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I'm bored and my top artists have changed a good bit since I last did this, sooo I'm doing it again xD And I decided to do this for my top 30 instead of my top 20. Because I can.

Post the top twenty bands/artists on your profile, the first song you heard, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite.

1. BIG BANG
First Song: I think it might've been Last Farewell, although I'm not sure.
First Love: Lies, Top of the WOrld
Current Favorite: Hallelujah

2. Epik High
First Song: Butterfly Effect
First Love: Breakdown
Current Favorite: 혼

3. Super Junior
First Song: Twins (Knock Out)
First Love: Sorry, Sorry
Current Favorite: Why I Like You, It's You

4. 宇多田ヒカル
First Song: Simple & Clean
First Love: First Love, of course. And Deep River.
Current Favorite: Prisoner of Love, Beautiful World

5. SHINee
First Song: Amigo
First Love: The SHINee World
Current Favorite: The SHINee World, Ring Ding Dong

6. Loveholic
First Song: Sad Story
First Love: Sad Story
Current Favorite: 화분

7. M.I.A.
First Song: Paper Planes
First Love: Galang
Current Favorite: Hit That

8. 東方神起
First Song: Purple Line
First Love: Purple Line
Current Favorite: Rising Sun, Purple Line, Doushite~

9. 倖田來未
First Song: real Emotion
First Love: Love Across the Ocean
Current Favorite: So Into You, TABOO

10. Lady GaGa
First Song: Just Dance
First Love: Starstruck
Current Favorite: Telephone, Starstruck

11. 동방신기
First Song: TRI-ANGLE
First Love: Rising Sun
Current Favorite: Purple Line

12. Utada
First Song: Easy Breezy
First Love: Devil Inside (Richard Vission Radio Edit)
Current Favorite: This One (Crying Like a Child)

13. G-Dragon
First Song: Heartbreaker
First Love: The Leaders
Current Favorite: Breathe

14. 周杰倫
First Song: 黃金甲
First Love: 飄移
Current Favorite: 飄移, 四面楚歌

15. 지선
First Song: 이별 못한 이별
First Love: Technically it was her Loveholic stuff, but solo-wise, Polaris
Current Favorite: Universe

16. 安室奈美恵
First Song: ALARM or Please Smile Again, can't remember which.
First Love: Violet Sauce
Current Favorite: I WILL

17. 이효리
First Song: Dark Angel, probably.
First Love: U-Go-Girl
Current Favorite: Hey Mr. BiG

18. SE7EN
First Song: Passion
First Love: Passion
Current Favorite: I Know, I Wanna...

19. KAT-TUN
First Song: Real Face
First Love: DON'T U EVER STOP
Current Favorite: LIPS, RESCUE

20. Super Junior M
First Song: 迷
First Love: U
Current Favorite: Basically their entire first album, but mostly U and 這一秒

21. 2PM
First Song: Again & Again
First Love: 니가 밉다
Current Favorite: 너에게 미쳤었다

22. Tata Young
First Song: Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy
First Love: My Bloody Valentine
Current Favorite: My Bloody Valentine

23. 2NE1
First Song: Lollipop
First Love: FIRE
Current Favorite: FIRE, I Don't Care

24. 林俊傑
First Song: 不潮不用花钱
First Love: 黑武士
Current Favorite: 黑武士, 主角

25. 손담비
First Song: 미쳤어
First Love: Cry Eye
Current Favorite: 두번째라도

26. Eternity ∞
First Song: Wonderful World
First Love: How Far
Current Favorite: How Far, What You Want

27. Wonder Girls
First Song: So Hot
First Love: So Hot
Current Favorite: Headache, So Hot

28. 王菲
First Song: Eyes On You
First Love: Hero
Current Favorite: 迷路

29. f(x)
First Song: LA chA TA
First Love: LA chA TA
Current Favorite: Chocolate Love

30. RIKKI
First Song: Suteki da Ne
First Love: Pure Heart
Current Favorite: カナリア

Selling CDs, DVDs and various merch of minor, major, disbanded, active, all sorts of stuff.
if interested please PM, i can send pictures or any info required.
i ship to everywhere and everyone.

