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)

Girls Generation continue the slayage with "The Boys" on Live with Kelly!

After basically shutting that shit down on the Late Show with David Letterman, the girls returned this morning with another performance of "The Boys"on the Live with Kelly! show. The whole performance was kept shorter, there was no remix, but non-the-less, these hoes went all in and came out with wigs. The audience; bald!

I was impressed at how secure they seemed. No more nerves in sight, definitely an improvement over the Letterman performance. The choreography was on point, the singing was also good, besides Sunny fucking up her part, but I'm gonna let it slide.

After performing the shit out of "The Boys", and leaving Kelly Ripa with the wish to join SNSD, they went on to speak about how they became Girls Generation and went on about the auditioning process. Soon after that, they started showing Kelly and Howie Mandel some moves. Very entertaining, indeed.

I'm really proud of this girls, to be the first act to perform on late night television. A huge step for K-Pop and in general the Asian music scene. Congratulations!!

P.S.: They so need to get a performance on Ellen.

New Album: Capsule - Stereo Worxxx & New Single: Step on the floor

Capsule are finally back with a new album and I simply can't believe it's been almost a year since they released World of Fantasy. Toshiko Koshijma and Yasutaka Nakata are back on that grind. I see that Toshiko went for the longer hair this year, probably because MEG's hair is getting shorter by the minute.

Anyway so far I really like the cover, but I'm not feeling the hair. I preferred the wig she was sporting on World of Fantasy, but as long as the album slays my life I'm cool with it. The album is set to be released on March 7, a good month from now. The first single "Step On The Floor" was released today at midnight on the Japanese iTunes-store. They just have released the new track list:

Standard Edition

1. Feelin' Alright
2. Never Let Me Go
3. In The Rain
4. Dee J
5. Step On The Floor
6. Tapping Beats
7. All The Way
8. Motor Force
9. Transparent

Limited Bonus Disc

1. Feelin' Alright ( Extended-Mix )
2. Never Let Me Go ( Extended-Mix )
3. In The Rain ( Extended-Mix )
4. Dee J ( Extended-Mix )
5. All The Way ( Extended-Mix )
6. Motor Force ( Extended-Mix )

The tracklist's length is pretty much what we get every year from Capsule, not to long and not to short. I guess they rather have less songs than having a filler in there that ruins the whole thing. As to the single "Step On The Floor", is quite nice I won't go all in on a review, because I only listened to it once. What I could make out, is that there's a lot of vocals and the production stinks of Perfume's latest album JPN. Yes, I get it Nakata had his fingers on both projects, but I would have wished that he went with something well...how to put this, more "original". Don't get me wrong I like the song, but it didn't slay my life as much as the single "World of Fantasy" did or the album track "PRIME TIME". Yes, I am a fan since last year, and I know that they're sound used to sound different and less mainstream, but still before you roast a bitch let me tell you that I also enjoy they're older work.

Give "Step On The Floor" a listen here.

I guess, at this point I'll just shut up and give the new single another listen, don't be shocked if I comeback an edit my opinion on this one.

Watch Girls Generation slay America with "The Boys" on Letterman!

First, Wondergirls, then BoA and later on Utada Hikaru. Now it's Girls Generation's turn to debut on US television. The nine girls, made The Late Show with David Letterman  their first stop on their short US-promotion for The Boys.

I really have to say, they did an amazing job with this performance. There were of course some nerves in the beginning, but after the first verses they were able to shake them off. I was kind of disappointed with the camera work, those guys had no idea how to frame this girls. I guess they were completely overwhelmed by the amount of girls that where dancing, grinding and two-stepping. But they sure as hell, must have liked Sooyoung, she was all the time in the picture.

To the vocals, well it was 60% miming and the rest well Taeyeon. What also did piss me off: couldn't they have cleared the stage completely? Poor Sunny, almost crashed against the keyboard. But over all, they really  managed to deliver a good performance, leaving David Letterman in awe and the audience with a WTF face: "Whut? There's a choreography and they're not dressed like prostitutes or trannies?" YES, that's right.

