Finally! We have proof of his gayness! (Not that it wasn't already obvious enough but you know.)
This was taken from his Xanga, which he updated before his debut as a Jpop singer. Here's one of the entries taken from that site.
I didn't edit any part of it. All the typoes and grammar mistakes are purely him! LOVELY.
Sigh, Jpop can be so amusing sometimes.
(And Perfume's One Room Disco is just pure awesomeness. Did I already mention that? I think I did.)
How do people find my blog?
Monday, August 11, 2008
I was wondering, surely SOME people must have found my blog through searching via google or something right? What do these people search on the search engines to find my blog? "Hirai Ken fan"? "AAA fan"? "I hate nissy and i want a blog that hates him too"?
Well none of the above it seems. Here are some of the recent ones. (I am not making ANY of these up. This is way too funny. All these were collected from 27th July 2008 till 11th August 2008.)
"Jpop Nasal"
Eh....? Well, I suppose my blog is the most nasal Jpop blog around, if that makes any sense. Than again, it doesn't.
"Shuta Sueyoshi Nude"
Whoever you are (I know you're from france xD), you should chat with me. We would make good friends.
"leah dizon so screwed jin akanishi"
KYAHAHAHA. WHERE DO YOU PEOPLE COME FROM!
And if she screwed Akajin, she's in for a lot of shit from the Jin fans. I do hope she did though! That'll be a ton of fun. Imagine the press! Imagine the apologies! Imagine the crazy suspensions from companies! The fan outrage/despair/glee!
That or they could both get married. Which would be boring. Meh. I now proclaim thee slut and sluttier. You may now suck the bride.
"ken hirai topless" & "hirai ken shirtless"
Another one. You two should chat with me too. xD
"ken hirai's boyfriend" & "hirai ken gay"
It's no longer a rumor. It's a given. HE IS GAY AND LOVING IT MUAHAHA.
(Don't take my word for it.)
"best bitchiest note ever", "The bitchiest thing you can ever do" & "bitchiest blog"
Funniest thing about this is, my blog was the first, first and fourth link that appeared on the search results page. I feel proud, I think. You can remove "best" from the first search and it still ranks my blog first. I HAVE FOUND MY NICHE.
BITCHBITCHBITCHWHINEWHINE. My readership is increasing already! This is AMAZING.
"Misako Uno sexy pictures"
It's official. My blog is the blog for all your Jpop porn needs!
"what does care jopo mean"
.... What? It sounds like something scary that you should not drink.
"tanaka roma gay"
Isn't that already a well known fact? You don't need a blog like mine to tell you that.
"minibar steal"
WHY DO YOU WANT TO STEAL A MINIBAR?! Are you that poor? And please don't steal MY minibar! Raid My Fridge/Wardrobe/Toilet/Kitchen/Box of embarrassing pictures/Pink bunnies just don't have the same ring to it.
"Shige's tight pants"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
"yabu kota topless"
Raid My Minibar version 13: Serving up hot child porn. Oh wait, I already did that. Hmm.
"worst group in je kat-tun"
Congratulations. You have reached enlightenment.
"Yamapi Crotch"
Once again, the first site the appears on google when you search this. This is bad.
"tamori gay"
Oh my. That might explain why he is so chummy with Kenken....
"come into my dream vocal raid"
HAHAHAHAHA. NO THANK YOU.
And then there are the various scandals - Takitsuba , AAA, Arashi, Koda Kumi, Ohno Satoshi etc etc. My blog is just so scandalous. It's a darn negative influence.
And then there are those that find my blog directly using my name, which makes me feel quite happy! But to my dismay, most of you think it is Raid My
Mini Bar. If you've noticed, Mini and Bar are joined together. Like Raid My
MINIBAR.
HA! I'm so anal.
And then there are those that think I have a Livejournal account and search for that. But I don't, so it's a wonder how you found me really.
Labels: AAA, Arashi, Hirai Ken, KAT-TUN, Koda Kumi, Leah Dizon, NEWS, Tackey and Tsubasa, Tanaka Roma
More reviews? (Part 1 of 2)
Friday, April 4, 2008
Apparently so. I pretty much avoided reviewing anything music-related (except PVs) recently, much due to me being totally unsure of my... proficiency in it. It seems to me that I keep repeating what I say, just in different words. Which of course makes me kind of feel like I'm just bullshitting my way through the whole entry. Which is bad.