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - フィードバックファイル
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - ファンクラブ
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION -　ソルファ
[srtist]LUNA SEA - SHINE
LUNA SEA - STORM
GLAY - BE WITH YOU
Calmando Qual - mechanical mix with unjust blood
EUTHANASIE/Gothika - Savage Messiah
Euthanasie/GOTHIKA - Gloomy Sunday
Euthanasie/GOTHIKA - Queer Chronicle
Syndrome - 涙ノ下弦・・・
Syndrome - 兎と羊
Syndrome - Nostalgia
KISAKI PROJECT - 肖像~in the cradle~
Kisaki&Kansai kizoku/妃＆関西貴族 - 飼い主は犬
Kisaki&Kansai kizoku/妃＆関西貴族 - Burst Songs
Phantasmagoria - 神創曲~Variant Jihad~
Phantasmagoria - 幻想曲~Eternal Silence~
Phantasmagoria - 未完成とギルト
Matina 5th ANNIVERSARY 記念盤サンプル　samples from 4 bands.
蜉蝣[kagerou] - 黒旗
蜉蝣[kagerou]　- 心中歌
蜉蝣[kagerou] - 落首
meth. - by all means/BELIEVER
meth. - THE MASS
my slick shallrot - demo CD
Black:List - MELANCHOLY
DELUHI - TWO HURT 2nd print
gemmik - non~ノン~
SIX-R - MARRY
RENTRER EN SOI - RENTRER EN SOI
girugamesh - girugamesh
the studs - studs [regular]
the studs - 虹の色
the studs - クリーピークローリー
the studs - あの音
the studs - 帳
the studs - スパイダーネスト
lynch. - enemy
lynch. - roaring in the dark
lynch. - forgiven
lynch. - THE AVOIDED SUN
lynch. - THE BURRIED
Sel'm - brilliant force
Sel'm - resistance
Sel'm - dyed vacancy
Emmuree/emmurée- 祈り
ZXST - desparate departure
ＳＩＮ - 雨音メランコリー
CKroll - demo CD
After effect - L.I.V
GAIN 01 - Revenger's game
Ｇｒｏｓｓ - Castle in the Air
in the rubbish - NAKED
D'LORE - Vast the facts
アケノカラス[Akenokarasu] - demo CD
Seciliaルナ - Crescent
Vizell - Leer
Vizell - Gift
ＧＲＩＮＤ - Agressors
Canary/カナリヤ - ざわめきの章

DVD/VHS:
LAREINE - 1998~1999.3.26 ロマンス革命~somethingsomething~

cheki(polaroid pictures)[can be bought individually]:
NightingeiL members [10 pictures, various members]
十神/tokami [3 pictures, various members]
Downer/ダウナー [1 Anzu]
ｍｉｓｃｏｎｄｕｃｔ [1 whole band]
DELUHI [1 Sujk, 1 Juri]
Sel'm [1 Tsubaki]

Wristbands:
lynch.
ｂｉｓ
D'espairsRay

Posters:
GULLET [x2]
Black:List
蜉蝣[Kagerou]
RENTRER EN SOI x Phantasmagoria
Calmando Qual [Hibiki]

Fans:
An Cafe
関ジャニ∞/Kanjani8 - Maruyama

Towels:
Sel'm

plastic bags:
the studs[2 different varieties]
蜉蝣[Kagerou]

Photobook/pamphlet:
KISAKI a basement Melody...III photobook
Ｓｕｇａｒ - from the grave to the cradle

Photosets/photos/ postcard sets/ postcards:
the studs postcard set
the studs photoset
the studs postcard [x3]
ムニムニ[munimuni] photo with autograph
Lamiel photoset
Vizell photo
キャンゼル[canzel] photo [featuring Cellt, THE KIDDIE, HERO, ベルベット]
The Piass/妃阿蘇 Takayuki photo [x2]
THE PIASS/妃阿蘇 Takayuki double sided photo [x2]
Sel'm photoset
トーマス/Thomas photoset

Stickers:
Sel'm
ムニムニ(munimuni) with autograph
the studs

Magazines:
Wink up 3, March 2007 feat KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, Arashi/嵐, T&T, NEWS, lots of junior shit.