Sorry, I had to throw some shade at Rihanna, Britney and Lady Gaga.

And might I add: #DEAD at the fanboys singing "GG". That just made my day. 

Girls Generation represent. Good job ladies, now all you need to do is slay Live with Kelly and book a performance on the Ellen Degeneres Show. To bad they're album The Boys sucks so much, they would have slayed with an English version of their Japanese debut album.

ANYWAY THEY SLAYED!

New Single: Namie Amuro - Go Round

Namie Amuro must have gotten wind that Koda Kumi shamed her on the video for "Escalate" by snatching her concept for "Love Game" and taking it to the next level. So as the good veteran that she is, she's not gonna sit there and let this thing go. In fact she's back with the first single for 2012 called Go Round.

The single will be released March 21, and will come in two editions: CD & CD+DVD. So nothing new there. There's going to be a B-side called "YEAH OH" included on that single. According to her Facebook page the PV is already scheduled to be shot. Let's see what Mrs. Amuro cooks up for this release. "Go Round" sounds like an upbeat song and it best be top notch. I'm talking "WILD" and "What a feeling levels". "YEAH OH" doesn't really scream ballad, which is a good thing. I'm fed up of Namie's ballads. They've all sounded so generic and never managed to reach the high level of "The meaning of us".

I don't know about you guys but I smell a new album with a summer release. I'm not to excited yet, because Namie's single have been well...not really her best. Besides "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" that was in my opinion absolute fire and her best in 2011. I just really hope she redeems "Naked/Tempest/Fight together", because I really didn't feel that single. Naked was way to over the place, that song was trying way to hard and it failed to deliver and the other two were generic as f*ck.

The Queen of Hip-Pop is coming for wigs.

Crystal Kay sets the date for new single & live house tour

It's official, CKay will be releasing her new single on March 14 and it's going to be a double A-side single featuring two new songs. Both tracks will be produced by BACHLOGIC, who were also in charge for "Superman".

The first songs is called "Delicious na Kinyoubi" , it is described to be an up-beat song and a happy number that pretty much reminds us to have fun and spend time with your friends and family. Might this actually be "Kirakuni" part two? God, please let it be. On the other hand we have "Haru Arashi" that was written by Crystal Kay and is said to be a fitting song for the season of departure. I assume this is a ballad, but who knows.

"Delicious na Kinyoubi" will be available previously to it's physical release on Chaku-Uta on February 24.

There's no stopping Crystal Kay this season; she also announced that she will go on a tour titled "Crystal Cafe 2012", in March and will also host a charity event called "Live Unbreakable Spirit" on April 15 at the Yokohama BLITZ.

I'm very pumped for this release. So glad CKay is back on that grind. WERK it gurl!

Music Video: Koda Kumi - Lay Down

Koda Kumi went and snatched Nicki Minaj and Ayumi's wigs with this visuals for "Lay Down". Her wig game never looked better, I was really feeling that purple short dress she was wearing with the straight-ironed hair and the tights. The effects in the dark with her lips and make-up glow looked simply incredible and she did a better job than Nicki did with "Superbass". Plus the song fits perfectly.

You could really see, that a bitch enjoyed herself, while being carried around through the crowd. I wish she would have spun that ponytail like a propellor. I bet Bey wouldn't have wasted a second to spin that shit. Bet hey, Kumi grabbed her titties, touched a guys crotch (Juicy-style) and crowd surfed like a pro.
All in all, very good video clip from Kumi-san. Now go and buy the album, it's worth every Yen.

Crystal Kay announces, new single and new tour. WERK it!

