I think it's because growing up with the Backstreet Boys and NSync and those others has given people the perception that it's exactly the same thing. A boyband is a boyband is a boyband. But JE boys are NOT boybands. They're... they're... they're a so much more evolved species of corporate-made celebrities who've sold their life and eternal soul to ( Read more... )

SO I JUST FINISHED DREAM BOYS. I REALIZE THAT EVERYONE HAS ALREADY FLAILED ABOUT IT DAYS AGO BUT IT WAS SO FABULOUS I HAVE TO ADD MY TWO CENTS ANYWAY. Dream Boys. Japanese boybands meet The Outsiders. The rest of my life has just lost its meaning, because nothing could possibly happen between now and death that is more awesome than that.

( flipping out, doin' the fangirl thing, nothing to see here unless you enjoy gangsters and clowns and gangsters *dressed* as clowns, except when they burst into song, and then they're boybands again. welcome to jpop! )