Saturday, July 26, 2014

TGS - Killing me softly ~unboxing~

As I already mentioned in my review of Tokyo Girls' Style's ''Killing me Softly'' I decided to buy the album. I actually recieved it shortly after the release but I didn't have the time to do an unboxing.
So yeah, I will show you how the regular edition of TGS new album looks like:


This is the front cover and I have to admit, it's very beautiful. The girls look like dolls and I like the clock and the other things behind them.


This is the back with the clock again. It's interesting that the other things like the chair and the pictures fell down here.. And on the left we can see the tracklist.


The clock follows everywhere! But I like that CD design.


Stuff I can't use in the booklet. Yeay..


Aside from the lyrics, there are two pictures of everyone, which is nice.





I have to say I REALLY like the quality of the booklet. It looks nice and it's not some cheap paper but beautiful photo paper. *-* Okay, it's hard to get it out from the CD, but it's still so nice.

Here is the tracklist of the regular edition:


  1. Intro
  2. Killing Me Softly
  3. pain
  4. Unmei (運命)
  5. Partition Love
  6. Chiisana Kiseki (ちいさな奇跡)
  7. Renai Etude (恋愛エチュード)
  8. Zutto Wasurenai. (ずっと 忘れない)
  9. Juujika (十字架) 
  10. Mine
  11. outro
  12. Get The Star -Royal Mirrorball Mix-
  13. Last Forever -Royal Mirrorball Mix-
  14. [Bonus Track] Tsuki no Kimagure (月の気まぐれ)
  15. [Bonus Track] Chim Chim Cherry (チム・チム・チェリー)

I really like the singles from this era even though the Juujika album version isn't as good as the single version (why did they change it? -.-) The Royal Mirrorball Mixes are somehow odd but except for that I like every track! I'm surprised that they covered Chim Chim Cherry, but as expected, it sounds good!
I'm a bit biased towards these songs but from a neutral perpective I have to say that many of the tracks sound very similiar. There are of course exceptions, but the same beat is still there. Well, it won't be something new if you know TGS, but I still wanted to mention it.

But yeah, I definetely like this album and you can try to listen to it!
I would recommend the songs Killing me Softly, Unmei, Partition Love, Mine, Tsuki no Kimagure & Chim Chim Cherry but you can obviously skip the two Mirrorball Remixes, as they are pretty boring.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Yumemiru Adolescence - Mawaru Sekai

Today I will take a look at a new Idol group.. *excited*
The group is ''Yumemiru Adolescence''.


They are a 5 member group (originally 6 in their indies time, but one girl left) formed in 2012 and that's already all I know about them. xD They are still pretty new even though they already peaked on Number 1of the Idies charts.. This group caught my attention because of their first single to get a nationwide release on April 22nd: ''Mawaru Sekai''. (the cover belongs to that single)
Mawaru Sekai is a very nice up-beat song and I love the guitars that are used here. The voices of the members aren't that special but they are okay. I really like the brigde where everyone is singing a bit lower. The chorus is soo catchy, this is definetely a nice Idol song!



As usual, the title of the song is shown in the beginning of the video. It's intresting here though, because it's edited very nice and I like the few colours on the black&white background.


Let me introduce the members.
This is Yamada Akari, 18 years old. She's beautiful :)


This is Kobayashi Rei, 16 years old. Wow, she looks so cool. I can't believe she's only 16..


Shida Yuumi, 17 years old. She looks cute.


Kyoka, 14 years old. Seems like she's the youngest, she's cute.


Oooh, what a cute little girl..
Ogino Karin, 18 years old. WTF??? She's 18???? Japan, I don't understand you.. She's the oldest of the 5 girls and the leader of the group.


The whole group. Seriously, Karin looks so young..


And Rei looks older.. Man, she's s coool..


Ugh, I hate Akarin's voice.. But it's cool how they are in the middle of a photoshooting.


But why do the photographers have these masks?


Cutiepie..



Guys with masks everywhere..


Haha, Karin is even the tiniest.. The dance is cool :D



Yeaaay, let's HUG!!!


Whoaa, Rei do you want to kill someone?



Akari JUMP.





Idols having fun in a video can't be wrong! :D



Wait, what? There are two Rei's now??


Left Rei: Yeay, I'm so beautiful..
Right Rei: Who are YOU???


KAKKOI!


Oh nooes, Yuumi is falling down...


LEGS!


There are the lyrics.. This looks cool.


Karin also has a mask?








Okay, do these masks have a meaning or what??






Yeay, Yuumi..




THE MASK!


They both look cute :D


Lollipo, lollipop, oh lolli-lollipop



Yumi KICK:


So everyone has a lolli in their colour?


Kyoka has so much fun with it.. haha xD


Yuumi looks funny xD


Damn, Rei... This is so illegal.. :F


What a cutie..




Yeah, everyone has a mask..


The shooting is finished.. and so is the video


Karin says bye for the last time..

I really like this video. It's so colourful and introduces the members so good. I know, it isn't their first video, but it gives a nice image of this group. All of the girls are charming in their own way, though I like Rei the most.. ;) The dance is cool and I really like the editing of the video, the masks and of course the lollipops (muahahahahahaHAA).

This is a group I will definetely keep an eye on in the future. They have potential so I hope they will be handled right. Fightooo YumeAdo!!!! :D

Lollipop