Crystal Kay is a busy woman these days, and first thing she did was apologizing for sucking at vloging. It's all guud Kuri, we're not mad at you gurl. If I would have spent a couple of weeks in NYC, I wouldn't be blogging as well. So you're excused from my side and happy new year to you too. Praise the Lord and all the heavens, I'm genuinely impressed and happy for Crystal at how much Delicous deli, be caring for this woman. It's been what (?) not even a month since "Superman" was available on iTunes and we're already gettin' a new single. As if it wasn't enough, we get a new tour and a fan-club. They want that money printin, I know they want it. Oh and Crystal Kay, in case you be readin' this shit, you got ma money for "Superman" on release day.

There.

Things are moving very fast in comparison to Sony's snooze-fest of a management. Seems like C-Kay is doing just fine. She looks healthy, happy...and damn she's way to humble for her looks. Crystal, you be giving "Beyoncé" and "Janet" a run for their money. You look flawless, never forget that. You're not trying to look good, you simply look good. PERIOD!! Now if you're not following me on twitter after all these compliments, we'll have to have a talk. 

I'm really looking forward to this single, and to the tour. So Crystal, get things ready, set and go. I want an album by the end of the year, tops. And this single, be better some good shit, and puh-lease get a new director. Thanks, Bye.

New Video: Koda Kumi - Love Technique

Wow, it's really dificult to keep up with all the new videos for the Japonesque-era. But enough of excuses, with no further ado, here's the new video for Love Technique. A fun, colorful and playful video from Koda Kumi san. I'm usually not really fond on Kumi's cutesy video, but this one simply makes me giggle and feel like a 15 year old girls from Shibuya. It's so much fun to watch her.

The plot is very simple; basically it's Kumi with her daily relationship troubles, such as: Her boyfriend not helping her wash the dishes, or simpy not giving her enough affection, etc. But do not worry child, there's the Kumi love expert, who basically gives good advice and pretty much influences the couple to make things work and guarantee a healthy relationship.

I really love it, how fun Kumi can be and how versatile she is while incorporating so many personas.
The song is simply addicting, very sugary and upbeat and if this doesn't get you out of a depression then you really need to consider joining a facility.

Take a look:

Sowelu announces new album "29 Tonight"

I really like Sowelu, I really do. But somehow I'm not really sold on her slut-tastic image change. She should leave that shit to Kumi, at least she can pull it off. Plus she's not really consistent and her last album was really not a success, her moaning and acting a hoe didn't really help to push the sales.

This is the reason why she's back and ready to release her next album under Avex called 29 Tonight. Since Sowelu is already 29, this album is probably gonna be a mid-life-crisis mess, about a bitch complaining that she's getting old and as Koda Kumi would like to put it: "She's afraid that her amniotic fluid is rotting".

The album will contain a total of 15 tracks, that will be produced by similar writers and producers that already worked with her in the past. Let's just hope they make this time around a better job, to give her a new sound, that she can call her own. Because the single she released back in September 2011, really left a lot of things to be desired. In fact, "Let me..." didn't do much for me. Those songs simply didn't go anywhere.

She should really focus more on her R&B side and work with Verbal & Taku. Songs like "Never feat. VERBAL" and "Make it Last Forver feat. MIHIRO" were hot, but everything else could have been executed in a better way or smelled to much like vagina's of other Avex hoes. Also, Avex could have gotten a better director and stop the shit with those mini-drama's they always produce. They are not nice, and the acting is beyond akward. It's not of big use, if you have an x-rated mini-porn-flick that can't be shown on day-time television.

NEWS: m-flo to make a comeback after 5 years

It has been confirmed that m-flo are set to make their comeback and release their first original album in 5 years. Now, here I thought that this year couldn't get better, so far we have Koda Kumi's JAPONESQUE (flawless), we know that Madonna and Christina are releasing new music soon and now m-flo. Now all I need is to know that Namie, Crystal and Hikki are all dropping albums this year and I'm a happy stan.

The album will be titled "SQUARE ONE" (very m-flo-esque might I add), and it's scheduled for a March 14th release. The album will contain 15 tracks and will be a mixture of both Taku's and Verbal's styles that they have been experimenting over the last couple of years.

