Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Odds Are In Your Favor

Hello, you listeners of American music.
I've decided to take a short break from my Asian music obsession and placing the odds in your favor (partially). This week's post is going to be about an album that will release November 8th.

Okay, I lied about being out of my Asian music phase. This blog post is about former KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi. Last year he left KAT-TUN to continue his solo career in the US, and now he's finally making his "debut" with the album "Test Drive", featuring Jason Derulo. Akanishi has a YouTube channel that you can subscribe to here. He also has a US official website, where you can get all the latest news and updates.

Personally, I'm not sure if I should look forward to this or not. I mean, I really liked him when he was part of KAT- TUN, but now I think that this might not work. This might be because I'm not a big Jason Derulo fan(don't kill me), but it also could be because I'm so used to hearing him sing in Japanese (but I know that Akanishi is REALLY fluent in English because he used to switch between staying in Japan and the US). Based on his YouTube channel it looks like he might have his own show as well, titled "Jin Akanishi: The Takeover." i think he might be going a little above and beyond here, but maybe it's for publicity in the US. I'm leaning towards the "I'm starting to dislike him a little" side, but that's okay, because I have his KAT-TUN music on my iPod.

Before I forget, Akanishi also has an official Twitter

Anyways, I still wish him luck in his solo career here, and hope everything turns out okay. Ganbatte, Akanishi-san!


This is the US version of the album cover. Find it here.

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KeiLove

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