Mad tea party MAGAZINE 02 December 2005 feat Vidoll, Tsukasa, Yukino, Phantasmagoria, Doremidan, Lion Heads, Lynx; Hiroki Special.
Mad tea party MAGAZINE 03 February 2006 bassist special, feat Phantasmagoria, Lynx, Lion Heads, Doremidan, rice, GISHO, KISAKI, Rame, Kazutake, seek, Kikasa, yukino, ZERO; Tsunehito Special
Mad tea party MAGAZINE 04 May 2006 Guitarist special, feat Moi dix Mois, Isabelle, 176BIZ, Chisato(Pennicillin), Everlasting-K, AYA&Irikawa Keiji, Reo(lynch.), Karyu, rice; HIDE-ZOU special
Mad tea party MAGAZINE 05 July 2006 Guitarist special, feat nano, Metronome, uchuu sentai NOIZ, aie, Kozi, JILS dude, Lida(DACCO), Jun&Iori(Phantasmagoria); Ruiza special

MTP Special Photobook 02 May 2006 - THE GUITARISTS&D, feat Mana, Aya&Ichikawa Keiji, Reo, Chisato, Everlasting-K, Karyu, HIDE-ZOU special
MTP Special Photobook 04 September 2006 - THE VOCALISTS&D, feat Riku, Hazuki, Yukiya, Kaya, Jui, Makoto, Asagi Corvinus special

Fool's Mate Vol.312 October 2007 feat BUCK-TICK, the GazettE, 清春, キリト,Acid Black Cherry、YOSHIKI、LUNA SEA、bis, Fool's Fest 07、河村隆一、D、アンティック-珈琲店-、SCREW、SuG、Gargoyle、仙台貨物、 LuLu、メトロノーム、TOKYO MONOCHROME...、メリー, lynch., Phantasmagoria, the studs, girugamesh, DETROX, PENICILLIN, machine, Lolita23, Zoro, Arc, nil, SADIE, Mix Speakers, NoGoD etc.
Fool's Mate Vol.302 December 2006 feat Angelo, the GazettE, Kiyoharu, Sid, J, merry, alice9, nightmare, D, ALcino, MUCC, kagerou, lynch., Miyavi, Vidoll, kagrra,, an cafe, heidi., 12012, lolita, heart, bis, dali, gift, inoran, ayabie, rap etc.
Fool's Mate Vol. 298 August 2006 feat kiyoharu, creature creature, j, miyavi, nightmare, alice9, d, Janne Da Arc, kirito, merry, gazette, MUCC, deadman, kannivalism, JILS, bis, kozi, aki, an cafe, doremidan, rap, luvie, jealkb, Phantasmagoria, D'ray etc.

SHOXX vol.167 January 2007 feat MUCC, Nightmare, ancafe, gazette, alice9, kagrra,, vidoll, LMC, alvino, kra, d, onmyoza, phantasmagoria, Mana, 12012, ayabie, charlotte, wizard, lolita23, guys famil, kurt, inugami, dacco, rap, sugimoto yoshinori, heart, codomoA, heidi., serial number, 176biz, cellt, sadie, mero, dolly, arc, -oz-, irokui, prototype, dio, hitotsume, smile etc.

