting and better sounding song. But what do I know? Obviously JE saw something better about White to make it the A-side. I'm just not sure what that could be.
KAT-TUN made an appearance on yesterday's Heyx3 episode. But what made the episode really interesting was that my beloved Tanaka Koki was sporting a new hairstyle. (Yes, this is a rather shallow and pointless post. But I love Koki so I don't really need an excuse to make a post about him.)
When I first saw Koki's hair I thought it was a little dorky looking. But after I looked about it for about 30 seconds or so, I actually do like it. The hair itself is a tiny bit weird, but there's something so appealing to me about Tanaka Koki, that I don't really care what his hair looks like. I bet if he had his hideous shaved head from Real Face, I'd probably be into it anyway. I am always afraid that my favorite idol is going to change their hair and get something completely hideous. Especially Koki because to me Koki only looks super incredible with black hair. Every other hair style is only mediocre to me. But since he has a new hairstyle and I do like it. (It's just going to take a while for it to grow on me. I didn't even like his Change UR World hair when I first saw it. And I now think that was the best hairstyle he ever had. XD) This calls for a "Koki has a new hairstyle picspam!"
Even though I don't speak Japanese I though this episode of Heyx3 was really enjoyable. Of course mostly because it focused almost the whole time on Koki. And Koki is always really entertaining. I can't wait until someone subs this episode. It looks like he's visiting some sort of weird ghost shrine or something odd like that. Koki seems to really be into that type of stuff. I remember on a show a couple of months ago he went and got a license for hunting some mythical creature. I can't remember what it was exactly. I think it was a Kappa license. But I'm 100% on that. I'm pretty sure it was a goblin of some sort. And water goblin seems really familiar. As I said I watched that show a couple of months back. I guess that makes me a bad Koki fangirl. I should probably remember every single detail of his life from memory. But that's way too difficult. I have way too much idol stuff to remember to know absolutely everything about everyone.
The Ultimate Wheels performance was pretty good too. But I've seen that song performed so many times live that all the performances just sort of blend and blur together. Since all the Ultimate Wheels performances sound the same to me, except that one where Kame flubbed the high note, the only thing that really stands out about this one is Kame looks gorgeous and Koki winked yet again. Which made the performance significantly better.
Here's the video for anyone out there that wants to bask in the hottness that is Tanaka Koki. Or if you just want to watch the episode. XD But you should watch it quick, because no doubt it will be gone in a few days if not hours. :/
There are 2 new commercials out to promote KAT-TUN's new single Ultimate Wheels. The commercials are both 16 seconds, and nearly identical, but it's enough time to give us a small preview of the PV.
And I am completely disappointed by the PV. If you can actually call it a PV. The PV itself is nothing but KAT-TUN in a room with lavender colored walls and floor. And basically the only thing they do is either dance or do flips/break dance moves. And of course the random close up scenes with them just standing there. But I have to admit Kame and Koki are looking pretty fine. (Someone seriously needs to make a gif of Kame biting his lip!) Ueda almost looks hot, but he still looks too pretty to be considered hot. For me when there's hot Japanese boys in the video there doesn't have to be too many other elements going on for me to like the PV. But there has to be something to the PV. But there's absolutely nothing going on in the PV! I mean to me this looks like they are showing the dance shot version. Except JE doesn't make dance shot versions. I'm just really sad because the song was so amazing and meaningful, that I was expecting the PV to be amazing. JE really dropped the ball on this one.
Here are the PVs. Please note that these aren't the best quality. It looks like the person literally filmed it off their TV. But I was not waiting hours for HD quality CMs to be uploaded. These are good enough quality to see what's going on in the PV.
The radio rip for KAT-TUN's upcoming single, Ultimate Wheels, has just been released.