Which is why I stopped reviewing. But now, there are NO PVs to review, and NOTHING interesting to blog about recently, hence me resorting to something I adamantly decided to avoid since a few weeks ago. Boy that was one long ramble.
Let's just get to it shall we? I've chosen 3 singles to review:
1. haru X daniel powter - FIND MY WAY
2. Tanaka Roma feat. Aoyama Thelma - Forever Love
3. Kanjani 8 - WAHAHA
The slightly less famous three, but should be fun.
[The Good]
Kanjani 8 has done it again with
WAHAHA. Another crazy tune that makes you go "WTF?" upon first listen. Synthetic sounds and keyboards dominate the main tune of the song with various brass instruments here and there. The result is an overly cheerful song overflowing with drunken chants like "KE TA KE TA KE TA!" and "OOH OOH!". Pretty standard Kanjani 8 stuff, so if you hated their previous stuff, this won't sit well with you either. Well at least one can't say this is a forgettable song, which it obviously not by any means.
Kanjani 8 is pretty lucky in my opinion to have found a niche in doing "crazy" music. Their voices are by no means great and certainly won't compare to any other JE bands had they been doing "normal" stuff. But because they're doing such mind-blowing music, you can help but be distracted by the mad-antics and forgive them for their bad singing. Heck, even their bad singing is passable in such songs.
The second song,
Dare yori kimi ga suki dakara is really old school. VERY old school. Much like 1980s Japanese ballads kind of old. This, I did NOT expect from K8. It sounds like something KinKi Kids would have done when they were just debuting. You know, the kind where the guys go on music shows wearing ugly suits and spins around while smoke drifts around them for no reason.
The vocals and harmonies work well to have a rather fascinating tune that is very un-K8. Man, this song just contradicted my previous paragraph. K8 CAN do normal music (or near-normal, considering this song is kind of odd as well) if they wanted to. A very different side of K8 if you ask me. Be prepared to be surprised.
The last song
BJ is the rock song. The one Kanjani 8 is trying so hard to dabble with.
Now excuse me while I laugh about how a bunch of odd guys are singing about something called
BJ. Oh boy, that's just pure magic. I think I just heard Speedo in the song. Even better.
This song would have worked better with Tackey & Tsubasa. For some reason I have that TxT vibe from this song. It's decent yes, but the vocals let the song down too much for it to be a good song. Pretty keys, a solid rock tune and strong drum beats couldn't save this song from the vocal onslaught. Too nasal in too many places.
Try out this single if you're into crazy songs. Or if you just want to have some good old silly fun.
[The so-so]
haru x daniel powter's
FIND MY WAY begins with the piano... why am I not surprised? haru's voice is kind of unique and attractive in an unexplainable way. He sounds kind of... haphazard at parts, but does well overall.
The problem I have with this song is not the tune, which to be honest is really really good. The problem I have with this is how it seems that this song doesn't sound like a "haru
X daniel powter" song, but rather a "haru
VS daniel powter" song. It doesn't show itself until the end of the first chorus. The song was really pleasant before that. But after the first chorus? It was "OHHH YEAHHHH!" and "FIND MY WAYYYYY~~~~ OOOOOOH~~~" all over. It was pure orchestrated chaos. Which I suppose works for some people, but it was just really jarring to me after a while.
Otherwise this song is really just a typical Daniel Powter tune, with enough influence from haru to make it sound a bit Jpoppy. Worth trying if you like Daniel Powter's previous works. Or if you're into the power-acoustic-pop stuff.
[The BAD]
Tanaka Roma is the exact reverse of Kanjani 8. He has decent talent, just that he has not found his specialty at all. This single is just another classic case of how lost he is in his search for his true "calling".
Forever Love is mainly made up of very very pretty piano music and a lot of airy vocals. I have NO idea what happened to him in this song, but his voice is really really substandard in this song. I also find it weird that a guy with such dance prowess and such a physique would want to release a single in the ballads genre. One would think that since he's not all that popular to begin with, he would try to emphasize on his strengths to gain himself a decent fanbase first before trying out senseless singles like this.