Cure vol. 37 october 2006 feat Phantasmagoria, KuRt, bis, goz vii, kazoku, DPS, SADIE, babylon, NOIZ, an cafe, codomoA, RENTRER EN SOI, gurugurueigakan, irokui, luvie, 12012 in california, scuver dive, siva, aile, 176biz, ghost, replia, metis gretel, juliadoll, unsraw, rara, gyackmen, madara, karakuri etc.

Nana 4. [ancient] - aie, develop=frame, hush, Redrum, Shrimp Fry, BAGBONDS, Sugar Coaster, Rends etc.

Quaint 3. [ancient] - HYPERMANIA, Tinker Bell, Mirage, D'elsquel, MATINGLOW, Stella Maria etc.

Fountains 4. [ancient] - Art Marju Duchain, M+K, ACiD, Kagerou, Clair De Lune, Leben Leid Lust, Jakura, Eldorado, De stilja, Cynthia, Jubilee, Dolce Vita, Mircea:Eliade, Diabolic Art etc.

Plug 4 July 2008 - Jully/ジュリィー, Sel'm, Eat You Alive, Moran, ハッチ/hucci, Kaya, billy, Born, Like absolute myself, Black:List, doremidan, DaizyStripper, kalvary, キャンゼル, heidi., dio, [vani;lla] etc.


couldn't be bothered to tag everything sorry.

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. You can't change the song (no lying)!
5. For every question, type the song that's playing.
6. When you go to a new question, press the next button.

since I have almost 7000 songs in my itunes library and only listen to like 2000 of them so I'll just use one of my playlists :] ( otherwise my soundtrack would end up being 90% Final Fantasy / Silent Hill music D: )


Opening title:
Super Junior - 쏘리 쏘리

Waking up:
동방신기 - Silent Night, Holy Night
(Christmas movie it is )

First day at school:
KAT-TUN - ハルカナ約束

Falling in love:
동방신기 - You're My Miracle
♥

Fight song:
mas4 - Gee Girls (So Nyeo Shi Dae vs. P!nk)
( yes! catfight)

Prom:
Golf-Mike - 凛々SAMURAI

Life's okay:
安室奈美恵 - Come
( Inuyasha GTFO of my soundtrack D: )

Mental breakdown:
AAA - No End Summer (Takaya Ito edit)
NO? I actually like this song very much :/ better than the original one.

Driving:
F.T Island - 사랑이라 부르는 이름
wut no

Flashback:
박진영 - 허니(Honey)
LOOOOOL

Getting back together:
Super Junior - You Are The One

Wedding:
mas4 - Gangsta's Habit (Epik High vs. Coolio & L.V.)
GANGSTA WEDDING YO

Birth of child:
1TYM - 1TYMillennium
D::::

Final battle:
Capsule - more more more
I want more battle!

Death scene:
2PM - 니가 밉다
;___________;