And after hearing the full song I completely take back what I said. I said I was extremely under whelmed by the song and it sounds like a B-side. Hearing the full song doesn't makes a huge difference. Or I should say listening to it more than once makes a difference. After listening to the song on loop for a while now, I am starting to really love the chorus. The beginning of this song has a lot of violins which reminds me of Untouched by The Veronicas. But the only difference is The Veronicas went all out on their song, but KAT-TUN didn't. The song would be so much better if they had the violins louder and more aggressive sounding. I really wish they did. :/ I am still not absolutely in love with the song yet. But I do like it. Which means a couple months from now I'll probably absolutely love the song. But what can I say? I mean it was Fall Out Boy that said, "But the songs you grow to like never stick at first." So i'm writing you a chorus and here is your verse. XD And that's 100% true. I really like the song because the singing is really agressive. It nice to see them release another heavy sounding song.
KAT-TUN was recently in a commercial for Suzukis 2011 box on wheels. Oh excuse me, 2011 Solio. And during the duration of the commercial we get a nice 1:15 preview of KAT-TUN's new single, Ultimate Wheels. Which will be released on February 2nd. I'm a little under whelmed by the song itself. Because honestly Change UR World is an extremely hard act to follow. It's not that the song is bad, it's just mediocre. The music is so soft and the singing is so bland that it's practically forgettable. I mean, the singing hardly picks up when the chorus hits. I could see this being a good B-side but it should never have become an A-side. It doesn't even sound like there's openings for solo lines and rapping. Though I guess I do have to take into consideration that this is only the bridge and chorus, and we've yet to hear the verse.
The commercial isn't really anything to write hoe about either. It's basically just a pretty average car commercial. Where they show the interior and general functions of the car. Pretty much the best part of the commercial is that Koki is in it.
NTV aired their Best Artist of 2010 special yesterday. The idol line up included: Arashi, AKB48, KAT-TUN, NEWS, Perfume, Hey! Say! JUMP, and Tackey and Tsubasa.
The lineup was pretty much expected. Lots of Johnny's and AKB48. I really wish more female idols were the best artist's of 2010. Don't get me wrong, I love JE, but I'd love to see some variety in these shows.
Here are the clips of the performances from the show.
Hey! Say! JUMP + Tackey and Tsubasa:
Hey! Say! JUMP's performance is supposed to be a medley but it's not really. They sing Ultra Music Power and "Arigatou" ~Sekai no Doko ni Itemo~. Tackey and Tsubasa sing Venus and Ai wa Takaramono. I was actually pretty excited they performed Venus, because I love that song.
AKB48:
This is their performance of Iiwake Maybe. I was pretty sure they did a medley, if they did I can't find of video of it. Sorry. :/
Arashi:
Arashi performed 3 songs. Their 3 songs were Believe, Happiness and Monster. Monster is my personal favorite. But 3/5 of their pants were wayyy too tight. And MatsuJun has jacked up hair. XD The fangirl screams when they walked near them were pretty loud and intense.
NEWS:
NEWS performed Kibou ~Yell~ and Fighting Man.
KAT-TUN:
KAT-TUN performing Real Face and Going. I don't understand why they aren't singing Change UR World.
Billboard has just announced the winners of Chart Awards for the Billboard Japan Music Awards. The actual Artist Awards won't be announced until the Billboard Japan Music Awards are held on February 6th. And since this is an idol blog, I will only be sharing the categories where idol groups have won an award.
Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 of the Year 2010:
1. Troublemaker - Arashi 2. Monster – Arashi 3. Heavy Rotation – AKB48 4. Love Rainbow – Arashi 5. Dear Snow – Arashi 6. Hatenai Sora – Arashi 7. VICTORY – EXILE 8. This is love – SMAP 9. To be free – Arashi 10. Hontou wa Kowai Ai to Romance – Kuwata Keisuke
Billboard Japan Album of the Year 2010:
1. Ai Subeki Mirai e - EXILE 2. Boku no Miteiru Fukei – Arashi 3. to LOVE – Nishino Kana 4. Ikimonobakari~Members’ BEST Selection~ – Ikimonogakari 5. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 6. Hajimari no Uta – Ikimonogakari 7. PAST FUTURE – Amuro Namie 8. Imamade no A-men, B-men desuto!? – GReeeeN 9. 5years – Kimura Kaela 10. MAGIC – B’z
Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 Singles Sales of the Year 2010:
1. Troublemaker - Arashi 2. Monster – Arashi 3. Love Rainbow – Arashi 4. Hatenai Sora – Arashi 5. Dear Snow – Arashi 6. To be free – Arashi 7. Heavy Rotation – AKB48 8. FANTAS” – EXILE 9. Love yourself~Kimiga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ – KAT-TUN 10. Beginner – AKB48
Arashi seems to dominate all the singles charts, as expected. Arashi is up there 13 times. Despite how well Begiiner, Heavy Rotation, and Ponytail to Shushu did AKB48 is only up there 3 times. Which honestly doesn't make sense to me. AKB48's Beginner outsold Troublemaker by almost 300k. I don't understand what Billboard is basing the sales off of. I also can't believe Arashi didn't get to number 1 on the album charts.
The PV for KAT-TUN's new single, Change UR World, was just released. Oh, I'm sorry it wasn't just released. The PV was actually released a couple of days ago, but for some reason KAT-TUN fans would not let the PV be uploaded in HQ. Hell, they didn't even want it posted in LQ. I couldn't even download the PV! Every video that was posted on youtube had pages of Japanese, and international, KAT-TUN fans crying over the video being posted. Saying things like the "Please delete the video, it's being released on November 17th wait until then," or "If you share this stuff Johnny won't release it early in the future."
I would just like to know, what in the world is wrong with KAT-TUN fans? Why are they so anti uploading. When Arashi's and NEWS's new PVs were released they were upload in HD quality the date the videos aired in Japan. So, are they horrible fans? Are they breaking some sort of unofficial Johnny's rule? Absolutely not. And I did I hear once any fan saying to take down a video or delete a link, until the single was released? Of, course not! So, why are KAT-TUN fans doing this? Don't they realize that the only people that are getting jipped are the foreign fans? PVs air in Japan days before the release date. And all the Japanese KAT-TUN fan can simply turn on their TVs and watch the new PV when it airs. I don't see them covering their eyes and ears until the release date. And why's that? Because it would be absolutely stupid to do so. That would defeat the entire purpose of a PV. They are PVs, promotional videos! What promotion are they getting if you're not allowed to watch them until the release date? Anyway, that's about enough angry fangirl ranting. Time to talk about the actual PV.
I actually think the PV is pretty cool, there's a lot going on. There are 3 different dance scenes, close-ups, breaking through the wall, and whatever is up with that random kid watching them throughout the PV. Even though I do think the PV is pretty cool, I was expecting something a little more. It's a little reminiscent of No More Pain and Rescue. Just because the entire PV is very dark. Sometime it's so dark, it's annoying though.
I don't get what random kid, or his magical box have to do with KAT-TUN.
Magic explosion?
Apparently it was Pandora's Box because he was magically transported to where KAT-TUN is.
However, Kame is much better looking than Pinhead.
Hott!
God, Kame looks good.
WTF is up with Taguchi's hair?
I love Koki. Even if he's making stupid face here.
Kame breaking through anything is hilarious. He's too much of a pretty boy.
Um...liquid embryo?
They're the kings of the world! XD
I know it's all CG, but that's beautiful.
I'm sorry but Taguchi looks stupid. He was probably going for old school 1950's hair, but it's juts bad.
Koki looks great.
KAT-TUN envy.
I always knew Maru was Bruce Wayne.
LOLZ!
No, just no.
I know he most likely said you can test (trust?) your world, but to me it sounded like you can dust your world.
Awesome.
So why exactly is Koki chained up? Not that I mind. XD