After collaborating with 41 artist for their "LOVES"-series, Verbal has been busy as a member of "Teriyaki Boyz" and launching his solo carrier last March with his first album "VISIONAIR". For my taste, it was a complete let down, except for two tracks that where actually hot "BLACK OUT feat. Namie Amuro & Lil' Wayne" and "Fall Out feat. SHUNYA". Which also led to the biggest disaster to happen in J-Pop: The video for "BLACKOUT" was never released, something that I simply don't get. As if the Tohoku earthquake wasn't enough already. I still hope somebody would leak that damn video already.

Meanwhile, ☆Take Takahashi has remixed Calvin Harris "I'm not alone" and opened up the music service "Block FM", which concentrates on offering dance music.

There's no info yet on if they collaborated with anyone, but this is m-flo we're talking about they simply have to. I simply have some humble fan requests and they can have my money, collaboration with: Crystal Kay, Namie Amuro (she always gets the hottest songs with Taku and Verbal), Koda Kumi before she pops, also BoA, some Emi Hinouchi, Emily and Yoshika, oh and while we're at it some Bennie K, Monkey Majik and CHEMISTRY. I know it's nothing, so humble. Let's face it, me wants the "LOVES"-series back. Stop playing around, you know what's good for you, Taku bring the goods and Verbal get the swagga. Thank you, Bye. 

New Video: Koda Kumi - Boom Boom Boys

Wow, wow, wow!  I'm simply out of words, Kumi left me simply bald with this video.this video was so much fun to watch. Kumi did everything right, from the settings, to her clothes, over to the plot of the video.

Gosh, it's a complete fun song, about a woman who simply doesn't give a shit and wants to have fun. It's similiar to Rihanna's video for "We found love" but the more fun version. Drugs are a topic in this one, from drinking, to smoking and instead of taking pills she gave that whole thing an upgrade and went for the USB-stick. This is how Kumi rules.

She can deliver a message without even having to display actual drugs, but the effect is the same.
Dead, at the view of Kumi kicking that guy out of her bed after a party night. She killed me with that vomiting scene. It was uh-mazing!

I really started to love the song too. While on a first listen, I was not convinced yet...now I'm clearly sold.
The visuals and several plays made me love this song.

So, excuse me while I go and listen to "Japonesque". It leaked in its full glory. At this point I also would like to apologize in case there's no more updates from my side. She might have killed me with to much fierceness.

Koda Kumi -  Boom Boom Boys - [JAPONESQUE] von GSTMIX

My body is simply not ready for this album, it's simply flawless.

I cannot, I simply CANNOT! DEAD!

Meisa Kuroki reveals 2nd wave UNLOCKED snippets

Meisa just unveiled the second part of the song-snippets for her new album "Unlocked". I really have to say, I gave this girl another chance and she's actually improving. I don't know what happened but somehow her voice is not as cringe-worthy as it used to be and the general production of the tracks is good!

The second part of the snippets, contains: Breeze Out, LAST CODE, Happy to be me, PARADE, S.O.S., UPGRADE U! and Amaide Zeitakuna.

Take a listen here: Meisa Kuroki Official Facebook Page

Thoughts?

Music Video: Koda Kumi - So Nice (Full PV)

F*ck, I'm stuck at work, and I'm not friggin' able to watch Kumi's new video for "So Nice" that just leaked some minutes ago. But thanks to "Kumi-flash" who posted the Download link from "c-k-jpopmusic.tctf.fr" you people can go ahead and watch it.

I normally don't post Download links, but hey it's Kumi...it's fuckin' worth it.

Stay tuned, for my review once I've been able to watch it. Will somebody please upload this ish to Youtube already???

As Britney once said:

...I need "So nice" right now!!!

Here's the download link!

Edit: 5:05pm - and for the people who don't want to download here's a stream.