Funeral song:
BIG BANG - Stylish
.............no

End credits:
동방신기 - 노을.. 바라보다 (after glow)
OMG PERFECT END CREDITS MUSIC :o

JAPAN
1. NEWS
2. the GazettE
3. 倖田來未
4. Dir en grey
5. 山下智久
6. 宇多田ヒカル
7. 宏実
8. 浜崎あゆみ
9. INORAN
10. 加藤ミリヤ
11. BoA * VIA Korea. I know she's Korean, but I first heard her Japanese stuff, and I only listen to her Japanese stuff, so she's a Japanese artist for my purposes.
12. 安室奈美恵
13. alan * VIA Tibet. I know she's Tibetan, but I first heard her Japanese stuff, and I only listen to her Japanese stuff, so she's a Japanese artist for my purposes.
14. Jasmine
15. 林原めぐみ
17. Crystal Kay
18. 中島美嘉
20. KAT-TUN
21. Gackt
23. Tiana Xiao * VIA USA. I know she's ABC, but I first heard her Japanese stuff, and I only listen to her Japanese stuff, so she's a Japanese artist for my purposes.
24. 錦戸亮
25. Mizca
26. 大塚愛
27. BONNIE PINK
28. Capsule
29. 奥井雅美
31. ZARD
32. 柴咲コウ
33. Spontania
34. Mink * VIA Korea. I know she's Korean, but I first heard her Japanese stuff, and I only listen to her Japanese stuff, so she's a Japanese artist for my purposes.
35. 鈴木あみ
36. MiChi
37. exist†trace
38. melody.
39. 嵐
40. mihimaru GT
41. Do As Infinity
42. 倉木麻衣
43. MISIA
45. 増田貴久
46. 島谷ひとみ
47. 伊藤由奈
48. ルルティア
49. 小山慶一郎
51. Utada
52. ＮａＮａ
53. 椎名林檎
54. Chihiro
55. Kanade
56. 分島花音
57. 高杉さと美
58. 植松伸夫
59. DJ MAYUMI feat. MAKI GOTO with FALCO & SHINO
60. 青山テルマ
61. 東方神起 * VIA Korea. I know they're Korean, but I first heard their Japanese stuff, and I only listen to their Japanese stuff, so they're a Japanese artist for my purposes.
63. 黒木メイサ
64. 谷村奈南
65. 一青窈
66. 上戸彩
68. 加藤成亮
69. 手越祐也
71. 日之内エミ
72. 上木彩矢
73. 絢香
74. moumoon
75. 中村中
76. 堀江由衣
78. 松村香澄
79. 東京事変
80. Tommy heavenly6
81. hitomi
84. Perfume
85. 田中公平
86. 小林美代子& 曳地正則
90. 二宮和也
91. the brilliant green
92. MINMI
93. Speed
95. Matchy with Question?
97. 嘉陽愛子
98. 今井翼

KOREA
19. 손담비
22. Super Junior
30. 4minute
44. Jewelry
50. 소녀시대
67. 아이비
77. 레인보우
87. Wonder Girls
88. 배슬기
92. 2NE1
96. Brown Eyed Girls

OTHER
16. Lady GaGa USA
62. The Corrs Ireland
70. Leah Dizon USA
82. Fleetwood Mac USA
83. Madonna USA
89. Enya Ireland
94. 李玟 Hong Kong
99. Rihanna Barbados
100. Sheryl Crow USA

For your top 6 neighbours write their top three overall artists and where those artists appear on your chart.

1. dreams_miyuki
= 1. 嵐 My #37
= 2. Perfume My #79
= 3. 浜崎あゆみ My #8

2. Sintta
= 1. Lady GaGa My #59
= 2. Ke$ha -
= 3. Kis-my-ft2 -

3. Shihai
= 1. 倖田來未 My #3
= 2. 安室奈美恵 My #13
= 3. 浜崎あゆみ My #8

4. FelipeVaz07
= 1. BoA My #11
= 2. 中島美嘉 My #17
= 3. 浜崎あゆみ My #8

5. kumonoito
= 1. 中島美嘉 My #17
= 2. 浜崎あゆみ My #8
= 3. 加藤ミリヤ My #10

6. Trapnest
= 1. NEWS My #1
= 2. Yuna Ito My #45 as 伊藤由奈
= 3. KAT-TUN My #21

The idea is to go to the page of your number one artist, and follow the link of it's number one similar artist, then repeating that for this artist and so on, noting down each artist as you go. Do this until you've got to 50 artists (not including your number one). If you get any repeats, just go to the second similar artist or the nearest one that you haven't already had.

