This is YUI’s acoustic performance of Green a.live at Bokura no ongaku back in the beginning of November.
I really like this song. Here it’s arranged differently. It’s a bit more elaborate than the studio version. Bordering too elaborate, since I like the simplicity of the song. But still very good.
I love it when YUI does her occasional cover, because she usually picks interesting songs. This song is called Tsubasa wo kudasai (翼をください) and was originally performed by the folk song group Akai Tori back in 1971.
You can really hear the 70’s carry through. It has a nice feeling to it.
Time for another ONE OK ROCK video 
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I like Taka’s slight meltdown towards the end of the song 
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Here’s ONE OK ROCK’s 完全感覚 Dreamer from their fourth album Niche Syndrome.
It’s a pretty simple video, but still nice.
All in all 2011 has been a good year for me. Not very cheap though, but good. A “premium” year .
I had started listening to IU at the very end of 2010 and continued to listen to her during 2011. Now I’m a total fanboy.
At the beginning of the year I was following the drama Dream High. It’s one of the few dramas […] there’s more! »
Milestone marks BoA’s 10th anniversary in J-Pop. In 2001 she made her way over to Japan at an age of 14.
Next year the movie Cobu 3D will be released. It’s a (3D) dance movie where BoA plays one of the major roles. I heard that it will be out in cinemas early next year, but on IMDb the release date is stated as October in the Netherlands, so perhaps it will only be shown in the US first :S.
I finished the drama Mary Stayed Out All Night a while ago. One of the main characters is played by Jang Geun-suk. He sings a lot in the drama and I thought I’d post a clip of one of the songs. It wasn’t released as a music video though (although I haven’t looked through all the special features that came with the drama), so I’ll post his Japanese debut song instead. It’s called “Let me cry” and debuted at #1 on Oricon. It’s kind of a pretty-boy rock song.
I still have stuff coming in (*cough*SNSD blu-ray*cough*), but this is the latest batch of J/K-Pop goodies that I’ve received. It’s YUI’s latest album How Crazy Your Love (CD+DVD) and the special edition of IU’s Last Fantasy.
I actually received these last week. Let’s start with IU’s album. Just like her last special edition, the box has the regular album inside, but also has a photo book. Or rather, it’s a book about (I guess) how the album was made, but it contains loads of photos of IU. The pictures in this one are super nice. It’s pretty thick too. You can see how big the box is compared to YUI’s album, which is a normal CD case. The inside of the box was a bit damaged on my copy. I guess it wasn’t built for overseas shipping. I think the book is too heavy for the box construction, so it squished the cardboard things holding it in place when it shifted around in transit.
Then there’s YUI’s album. I got the overseas (Hong Kong) version. I usually get that version, since it’s cheaper than the very expensive Japanese one. I opened the case, not really expecting anything special, and look what I found! It comes with a YUI guitar pick (Fender medium)! How cool is that? I felt the urge to break out my guitar which has been stowed away for quite some time now. I also had the idea to make a necklace out of it, like the one YUI used to wear, but I don’t think I can “ruin” it by drilling a hole in it. This CD is also an example of what I like about YUI’s releases in that it comes with a concert DVD. What other artist does that? I think it’s awesome.
SNSD has two Japanese releases coming up. One is their first Japanese photobook, called Holiday. The other is a release of their first Japanese tour on DVD and Blu-ray. The blu-ray is supposed to be region free. I must have it, but it’s so expensive! There’s also a limited edition, which is even more expensive.
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4Minute are back… in Japan. Ready Go is their latest Japanese song, which is used as a theme song for the drama Welcome to the El-Palacio. The single will be out on December 7th.
They’re really playing the sexy card in this video. 4Minute have been doing hot videos for a while, but this time it’s noticeably more cleavage-y than before 
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I can’t wait to see them perform in Paris in February 
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