3 posts tagged “new single”

Hello again my lovelies….

NEW SINGLE YEY. :3  Beautiful Days, deshou?  Ryuusei no Kizuna’s theme, right?  I’m really excited they get another single. :3

BUT  I cannot afford this one. OTZ  I wish I could… but though it’s been a fun carefree summer of spending money on Johnny-san’s lovely five, school has hit me like a ton of books, literally. D:  No afford.  In fact I’m starting to wonder if maybe I ought to part with some of my goods… orz  I don’t know if I can bring myself to do that though.  At any rate, I couldn’t afford a LE this time anyhoo, so maybe once I have more cashola I will just buy the RE, since I’m sure it will still be available for a while. :3

In other news, I don’t know about everyone else but my emotions have been all over the place lately.  I feel like my plans are falling down before my eyes and I’m not sure how to pull them back up together again… I am a person who loves plans, and I’m usually pretty good at forcing my plans to work against all odds, even when they’re difficult and unreasonable, because I’m stubborn… but this time things are not falling into place.  This kind of bitter disappointment is a new flavor for me.

But you know what?  I’m ready to pull myself together.  To Do My Best.  To progress!  I have NO clue where I’m ultimately headed from here out, and that is SO frustrating to me, but you know what….?  Anywhere is better than where I am.  So I just have to push forward.  I feel like the panda in that one episode of Shimura Doubutsuen, lollll…. Men the yellow sad panda.  Go! Go!  Ike ike~ koko ga kuyashii deshou?

So I’m working on pulling it together, getting a handle on things again, getting my bearings, toughening up a little bit, accepting that this is just how it is and I have to try and figure things out from here.  I don’t have any other options really.  BUT I CAN DO IT.  Somehow, even if it’s going to be long and slow and painful.

And with that message, I want to tell everyone who’s reading this:  If that’s how you’re feeling lately, you can do it too!  I know you can because I’m somehow going to make the effort and I have far more faith in all of you than I normally would in myself. xD  So, I’m with you, me hearties~ I know how you feel and I know how difficult and frustrating it is.  It’s difficult for sure.  But I think we can all do it together!  That’s why I’m saying, Everbody Zenshin!  Everybody progress!  Arashi is cheering you on!  The rest of the fans are cheering you on because we’re your friends and family!  Think about all the hearts and stars and rainbows and sparkles and ghei and be happy, and be determined to keep trying just like the Stormy Five. :3

Yey.  Cheesy motivational talk is cheesy, but I mean it. <3  I've been sort of "out of the fandom" for a while, too, and looking around the groups and stuff now, trying to catch up on the shows I've missed, I'm remembering how much I love the happy, sparkly world of Arashi and how much it makes me smile. :)

Everyone have a great day! <3

Thoughts after watching the PV:

It's short! :O Ah, but it's fun to see something so happy and inspiring.

I love that Sho gets a chance to actually sing.  I like his singing voice, honestly I do.

Sho, Nino, and Aiba look especially good in this. :3 

Junjun... again, what are you wearing, princess? x3  you look like a young, hip Moses.

Riida gets a chance to show off his awesome falsetto towards the end.  WHOAH YOU GO RIIDA.  It's seriously impressive.

I love how intense Sho looks when he's rapping. ♥

Also, SHO LOOKS SO GOOD IN THOSE JEANS.  DAMN.  I really think he looks good in skinny jeans.  *dead*  In fact, Sho and Aiba are my favorites in skinny jeans.  Jun looks too skinny in them, in my opinion (orz), and Ohno and Nino... I think they look good in just about whatever.

I liked the way the PV was shot... the camera angles and the way the images were sort of superimposed towards the end, the way they used a sky background...

Seeing as I love our dear Chipmunk-Okaasan so, I'm happy to see that he gets something a bit more focused on him. ♥ I liked his rap during this too.  It was melodic in a way.

That aside, there's really not much special about this song in my opinion... it's short... it's catchy but not mindblowingly so... it's sort of blandly inspiring in a way that I think is perfect for its purpose (sorry, I love the olympics but I'm not really the hugest fan of the way in which they're hyped all the time, even though I'm happy that it's good for Arashi).  All things considered it's well-produced and their performances are good. :3  It doesn't blow me away or exceed my expectations, BUT yet again Arashi performs just as well as we know they can! ♥ 

Why can't he just release things in ONE edition with EVERYTHING?!

orz

Both LE covers look wonderful (even though i still don't know how i'll play region 2 dvds... sigh...)

and I want the extra b-side.

WHY, JOHNNY.

Damn you and your clever marketing skills!!

Personally, i'd pay more to have an all-in-one.  but then that might obviously not sell as much if normal people don't want to pay a little more.  Plus Johnny surely must know that there are crazy fans out there who will pay for more than one edition.

orz

Johnny, you kill me.  I WANT A REFUND OF MY SOUL PLEASE.