MY #1 NEWS

1. 山下智久
2. 赤西仁
3. KAT-TUN
4. 亀梨和也
5. 田中聖
6. 田口淳之介
7. 上田竜也
8. 錦戸亮
9. 大倉忠義
10. 安田章大
11. 丸山隆平
12. 村上信五
13. 横山裕
14. 渋谷すばる
15. 関ジャニ∞
16. 嵐
17. 相葉雅紀
18. 櫻井翔
19. 松本潤
20. 大野智
21. 二宮和也
22. NEWS ** this is the second time I've gotten stuck in a circle, so I have to put them in lmfao
23. テゴマス
24. 手越祐也
25. 増田貴久
26. Hey! Say! JUMP
27. Hey! Say! 7
28. Ya-Ya-Yah
29. Question?
30. Kis-my-ft2
31. A.B.C.
32. J.J.Express
33. 薮宏太
34. 八乙女光
35. 山下翔央
36. 鮎川太陽
37. 北山宏光
38. 藤ヶ谷太輔
39. 小山慶一郎
40. 加藤成亮
41. 内博貴
42. V.WEST
43. 三兄弟
44. The SHIGOTONIN
45. 剛紫
46. KinKi Kids
47. 堂本光一
48. タッキー＆翼
49. 今井翼
50. 滝沢秀明

LOLOLOL While never getting out of JE was fun (not really lol) I will do a normal one hahaha

This actually leaked a few days ago, but it’s taken me this long to formulate a real opinion on the single and the songs it contains. Loveless has three editions (A with a DVD, B with the title track and three b-sides and C with the title track and three more b-sides.

I was really looking forward to Loveless, especially after the, in my opinion, masterpiece, that was 抱いてセニョリータ back in 2006. Despite a few TV appearances and showings of the PV on music channels, I’d resisted until the full single leaked, even though I originally wanted to hold out until I received my own copies, just to savour listening to it for the first time.

However upon first listening, my initial reaction was rather underwhelming and let’s face it, more than a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong – I do like the songs, but I believe everyone, down to song writing and production could have done a lot better. The whole single has a very ‘rushed’ feel to it, more for the sake of getting more tracks done then to actually provide half the amount of songs with better quality (shown in my opinion, by the rather short track lengths – instrumental excluded, all seven songs total only 25 minutes playtime).

My first grievance with the single is that Pi does not sound like Pi. It’s kind of like, if you mixed Ueda and Jin of KAT-TUN and then just added a bit of Pi to the mix. Someone’s opinion was that Pi had had singing lessons, so it’s either that, or a shitload of editing (for my sanity let’s just call it editing as I don’t want to believe that he’s gone and trained his voice differently forever) but he sounds very weak, strained, washed out and quiet; a huge turnaround from the loud and strong, and let’s face it, sometimes nasally voice we know and love in Daite Senorita and his solos within NEWS. It sounds almost like he’s trying too hard to sound softer, and it doesn’t work for me.

loveless itself is a nice ballad. It’s got great music and lyrics, and the vocals are nice, however unlike him they sound. The melody and piano is charming, and the chorus is rather catchy. It doesn’t have the highest playcount in my library and it never will, but it’s unlikely that I would go out of my way to skip it if it was on. In tune with the title, the song does have a rather ‘depressed’ feeling to it, but more the ‘lost love’ sort of depressed rather than ‘take a knife and slash my wrists right now’ depressed.

After the Rain is the second of three ballads on the single, and I’m this far from saying I hate it. The lyrics are nice, and the vocals are nice (sounding more like what we’re used to in this song) and the music is nice. But they don’t work together well. This is a prime example of how he can sometimes sound whiny, but unlike most times, it really doesn’t work, and the song (despite its emotion filled chorus) grates on my nerves and becomes quite annoying. For the sake of my playcounts I listened to each track so it was on the nearest five or ten, and I dreaded having to listen to this one a second time in a row.

The last ballad of the album is Moon Light, with the lyrics penned by Pi himself. I quite like this track, I’m not sure if I would say I love it yet, but that’s quite possible in the future. It has a very smooth flow to it, and the music and lyrics work great together. It’s a very good mix of a little R’n’B (by R’n’B, I mean rhythm and blues and NOT the urban music of rap or hip hop that often gets labelled as R’n’B these days) mixed with pop. Pi sounds the most like himself in this song (a fact I hope supports my argument of super editing) and I really like that, because while admittedly, he may not be the most talented singer vocally, he’s still got a very nice voice.

