This past week, rock celebrity Gackt Camui released his 28th single entitled “Jesus”. Although highly anticipated by his fans that have waited for over a year, the CD was not available for sale to the public but only a special limited edition DVD was released exclusively to Gackt’s fan club.

His fan club called Dears was allowed to purchase the item before the public edition on December 3rd. Both versions will contain the title track and re-working of Sayonara, plus the instrumental versions.

The lyrics are very controversial as they describe the decent into someone contemplating suicide in addition a rap about instigating suicide. The surreal and dark concept follows a man who is visibly disturbed which makes this one of Gackt’s best singles.
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Tags: dears, gackt camui, jesus, single

BoA hates Americans. Or at least that’s what it looks like. Today, the U.S. version of BoA’s debut American single “Eat You Up” was released, along with the digital single. The Americans really got screwed over with this video. In my opinion, the U.S. version should have been trashed. The Asia version, released earlier this week, is about a million times better, and even more suited for the U.S than the U.S. version itself. With the cheap effects, terrible dancing, and overall suckiness, the only explanation I can think of is that BoA hates us. Check out the video for yourself below.
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Tags: BoA, eat you up, kpop, music, music videos, single

TVXQ has officially released their fourth album, Mirotic, only a few days ago but even before then it has hit number 1 on the charts. I’m glad they’re back in Korea again so they can put these fake talentless boy bands to shame.

The new album is title Mirotic which is the combination of a coined Korean word “miro” and the English word “tic”. The word “miro” means “lost or maze” which has lead people to believe the definition is the feeling of being wrapped in love with no way out.

Listening to the entire album, I was more of a fan of the slow songs (especially Jae Joong’s solo) over the upbeat ones although “Wrong Number” and “Crazy Love” were one of my favorites. I really enjoyed the entire album with its techno pop feel; definitely a hit for a comeback album.
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Tags: album, boy band, comeback, dbsk, jae joong, japan, korea, mirotic, new, sexy, single, tvxq

I don’t know how many of you at Ningin have actually listened to this single yet. Well, for my first review, I wanted to do a review on one of the things I’m most knowledgeable on, music. 

Tracklist:

1. “Truth”

2. “Kaze no Mukou e”

3. “Smile”
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Tags: arashi, jpop, kaze no mukou e, review, single, smile, truth