The song also features Aoyama Thelma, who is insanely popular in Japan right now. So naturally, shouldn't she get a bigger part in the song such that her fans might be more supportive? All she had was one lousy line and "ooh"s and "aah"s throughout the rest of the song. It's no wonder none of her fans bothered with this single.
I get the feeling that they were trying to make a magical, Disney-ish love song that is all serene and beautiful. However, Roma's rough and husky vocals simply do not fit this image and to be quite honest, his voice doesn't go well with Aoyama's either. In any case, bad combinations all around.
The second song
Free sounds like a 90s pop tune, which is a BIG step up from the titular track. His voice fits the song slightly better, framed by loads of synthesized music. The feel one gets from the song is a relaxed and refreshing one. While this is not really suitable for the dance-master image I think he should adopt, it's at least slightly more danceable than his previous track. The chorus is a bit yell-ish, as he tries to shove down your throat how "frEEEEEEEEEE" he feels. And that clashes with the rest of the song. It's like pork chops on a fresh garden salad.... or something like that. Not really suitable, but if you're weird and twisted, you might like it somehow.
Try out this single only if you're a desperate blogger with nothing to blog about and need a bad single to dump in a "the bad" section of your post. Try harder next time Roma!
Labels: Daniel Powter, haru, Kanjani 8, Tanaka Roma
I guess I'll just never understand...
Friday, February 15, 2008
... J-urban music.
I mean, I know they're not getting AWESOME sales or something, but still is it really neccessary to go on this "featuring" spree?
Soulja did it first by featuring Thelma Aoyama in his hit song
Koko ni Iru Yo. Everyone loved it because the song was great and both of them fit well together. Fair enough.
Seeing as how popular Thelma is (judging from the response of the fans for the aforementioned song), they decided to release
Soba ni Iru ne, featuring
Soulja. I mean, is there REALLY any point?! It's like a singer releases "Are you lonely" (just an example), which turns out to big hit, and then a female singer comes along in the next few months to sing "Yes I am lonely".
Or something similarly ridiculous.
Then m-flo did it by featuring (or "loving" if you insist) a WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE in their latest song
love comes and goes. It might be a cool idea to some, myself included, but the cynical part of me can't help but sniff panicky marketing schemes. Almost like "ARGH WE DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THEM IS BEST TO FEATURE.... Oh wait, let's just throw ALL of them in! There must be someone for everyone right?!" Didn't work for me. The whole thing just sounds... like a collage. Quirky at best, but hardly polished by any means.
And now, to promote Tanaka Roma, they're releasing Forever Love feat
Thelma Aoyama.
*headtable so many times that I had to stop typing for 3 hours to get myself a new table*
If you take a listen to the whole song, Thelma Aoyama doesn't sing much at all. All she does is one random line at the bridge and then "oohs" and "ahhs" throughout the rest of the song. Simply put, she's just there in hopes that fans of her will support her and give Roma a chance. Otherwise, they're hoping that by putting a more familiar name in the song title, the public would at least care more about the release.
Now why don't they just think of better marketing strategies. It's sad really. The song is rather decent, and Tanaka Roma has a great voice. True, his previous releases sold ATROCIOUSLY, but still he has TONS of talent and potential to be a star.
Besides, I fully attribute his past failures to overly gay-looking covers.
With better strategies and probably better target markets, Tanaka Roma is set to shine. But at this rate they're going now, I highly doubt he will ever become a success. Does J-urban companies really take us to be THAT stupid?
Labels: m-flo, Soulja, Tanaka Roma, Thelma Aoyama
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Kanjani 8 has done it again with WAHAHA. Another crazy tune that makes you go "WTF?" upon first listen. Synthetic sounds and keyboards dominate the main tune of the song with various brass instruments here and there. The result is an overly cheerful song overflowing with drunken chants like "KE TA KE TA KE TA!" and "OOH OOH!". Pretty standard Kanjani 8 stuff, so if you hated their previous stuff, this won't sit well with you either. Well at least one can't say this is a forgettable song, which it obviously not by any means.
haru x daniel powter's FIND MY WAY begins with the piano... why am I not surprised? haru's voice is kind of unique and attractive in an unexplainable way. He sounds kind of... haphazard at parts, but does well overall.
Tanaka Roma is the exact reverse of Kanjani 8. He has decent talent, just that he has not found his specialty at all. This single is just another classic case of how lost he is in his search for his true "calling".