Edit 9:39 - Well, since it's almost impossible to find a good streaming video of "So nice" that you can actually an embed video, I'll just make it short this time.

Review: Overall I really have to say that I'm very impressed with the visuals for "So nice". Kumi looks stunning, beautiful, like the most beautiful Geisha to have graced the face of Japan. If I'd have to get me a hooker, please tell me where I can sign to get me Kumi. She was really making me question my sexuality. The kimonos were flawless, the hair was amazing and those fierce high-heels combined with the kimono, that's fashion-perfection. 

The song is as I already mentioned a mixture between "Under", "Amai Wana" and most notably "Candy". In fact Mr. Blistah is featuring, which makes sense because it's the exact same music direction as "Candy" was: an oriental, R&B banger with a heavy delicious bass to die for. 

Here I'm left...my body is simply not ready for so much fierceness. Roll over January 25th I think I can speak for everybody: 

We need Japonesque naaaaooohhhh!

Koda Kumi releases second wave of PV previews for JAPONESQUE

Koda Kumi is really not playing this time around, she means serious business and is coming for wigs. She just released the second portion of PV previews for her newest upcoming album "Japonesque".

Let me tell you they're so yummy!!!

She just went, and shamed all them K-Pop and J-Pop bitches, with a 30 seconds preview for "Lay Down". I can't remember the last time, I saw such high production values on a video clip, even more so coming from Koda Kumi. This era is shitting all over her previous work. I can see Ayumi holding on to her wig. I love me some Namie, but she left that woman bald. She just snatched C.L.'s and Minzy's wigs, so much swagger in such a short amount of time.

Lessers? Check your wigs at the counter. 

Kumi just blew the roof off.

Here's my second short review for all the released previews. More after the jump.

Koda Kumi releases PV preview's for JAPONESQUE

Finally, things are starting to definitely roll for Kumi-stans like me. I'm actually really excited after I watched several previews and I have to say they are very promising. Kumi might be pregnant and married but she's making sure that she's going out with a BANG! Bitch, is letting Ayumi Hamasaki look lazy.

From all the previews I've watched, there's not one that screams "filler". In fact the production of every PV I've seen so far is top notch. I bet Jessie J is about to snatch Kumi's director because what Ray Kay did for "Domino" was a literal blasphemy.

I've prepared, a big treat for you after the jump. I've summarized my thoughts on every video. Can't believe I could be bothered, to do this. But hey it's Kumi after all, my #1 Jpop-hoe and she's coming for wigs.

New Music: Koda Kumi - Boom Boom Boys

Koda Kumi will be releasing a new album called  Japonesque (I know big shock). So it's no surprise, that one week prior to its release, like almost every year, one or two songs somehow end up in the Internet. This year it's "Boom Boom Boys" turn, one of her new songs. Bitch got lucky that the rest of her album is still under lock, four years ago things got really hardcore; I was able to listen almost two weeks earlier to Kingdom. (Check it out, one of her most consistent albums today)

Give it a listen:



I guess it's an alright song. I liked the singles from Japonesque that were released throughout 2011 better, but it's by no means a bad song. Maybe I'll have to give it a couple of listens, so that it grows on me. The song sounds very similar to "Freaky", with rock elements,strong guitar riffs and still a bit dancy. The catchiest part has to be the chorus and Kuu shooting "Boom Boom Boys!!".

As from what I could listen until now from the previews on her official site, it's starting to build up like most of her albums. Some dance songs, some rock songs, some cutesy-sugar-coated songs and a couple of ballads. So nothing new. Let's just hope the quality of the music is better this time around.

Japonesque will be released on January 25th.

Meisa Kuroki reveals previews for new album "UNLOCKED"

Meisa can't dance for shit, and she sure as hell can't sing. So every time I see a new release from her, I'm kinda puzzled. But hey, she's stunning and she knows how to get her money. So I can't knock that hustle. All you need in Japan, is to be cute, start with some commercials, eventually land a leading role in some random drama, release a mini-album and you're set. Yen will roll in like yesterday.

