2 posts tagged “koi no abo”

A new banner! *yay* Seriously, this guy is more recognisable from his lips than his eyes... o_O

I'm writing Yamapi a fanletter and I thought I should draw him something... Since I'm supposed to be "artistic" (I go to (well I've almost graduated ^^) a visual arts high school)... Then I also thought I should draw him a pic of himself since it's a fanletter after all. So I made a skecth of him with pencil. This is what it came down to:

(The scanner messed it up like they tend to do with pencil sketches. T_T) I'm actually pretty satisfied with the job I did... Don't know if it looks like him though. X_X What do you think? For people who don't know how Yamapi looks (shame on you!) this is the photo I draw it from: I'm sorry I can't credit for the scan but I seriously can't remember where I got it! It was someone in news_jpop community over at lj and I really tried searching for the uploader but couldn't find it so no credits, sorry. T_T If this is your scan then please tell and I'll credit (/take down). (As if she would ever come across my blog...)

As you can see I pretty much just copied that photo... So calling it "fanart" might be a little overstated. Although that's what portraits are right, copying a person's face... Anyway I chose this photo because I seriously LOVE his smile over anything! It's so gentle!!! There are people like Massu and Tegoshi who always have huge smiles on their faces and look really cute but there's something different with Yamapi... Like everybody knows he rarely smiles in photoshoots because he can't bring himself to fake a smile so you can really see him smile like this only at concerts! He really loves his fans! ♥ Of course he smiles at variety shows too since they're a lot of fun but in concerts his smile is somehow different! So lovely～ ♪♫♪

BTW, the covers of Koi no ABO are out and also a full radio preview (it aired like an hour ago :D)! Here's the covers from Johnny's official site:

And of course the limited version cover doesn't even include the members... Well, what do I care, it comes with a 12-page photobook and well, I'm buying both versions anyway! :) Everybody''s been reacting to these with one word: HOSTS! And also complaining that the poses are the exact same that they had in their concert pamphlet.

And finally, here's the song (of very poor quality unfortunately):

(Credits to pinkujisatsu) For some stupid reason vox doesn't let me embed songs I've uploaded myself. The code is all messed up :( Anyway to better stuff: OMG Tegoshi sounds so good!!! The bridge he sings is ♥♥♥! I'm looking forward to this 100%!!!

I HAVE to post a few more photos of Yamapi. And I'm again sorry not to credit (it's so easy with H!P, people don't seem to care much about crediting! :)). I'm a horrible person for not remembering where I got each scan... But I really need to put up more photos of him! Oh well, they are probably from this community anyway: news_jpop... And maybe several random places...

Cause we all just love that one... ^^

...and my birthday. But let's get to the NEWS right away!

And that's that NEWS' new single Koi no ABO (恋のABO) is now up to preorder on CD Japan and YesAsia! ♪♫♪ Released on April 29. ^^ It's about the time - they haven't released a single since October 31 (okay, well they had an album in November), during which period KAT-TUN had three singles! But what makes me really worried is the fact that their LE single includes a DVD with this stuff on it:

New single release from NEWS featuring discotic numbers. Limited edition includes original Karaoke of "Koi no ABO," 12-page booklet and bonus DVD featuring footage from their live stage perfomance ("Happy Birthday," "weeeek" "Gan Gan Ganbatte," "Hadashi no Cinderella Boy," "Summer Time," and MC) on December 31, 2008 at Tokyo Dome.

(From CD Japan)

Having a DVD to accompany their LE single is appreciated since they haven't had one since Hoshi wo Mezashite which was released two years ago. But why couldn't they just include a few PVs or something (the only PV they've ever released on DVD is NEWS Nippon from 2003!!!)? Why concert material? Does this mean they are NOT going to release a concert DVD?!! T_T Please don't let it mean that! NEWS has released only three concert DVDs so far (in five years! Just compare with H!P) and of them is only a mini concert. *cries*

It's so easy in H!P; you can always be sure they're gonna release everything: all songs on CDs and all concerts and PVs on DVDs. Stupid Johnny's sing a lot of songs only live and don't release them, especially solo songs and if you're not a Yamapi or Ryochan fan it's practically a given that your favourite's solo song won't be released on a CD. And now this T_T I'm gonna cry if they don't release Winter Party Diamond concert! I've been waiting for it so eagerly!! I can't go to their concerts so I want to at least watch them on DVDs.

I can only hope now that they recorded the concert on some other venue besides Tokyo Dome and release that one on DVD. Maybe the last concert of the tour? :) Or the one where Tegoshi dressed as a girl? (DO WANT!) :D

(Credits to tegoshi1054@forum and yamapi85@livejournal)

After this I've got no chance to argue that JE are not gay? :D Awww, Tegoshi! She, no wait HE has got so pretty and thin wrists!

But maybe this isn't as bad as I thought. Maybe they're just going to release the DVD with a concert in another venue. Yes. That's right. I'm gonna believe it like this. As someone pointed out at lj, the LE single's DVD doesn't include any songs from the new album... So that might mean something? Maybe they're just teasing us to get exited and then buy the concert DVD when it's later released? (Like every fan wouldn't do that anyway!)

Now I'm happy again. :)