So KAT-TUN will officially become KaT-TUN??
I read this Tokyograph article...
KAT-TUN's Jin Akanishi (26) will officially graduate from the group later this year, it has been announced. KAT-TUN held a concert at the Tokyo Dome on Friday night, and Johnny's Jimusho president Johnny Kitagawa spoke to the press there on the same day. He said that the final decision will be made after Akanishi's U.S. tour this fall, but at this point it appears to already be guaranteed.
Since May, Akanishi has been in the United States, working on his solo career. He performed concerts in Los Angeles in June, and he has scheduled a 7-city tour for September and October. Kitagawa also revealed that Akanishi is already planning further concerts for 2011. Meanwhile, KAT-TUN has been continuing as a 5-member group, just as they did when Akanishi temporarily left in 2006 to study abroad.
Kitagawa explained that right now, the focus is only on Akanishi becoming successful in the U.S. He said that it would be too soft on Akanishi to let him return to KAT-TUN as a fallback if he doesn't succeed. It would also be unforgivable to KAT-TUN fans to have Akanishi dragging the group on, or returning the same way he did in 2007.
Kitagawa once again assured fans that KAT-TUN is not breaking up. Although the group's name is based on the initial characters of the members' names, it is said that Akanishi's "A" will be replaced by extending Kazuya Kamenashi's "K" to "KA." There are no plans to bring in a new member, as Kitagawa stated that there is no need to have six people in the group. He said that the five remaining members are currently doing fine without Akanishi.
Hmmm... I still don't know how should I react to this article =S
Should I be happy for Jin solo debut or sad because I'll miss him in KAT-TUN??
I have no idea =.=
To be honest, I'm not Jin's fan. Neither like him, nor hate him. But I like KT as a whole. They are brat-like but fun to be seen. However, talking about KT with Jin in it... other than Jin and Kame it feels like the rest of the members are there for back dancing or singing for them, don't you think so?
This is just my point of view,
to me, I like Uepi and I want him to be exposed more but because Jin has more fan so I feel like he is everywhere, it also goes the same with Kame when Jin is there. I feel liek KT is all about Akame and their backdancers. But when Jin was away, I like the fact that the five of them have more equal chance to be shot by camera... or it's only me?
Aside from the news, I believe KT will be much more popular than before with only 5 members. Don't you think Johnny's groups with 5 members are more popular? Just see Arashi and SMAP (although initially SMAP had 6 members) =)
Anyway, I was listening to ♫ PRECIOUS ONE when I started writing this post, but after the track changed it becomes ♫ PROMISE SONG. Then I remembered one article saying about this song. I says that this song is the members' message for Jin. Yes, yes... I remember clearly about it.
♫ PROMISE SONG is a really really nice song. Very typical KT's ballad song. Slow and very deep. I suggest if you don't understand japanese or you don't listen to their song, try this one. It's from their NO MORE PAIИ album.
PROMISE SONG
Close my eyes, there is the song I heard that day, the nameless melody that you quietly sang to yourself
It is the one thing that refuses to fade away, that keeps us connected no matter how much time has passed
Until now, I keep searching and searching for the answer every time I think of you
Faraway, in a place without you, I am still singing, with strength, with gentleness
this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, bewildered and confused as I am in front of this unfamiliar scenery,
I know for certain that you are gently protecting the precious words we exchanged
Yesterday, it came as no surprise, still it was unbelievable, the day our footprints went separated ways
Unable to speak up, I didn't dare to look at you, yet I wasn't able to hide my weakness
The "thank you" that you gave me at the end will become the hope that connects me with tomorrow, so...
Faraway, riding on this wind, here are the words I want to send you, only you
Can you hear it? this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, as we go along two different roads, whenever we are wore down by confusion,
let us look for flowers of the same colors and take them as the proof of our meeting
Let's gather the fragments of memory, gently, carefully, so that it wouldn't break
I wish that someday we will be able to put inside our heart a complete memory
Faraway, in a place without you, I am still singing, with strength, with gentleness
this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, this promise song will forever resound deep in my heart
And so I start walking, until the day we meet again
Until the day we meet again
I have it in my blog if you just want to listen to it =)
Lyrics & translation by xmonster1603 @ here
☀~
KAT-TUN's Jin Akanishi (26) will officially graduate from the group later this year, it has been announced. KAT-TUN held a concert at the Tokyo Dome on Friday night, and Johnny's Jimusho president Johnny Kitagawa spoke to the press there on the same day. He said that the final decision will be made after Akanishi's U.S. tour this fall, but at this point it appears to already be guaranteed.
