J-Pop, K-Pop

[TronRP]

I know right...

[TronRP]

I know right...

Funny...I thought I was the only one who dances like that...usually à la City Club

[TronRP]

I find it interesting that towards the end of his life (before his death in 2009), Michael Jackson began resembling GACKT in his persona as "Samurai".

GACKT「RETURNER ～闇の終焉～」

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Holographic superstar Hatsune Miku was on David Letterman last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvairSQRlj0

[TronRP]

Holographic superstar Hatsune Miku was on David Letterman last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvairSQRlj0

As much as I love Hatsune Miku, I wish they had done something a bit more true to her character vocals such as:

Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Live-The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku【English & Romaji Sub】

[EagleRose]

Holographic superstar Hatsune Miku was on David Letterman last night:

Of all the awesome songs she has performed, this was not one of them. What was with the vocal overlay? Her voice was barely audible. They really missed the boat with this performance. I hope they don't blow it again if she ever gets the chance to perform on television again. She has too big a following to mess up like this.

[TronRP]

Of all the awesome songs she has performed, this was not one of them. What was with the vocal overlay? Her voice was barely audible. They really missed the boat with this performance. I hope they don't blow it again if she ever gets the chance to perform on television again. She has too big a following to mess up like this.

Makes you kinda wonder what types of politics were going on in the background there...

I'm just taking it to mean that they are saving all the real songs for the actual performances and this was just a taste of the Expo Intro Song

[Simon Bar Sinister]

K-pop scene's rough year continues: http://gawker.com/south-korea-pop-concert-disaster-16-dead-after-falling-1647571521

[TronRP]

Sadly, I saw this story on TVJPN a couple of days ago, but the thing that caught my attention when reading this story was the following:

A fire official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency, "Twelve people were killed at the scene, two others were killed while they were being rushed to the hospital. Others are assumed to have passed away while receiving medical treatment." Officials believe 20-30 people were standing on the grate.

I was trying to understand how the two people were "killed" while being rushed to the hospital...I hope there wasn't an accident associated with this tragedy as bad as things are already.

かわいそう なことですね...

[Simon Bar Sinister]

I just assumed it meant that each of them died in the ambulance while on the way to the hospital.

[TronRP]

EXILE / NEW HORIZON

[TronRP]

GACKT - 暁月夜 - Day Breakers [HD/PV]

http://youtu.be/JjbZzjieHfI

[Simon Bar Sinister]

r u ready for...C-Pop?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzgwJ8tSE0

[TronRP]

r u ready for...C-Pop?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzgwJ8tSE0

OMG was that for a Children's show or something!?!?!?!

I get the feeling I'm not quite ready for C-Pop...

Edited November 10, 2014 by TronRP

[EagleRose]

r u ready for...C-Pop?

What the was that?

Edited November 10, 2014 by EagleRose

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Her name's Wang Rong, and I don't know where she was going with this...because I checked out some of her other songs, and they sounded little to nothing like this particular song. Maybe it is for a TV show or something...

[SnowFox]

I have a love for visual kei (such as the the gazette) but that's about it for Japanese music for me.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

With so much on my plate I just haven't explored it.  Even when I worked at the radio station and had to give myself a crash course in just about every music genre I could think of (to fill in for MIA DJs)  this never came into play. There is so much good music/TV/movies/Books out there (and this might be some of the best) but my "to be read/done/seen" pile is so massive this just has had little focus.  Even though I am a mild Nippon-o-phile.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Hatsune's touring North America next year!   http://gizmodo.com/hologram-pop-star-hatsune-miku-announces-2016-us-and-1742320852

Closest date so far is Toronto. I doubt there will be a Detroit date, but there's still one city to be determined, so maybe Chicago still has a shot.

[TronRP]

Hologram Pop Star Hatsune Miku "Announces" 2016 US and Canada Tour

 

Here’s the lineup for her 2016 extravaganza:

April 23 in Seattle, WaMu Theater
April 30 in San Francisco, The Warfield 
May 6 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Theater
May 14 in Dallas, The Bomb Factory
May 20 in Toronto, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 
May 28 in New York, Hammerstein Ballroom
And one more spot TBD.

As much as I would love to go to one of these showings, the size of the crowds would be intimidating. 

[Simon Bar Sinister]

BABYMETAL is coming to DETROIT!

[sekhmet2002]

This is an interesting genre of music. I had previously never heard it before.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

If you're near a TV RIGHT NOW, Babymetal's going to be on Stephen Colbert's show right after the commercial break that just started!

[★Pet®Ⓐ★]

 

Kim Jaejoong - Mine

Yeep, it's K-rock. 

[TronRP]

Piko - Make My Day!

(Anime theme to Binbougami Ga!)