This girl is not willing to sit down for a minute, in fact she's going full force for Kumi, Ayumi's and Namie's wigs. While one is busy doing god knows what, the other is pregnant, and the other one is busy divorcing her call boy; she went personally on her official Facebook page to share a compilation of previews of her next album "UNLOCKED". This compilation includes 7 tracks of her new album. She might eventually release the other half very soon, since it's 14 tracks in total.

I'm not quite sure what to think of this songs...I think the last song that I liked from Meisa was "Are ya ready?" and everything else, simply was either generic or I couldn't bare her voice. At some point she simply gets cringe-worthy.

So make sure to take a listen here.

Her new album will be released on February 15th.

Ayumi Hamasaki files for divorce and blaims it on Tohoku earthquake.

It's been one day since Ayumi Hamasaki announced on her official fan club site, that she was officially divorcing from her husband Manuel Schwarz.

Ayu wrote: 

“I am reporting that I will be filing for divorce on Monday in America,” and explained the reason for divorce. “The reason lies within myself. At the time of our marriage, we decided to live in America, however, because of the Tohoku Earthquake that occurred two months later, a strong feeling sprouted within me that I didn’t want to be apart from Japan. I wasn’t able to imagine a life in America, and as a result, I left my husband by himself for a long period of time.”

Seriously, is anyone actually surprised that Ayu filed for divorce? This hoe, marries every f*ckin' guy that co-stars in one of her PV's. It was only a matter of time. You don't marry somebody after only knowing him for three months, that ain't right. I guess he must have been good at hitting her vagina raw or something.

Let's face it we all know how Ayu rolls, it's the same way as with the singles; bitch keeps things fresh and doesn't waste time and moves on. We all know there must have been a huge gangsta language barrier, but when those panties drop we all speak the same language, so this can't be the reason! I sure as hell do not believe it was the Tohoku earthquake neither, he could have joined her in Tokyo...com'on. Plus Avex is constantly printing money into Ayu's bank-account. Bitch could have flown back and forth if she really wanted to stay with him.

Anyway, Ayu will be flying over to the US, to file for divorce in a couple of days. It looks like everything is going well. Avex might have already oganized several recording sessions, to keep this cash-cow busy, no time to think about broken relationships, money has to be printed.

Utada Hikaru thanks fans to her 13th anniversary

I'ts been 13 years since Hikki's debut in the JPop game, and it didn't take long for fans to congratulate the one and only. This was her reaction:

“Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of my debut! Even though I have been on hiatus for a year already, I received a lot of congratulations, thank you so much “(`(エ)´)ﾉ彡☆ !!”

Fans started to ask her, what she's been up to...but what they actually meant was: "What the f*ck is you been doing the past year, and when the f*ck are you releasing new music?!" I guess, that would have been my reaction, never mind. What I really want to say with this; I'm having Utada Hikaru withdrawal and it don't feel guud! I've been spinning a heck of a load of Hikki lately, bullshit, I'm always listening to her. I would never dare to remove any of her albums, hidden tracks or b-sides form my iPod. In fact I've abused "Ultra Blue" & "Heartstation" so many times, they're both holding hands, crying in a corner and begging me to stop.

Now for all you people hoping that Hikki would release anything in the next few month, well you better take a seat, it won't be happening. In fact Hikki's gotten way to comfortable with her daily routines and she's not afraid to use them as a torturing technique. She tweeted:

“It’s been a while, but yesterday I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. The dentist said I had a ‘small mouth’.”

After that irrelevant tweet,  she posted this here:

That is real cute, but I need me some music! I know she's living life and shit...but I've given her one year...bitch should be already recording something. I don't want the album to be out by tomorrow, but at least a hint, or a small fix that mentiones her, Hikki my goddess, recording music in a studio. Don't know about you, but...

...I need my Hikki-fix now!!