Packing my bags. www.justifymysound.blogspot.com

I'm back at it (again), pursuing one of my ultimate passions: blogging.

2012 is nearing slowly but steady to an end and since there's a high chance that the world might go to hell (like that's gonna happen) - I thought to myself: "Dan, why not give it another try?" So here I am.

This last year has been a crazy ride for me, with lots of up and downs and seriously...I couldn't be any happier  - that it's ending -even if I tried.

I pretty much decided to abandon this first blog of mine "www.erokawai-pop.blogspot.com", because it is sort of a mess, inconsistent (back when I started I had no clue about blogging) and it has sort of a bad energy. Plus the name was kinda starting to piss me off. So I decided to pack my bags, lower the blinds, turn off the smokes machine, import my best postings and start fresh over at www.justifymysound.blogspot.com.

So the new blog is called  "Justify My Sound". Pretty much a hybrid between me, one of my favorite Madonna tracks, and music. Which means pretty much everything to me. You know I have sort of an addiction.

Well, the name sort of came out very spontaneously. I wanted something catchy, something that was easy to pronounce and with the power to represent the passion that I have for music. I think Madonna's "Justify My Love" pretty much does the job.

So for all of you who want to start following me on Facebook, here's the link:

www.facebook.com/JustifyMySound

Regarding Twitter: It's my personal twitter after all, so for now I'll leave it as it is:

www.twitter.com/erokawai1987

That's about it. Stick around and come on over. Yours Dan.

New Video: M.I.A. executes 100% swagger on "Bad Girls" video

Besides spending most of the time between Madgina's legs, M.I.A. actually found  time to release her new  Danja produced single called "Bad Girls".  She dropped this swag-tastic song before the Super Bowl and damn, did she cash in on that move.

I really went in with low expectations. I have to admit, I'm not the biggest M.I.A. fan here, but what she served up here left me bald. This song is friggin' addicting, starting with the amazing drums in the beginning, continuing with the oriental synths, and finally the beats dropping and the swaggerific rap that M.I.A. delivers, leading to that catchy line: "Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well."

The video is simply refreshing; filmed on location in Morocco with "Born Free" director Romain Gavras. They gave the whole Fast & Furious franchise a run for their money. It is fun to watch, and don't miss M.I.A. occasionally doing her nails while two-wheel drifting.

Lady Gaga unveils tackiest cover ever for the "BORN THIS WAY BALL"

Lady Gaga simply won't sit the fuck down, that's why she went and released the poster "Born This Way Ball" last night on twitter. She wrote:

"You know I work on so many art projects all the time when I see you guys online. I feel like we're all doing homework together."

Will puh-lease, some art teacher slap a hoe, and give her already an "F"?! This shit don't look guud. I gotta give her credit for consistency though, because the entire "Born This Way"-era was a hot mess including her ragged album cover, but that's about it. Seriously, it feels like someone gave her the newest Photoshop edition, she went on to pop some pills and started screwing with  some promo pictures and a random castle that she found on Google.

I neither get why she's wants to go ahead with 450 tour dates. I am so over this era, I simply want her to sit down, record a new album and wow me for once. Instead she's not willing to let go or keep it to a minimum, no she was born to annoy us with over saturating everything. This is in my opinion simply a random act, to prove to herself that she's able to go head to head with Madonna.

Check out the stage after the jump.

New Video: Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin'

I L-U-V THIS!

It's here, the official video in its entire glory for Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin' (feat. M.I.A. & Nicki Minaj)". I loved it, it reminded me of a lot of video's mixed all together. From Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", to Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World" and "All the Lovers".  Plus, we received some old school 1993 Madonna, I loved that style on her. But in general, Madge looked nice, was youthful and classy, and I loved M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj being on Madonna's side, showing the deserved respect to the queen and embracing their irrelevancy. 

HEY EVEN LADY GAGA MADE A CAMEO!

BUT LUCKILY SOMEBODY SAVED THE QUEEN.

As to the song, it's definitely a grower but not an instant smash as for example "Hung up" was, it reminds me a lot to early 2000-era Madonna. It's nice and everything, but we'll see how the rest of the album sounds like. I'm really looking forward to William Orbit's contributions. Martin Solveig left me kinda cold with this one, the breakdown was the most irrelevant piece of shit I've heard in a long time. The only thing that redeemed that mess, was Madonna's throw-back style and Nicki & M.I.A.'s rap. But who know, I might be over this song like a fly over a piece of shit. 

Listen to the iTunes preview of Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A.and Nicki Minaj)

ARE Y-O-U READY TO L-U-V MADONNA'S NEW SINGLE?

Well, it's not out yet, but as you all might know Japan has already February 3, which means that they're able to buy it. So far I wasn't able to find a copy of the full song, but what I could find was the official iTunes preview for "Give Me All Your Luvin'".

I can't really tell a huge difference from the demo, aside form the fact that the whole recording sounds obviously cleaner and the chants (L-U-V Madonna!) seem to be stronger. Oh, and let's not forget Nicki's rap during the end of the snippet, where she's doing her usual roars as her alter ego "Roman".

Well, I wasn't a huge fan of the demo when it leaked, but I really have to say that I'm starting to like the song. It simply sounds different, I just really hope that Madonna comes correct with the album.

WHO'S READY FOR SOME MDNA? Y-O-U, YOU WANNA?

YASSS!!!

Girls' Generation enter the charts in Spain (reported by channel "La Sexta")

Yesterday's performance of "The Boy" on Live with Kelly! and The Late Show with David Letterman  didn't remain unnoticed. In fact, a Spanish channel called La Sexta made a short report about the girls actually entering as the first Asian group in the Spanish charts. I'm half Spanish, I totally get it that they are breaking English speaking markets, but Spanish people listening to Korean music sounds somewhat surreal. Which, actually is a stupid thing, cause my buddy @sukowegalrevo lives in Spain, is Spanish and would sell his first born child to get to meet Koda Kumi and fellow Asian stars.

This girls are taking over the world by storm with the least amount of effort. I mean they are not even really promoting in the US. They're just doing it for fun, because they just felt like performing there and to make their fans a happy. 

Deep down I always wished that K-Pop and J-Pop would cross over eventually, but now that's starting to happen I'm quite overwhelmed with it. I mean if they take over Europe and they would, if the plans for a Europe debut are true, this means that people know them and my friends would eventually stop shaking there heads at me, because I listen to this sound. I would no longer be the unicorn in my area. That's fucked up.

Dead and buried. 

(Due to a mental instability, please ignore above paragraph and continue reading this blog without further ado)

Lana Del Rey covers VOGUE & storms the charts

Lana Del Rey will be featured on the March cover of the UK Vogue. Let me tell you she looks absolutely stunning, and her eyes are simply mesmerizing. The cover was photographed by Mario Testino, and the magazine will be available on Monday, February 6.
Make sure to get your copy.

Nobody has had so much haters and lovers a the same time as Lana, but it seems like all the bad press she had, is not really affecting her. In fact she's busy slaying the charts around the world. Being on number #1 on 11 different countries already, and entering next week the Billboard Hot 100 on the #2 spot, only held back by Adele's never ending reign.

The UK singer is set to earn her 19th consecutive week at #1 having reportedly pushed another 116'000 copies oh 21. Cuh-razay!

Non-the-less, Lana remains un-bothered, occupying the iTunes charts in the US, and only within an hour of it's release it was already #1. Haters, take a seat.