KAT-TUN’s Concerts “UNION” & “CAST”
Hi!! I’m back again. For this post, I’m going to talk about KAT-TUN’s concerts “UNION” and “CAST” that had been released on April. For the first time we got a Blu-Ray for KAT-TUN’s concert *clap-clap... They relesead it on 3 version but sadly I couldn’t buy anything this time because I used the money to buy all 3 version of Kame’s first solo single “Rain” that will be relesead on 15th May. Not only this is Kame’s first solo single but it also has Kame’s first solo concert “Follow Me” so of course I must buy it. I will talk more about “Rain” and “Follow Me” in the next posting, ok!
So, back to KAT-TUN. They were many bonus videos that included in CAST such as solo angle on 4 performances, documentary video, hidden video about the skit corner KAT-TUN did in CAST concert, and tour final W encore. First, I will talk about my impression on UNION then CAST.
UNION
UNION was the first concert KAT-TUN did after recharging period. They held the concert in Tokyo Dome. For me UNION was like another version of 10Ks! with a happy ending. If 10Ks! had the emotional part in the ending, UNION had the emotional part in the opening. 10Ks! and UNION had the same concept which was “a ship called KAT-TUN”.
In the opening, they would show us a clip from “Kimi no Yume, Boku no Yume” performance in 10Ks! and the part where KAT-TUN disappeared and became 3 lights based on their members colors. After that, they would ask the audiances to sing a few line from that song then the 3 lights came and KAT-TUN would suddenly appear and continue to sing that song in accapella. That moment was so emotional, dramatic, and unforgetable. I cried on that part (T-T). It was like, “KAT-TUN really is back!”
Just like in 10Ks!, KAT-TUN sang their old songs and for solo corner they sang KAT-TUN’s songs. Kame performed “Ray” with acrobatic, Ueda sang “Ai no Command”, and Nakamaru sang “Right Now”. There was an accoustic corner too where they sang “Smile” and “4U”. I really liked that corner!! It was great. There was also the part where Ueda played the piano, Nakamaru did beatbox, and Kame sang. They chose to sing “Polaris” in that way. It was so amazing!! I really liked when KAT-TUN sang in that way. I hope they will do that more in the next concerts.
CAST
After UNION, KAT-TUN did summer arena tour, “CAST”. The title was the same like the album they released before the concert. For this concert, each member performed their solo songs from the album. For the first time, Kame’s solo song was in full English and I thought his pronounciation was getting better. The title of Kame’s solo was “One Way Love”. It was a one sided love song to his female friend that he loved more than a friend. This time Kame really challenged himself. Not only his solo was in full English, but he also performed it in full contemporary dance. Kame wanted to perform it in the darkness with only a spothlight on him. That’s why, before the performance, they asked the audiences to turn off the penlight but sadly they were still many who didn’t turn it off. Even like that, Kame did a great job for his solo. I was so proud of him *clap-clap. He did a movement that I never expected he could do it and he performed it with great emotion too. I think, Kame is suit with contemporary dance. Compared to Kame’s previous solo performances, “One Way Love” was like Kame’s usual performances, it was dramatic but in calm or simple way. Only Kame performed on the stage without back dancers and property, simple lighting with only one light, and simple video along the performance. “One Way Love” became one of my favourite Kame’s solo performance for sure.
For concert logo, CAST was being written with different font for every alphabet. In the concert, they really used the alphabet so well. One that I really liked was when they used the alphabet to introduce Uchuu Six and Johnnys jr. Uchuu Six was a Johnnys jr that had been appointed as KAT-TUN’s main back dancer. They had been Kame’s back dancer for Follow Me and KAT-TUN’s UNION.
Eventhough KAT-TUN already did concerts as 3-nin (10Ks! and UNION) but CAST was like “THE REAL” 3-nin KAT-TUN Concert in my opinion. You could see that they were ready to performe as 3-nin KAT-TUN. I also liked the costume especially Kame’s red lace costume. He looked so beautiful especially with his brown medium hair. He looked like a maiko (lol).
There was a part where Kame would interact with little kid too. It was so cute! KAT-TUN also performed some of the songs from their newest album CAST. It was so great!! Eventhough it was in arena but the lighting was so great. As expected from KAT-TUN!!