Dance Jam is the only one of the four dance style b-sides that isn’t completely in English (a fact that is a rather large thorn in my side, as though we knew previously from a source that Crush On You would be partly in English, I definitely didn’t expect three full songs in English). I like Dance Jam, it’s a bit of a pointless track, but it’s got a great beat (if that wasn’t already implied by the title) and a catchy chorus that makes it perfect from bopping in the car or in front of the computer, to really going at it on the dance floor.

Crush On You is the first of the English dance/sexually suggestive songs, that while enjoyable, are about nothing more than doing the dirty and/or shaking your ass, and I for one believe we could do with a few more deeper meanings then sex songs that are out and about. It’s got a nice beat, and a catchy chorus, and let’s face it, the success of just about all pop songs depended almost entirely on whether or not the chorus is catchy and draws people in. For want of a deeper meaning, the song is still fun and infectious and you find yourself singing (or at least humming) along.

Run From You is my second favourite track of the single (after Moon Light and tied with loveless) again it’s all in English, and while being grammatically correct is desirable (the lyrics booklet lists a westerner as the lyricist, so really, wtf was he thinking?) I absolutely LOVE the chorus; the way the lyrics flow and yet crash together, and the emphasis on the word ‘you’. Again we hear Pi more like the way we know him, and hear some of his vocal trademarks (I won’t spoil for you if you haven’t heard any of the songs). The lyrical arrangement of the verses is a bit jumpy and paused (imagine: word word word PAUSE word word wordword PAUSE) but as I already stated, the chorus more than makes up for it, and again, while lacking in a little deeper meaning, the song is catchy and enjoyable.

ME is the last track and yet another English dance song. I swear the music for this is almost the same, perhaps even the same but differently arranged, as BoA’s Look Who's Talking. Obviously I’m not accusing anyone of plagiarism, but if the composer is the same, it’s well within their own rights to use it again and/or alter it to fit the artist using it. Again ME wants for deeper meaning, but like all the dance songs, it’s catchy and that’s its saviour and selling point.

Overall, I believe there could have been more time and effort put into this release to make it better, but it doesn’t detract completely from the overall likeability of the tracks. I would have preferred to hear more Japanese in the lyrics of the dance songs, as opposed to the majority of them being in English, but I have to admit they are enjoyable and catchy. They perhaps aren’t the songs you would listen to on repeat, but more the songs you would listen to and think ‘oh I really like this song, I should listen to it more often’

The ballads are the stronger parts of the single with deeper meanings, and overall better music and lyrics. It’s however, a good mixture of ballad and dance, and the way the tracks are spaced over the two regular editions (loveless + dance + English dance + ballad) guarantees the best sales with people wanting all the new tracks.

As I’ve previously said, I DO like the single and the majority of the tracks; however, it leaves a little to be desired. I would in all actuality, rather not see any of these tracks appear on the next NEWS album as his solo, as I don’t believe any of these tracks would fit particularly well with NEWS’ overall musical style, but it would also rob us of another Pi solo track, and hopefully the chance to really hear whether or not the vocals on this single were edited or trained. A live would also be a good opportunity to hear the real voice, provided there’s no lip-synching (ie, Shounen Club)

It is however, a very different style to his previous stuff, and apart from the title ballad, definately not what I was expecting from the titles of the tracks.

The catchiness of the tracks though, does not rescue the single from a personal rating of 6.5/10


(majority of names and titles are links not mistagged for people who may read this, who can't read kanji)

After re-reading this, I surprised myself with how critical I am, and I very much give off the impression I think the single sucks. This is far from the truth, as I really do like the songs, but this comes from a little disappointment at the release and trying to take as much as possible, an objective view XD