Akanishi Jin’s solo “LOVEJUICE” on the KAT-TUN “Don’t U Ever Stop” single is possibly one of the dirtiest English songs I have ever heard - even dirtier than all those rap songs that only talk about booties and hoes and whatnot.
First, just listen to the song - it’s got a great R&B beat, paired with his smooth vocals.
Otsuka Ai’s double A-side single “Rocket Sneaker/One x Time” (in a CD and a CD+DVD version, each with two covers) will be released May 21st. “Rocket Sneaker” will be used as the theme for the Samma no Mamma television show, while “One x Time” is used as the CM song for Ponds.
During the summer, Ai usually puts out double A-sides with a past paced song matched with a ballad. “Rocket Sneaker/One x Time” is her first single of 2008 since releasing “Pocket” in winter 2007; I was excited to see what she would put out this time.
KAT-TUN is releasing their next single, Don’t U Ever Stop, on May 12th.
…sometimes, I wonder how huge KAT-TUN fans live. Can they ever pay the rent buying all those releases? Do they go hungry buying merchandise? If you look at that regular edition, you’ll realize that it’s only 476 yen. What?! KAT-TUN only charging 476yen for a single?! Are they pitying the fans’ wallets?
Overview of episodes 3 and 4 of HAPPY! - animals and massages. This show really is really random and cute. Screencaps from veoh this time!
What’s Perfume’s secret? What’s the meaning behind PTV? What’s the actual reason for using the Electro World costumes with Computer City dance?
You’d know if you could understand Japanese; MTV Japan based a Making the Video episode on Perfume’s “Secret Secret” video.
JunJun and LinLin are the resident pandas of Momusu (at least I know that much about H!P 
) but they’re not the only Chinese girls making a splash in the jpop scene.
Just in the past year, there’s several notable Chinese girls who made their debut in Japanese music:
Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit will make their Japanese debut with the single “Stay With You” to be released on May 21. Well, debut might be pushing it a little - they’ve already released two Japanese language albums - but “Stay With You” is their first original Japanese single.
The rock band Base Ball Bear will be releasing “changes” on May 8th. The title song is being used as the ending for the anime Toshokan Senso.
Base Ball Bear is a band that I feel has a generally pleasant sound. All of their songs are good, but few of them really are stand-outs, the kind of song that gets looped endlessly when it comes out. Still, I really like them because I like their sound in general - it’s driving while laid-back, rocking while not being overpowered by rock instrumentals, Koide Yusuke’s vocals highlighted by Sekine Shiori’s in parts, the feeling of the song sometimes bittersweet and always wistful.
NEWS’ next single “Summer Time” will be released May 8th. The title song is used for RUSS-K’s summer 08 promotion, which is the third season NEWS has been promoting the brand and the second season their song was used as promotion.
The single covers were released first, and I was a little skeptical of the single quality - it looks like a no-effort design that even photoshop beginners can throw together. Plus, the title sounds extremely generic and cheesy - I mean, really, a song called Summer Time released in the summer time, unique. I was worried that NEWS was being shafted aside with a low budget production.
But then the CM using the song was released, as well as it being played on radio, and I really shouldn’t have worried at all.