Since May, Akanishi has been in the United States, working on his solo career. He performed concerts in Los Angeles in June, and he has scheduled a 7-city tour for September and October. Kitagawa also revealed that Akanishi is already planning further concerts for 2011. Meanwhile, KAT-TUN has been continuing as a 5-member group, just as they did when Akanishi temporarily left in 2006 to study abroad.
Kitagawa explained that right now, the focus is only on Akanishi becoming successful in the U.S. He said that it would be too soft on Akanishi to let him return to KAT-TUN as a fallback if he doesn't succeed. It would also be unforgivable to KAT-TUN fans to have Akanishi dragging the group on, or returning the same way he did in 2007.
Kitagawa once again assured fans that KAT-TUN is not breaking up. Although the group's name is based on the initial characters of the members' names, it is said that Akanishi's "A" will be replaced by extending Kazuya Kamenashi's "K" to "KA." There are no plans to bring in a new member, as Kitagawa stated that there is no need to have six people in the group. He said that the five remaining members are currently doing fine without Akanishi.
Hmmm... I still don't know how should I react to this article =S
Should I be happy for Jin solo debut or sad because I'll miss him in KAT-TUN??
I have no idea =.=
To be honest, I'm not Jin's fan. Neither like him, nor hate him. But I like KT as a whole. They are brat-like but fun to be seen. However, talking about KT with Jin in it... other than Jin and Kame it feels like the rest of the members are there for back dancing or singing for them, don't you think so?
This is just my point of view,
to me, I like Uepi and I want him to be exposed more but because Jin has more fan so I feel like he is everywhere, it also goes the same with Kame when Jin is there. I feel liek KT is all about Akame and their backdancers. But when Jin was away, I like the fact that the five of them have more equal chance to be shot by camera... or it's only me?
Aside from the news, I believe KT will be much more popular than before with only 5 members. Don't you think Johnny's groups with 5 members are more popular? Just see Arashi and SMAP (although initially SMAP had 6 members) =)
Anyway, I was listening to ♫ PRECIOUS ONE when I started writing this post, but after the track changed it becomes ♫ PROMISE SONG. Then I remembered one article saying about this song. I says that this song is the members' message for Jin. Yes, yes... I remember clearly about it.
♫ PROMISE SONG is a really really nice song. Very typical KT's ballad song. Slow and very deep. I suggest if you don't understand japanese or you don't listen to their song, try this one. It's from their NO MORE PAIИ album.
PROMISE SONG
Close my eyes, there is the song I heard that day, the nameless melody that you quietly sang to yourself
It is the one thing that refuses to fade away, that keeps us connected no matter how much time has passed
Until now, I keep searching and searching for the answer every time I think of you
Faraway, in a place without you, I am still singing, with strength, with gentleness
this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, bewildered and confused as I am in front of this unfamiliar scenery,
I know for certain that you are gently protecting the precious words we exchanged
Yesterday, it came as no surprise, still it was unbelievable, the day our footprints went separated ways
Unable to speak up, I didn't dare to look at you, yet I wasn't able to hide my weakness
The "thank you" that you gave me at the end will become the hope that connects me with tomorrow, so...
Faraway, riding on this wind, here are the words I want to send you, only you
Can you hear it? this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, as we go along two different roads, whenever we are wore down by confusion,
let us look for flowers of the same colors and take them as the proof of our meeting
Let's gather the fragments of memory, gently, carefully, so that it wouldn't break
I wish that someday we will be able to put inside our heart a complete memory
Faraway, in a place without you, I am still singing, with strength, with gentleness
this tiny endless melody that has stayed unchanged ever since that day
Farewell, this promise song will forever resound deep in my heart
And so I start walking, until the day we meet again
Until the day we meet again
I have it in my blog if you just want to listen to it =)
Lyrics & translation by xmonster1603 @ here
☀~