Okay! That is my impression from UNION & CAST. My conclusion is that both concerts are amazing and fun. KAT-TUN really did a great job. I’m proud to be a hyphen. WE ARE KAT-TUN~!!!
See you on the next post ^_^
So, back to KAT-TUN. They were many bonus videos that included in CAST such as solo angle on 4 performances, documentary video, hidden video about the skit corner KAT-TUN did in CAST concert, and tour final W encore. First, I will talk about my impression on UNION then CAST.
UNION
UNION was the first concert KAT-TUN did after recharging period. They held the concert in Tokyo Dome. For me UNION was like another version of 10Ks! with a happy ending. If 10Ks! had the emotional part in the ending, UNION had the emotional part in the opening. 10Ks! and UNION had the same concept which was “a ship called KAT-TUN”.
In the opening, they would show us a clip from “Kimi no Yume, Boku no Yume” performance in 10Ks! and the part where KAT-TUN disappeared and became 3 lights based on their members colors. After that, they would ask the audiances to sing a few line from that song then the 3 lights came and KAT-TUN would suddenly appear and continue to sing that song in accapella. That moment was so emotional, dramatic, and unforgetable. I cried on that part (T-T). It was like, “KAT-TUN really is back!”
Just like in 10Ks!, KAT-TUN sang their old songs and for solo corner they sang KAT-TUN’s songs. Kame performed “Ray” with acrobatic, Ueda sang “Ai no Command”, and Nakamaru sang “Right Now”. There was an accoustic corner too where they sang “Smile” and “4U”. I really liked that corner!! It was great. There was also the part where Ueda played the piano, Nakamaru did beatbox, and Kame sang. They chose to sing “Polaris” in that way. It was so amazing!! I really liked when KAT-TUN sang in that way. I hope they will do that more in the next concerts.
CAST
After UNION, KAT-TUN did summer arena tour, “CAST”. The title was the same like the album they released before the concert. For this concert, each member performed their solo songs from the album. For the first time, Kame’s solo song was in full English and I thought his pronounciation was getting better. The title of Kame’s solo was “One Way Love”. It was a one sided love song to his female friend that he loved more than a friend. This time Kame really challenged himself. Not only his solo was in full English, but he also performed it in full contemporary dance. Kame wanted to perform it in the darkness with only a spothlight on him. That’s why, before the performance, they asked the audiences to turn off the penlight but sadly they were still many who didn’t turn it off. Even like that, Kame did a great job for his solo. I was so proud of him *clap-clap. He did a movement that I never expected he could do it and he performed it with great emotion too. I think, Kame is suit with contemporary dance. Compared to Kame’s previous solo performances, “One Way Love” was like Kame’s usual performances, it was dramatic but in calm or simple way. Only Kame performed on the stage without back dancers and property, simple lighting with only one light, and simple video along the performance. “One Way Love” became one of my favourite Kame’s solo performance for sure.
For concert logo, CAST was being written with different font for every alphabet. In the concert, they really used the alphabet so well. One that I really liked was when they used the alphabet to introduce Uchuu Six and Johnnys jr. Uchuu Six was a Johnnys jr that had been appointed as KAT-TUN’s main back dancer. They had been Kame’s back dancer for Follow Me and KAT-TUN’s UNION.
Eventhough KAT-TUN already did concerts as 3-nin (10Ks! and UNION) but CAST was like “THE REAL” 3-nin KAT-TUN Concert in my opinion. You could see that they were ready to performe as 3-nin KAT-TUN. I also liked the costume especially Kame’s red lace costume. He looked so beautiful especially with his brown medium hair. He looked like a maiko (lol).
There was a part where Kame would interact with little kid too. It was so cute! KAT-TUN also performed some of the songs from their newest album CAST. It was so great!! Eventhough it was in arena but the lighting was so great. As expected from KAT-TUN!!
Okay! That is my impression from UNION & CAST. My conclusion is that both concerts are amazing and fun. KAT-TUN really did a great job. I’m proud to be a hyphen. WE ARE KAT-TUN~!!!
See you on the next post ^_^