Checkmate! was originally planned for release in late March but postponed until now. It features past collaborations as well as four new tracks (BLACK OUT is also "new" but released on VERBAL's album last month), for which four PVs were released. The album is great! Namie's collabs have so much personality from all the artists. My favs would have ( Read more... )

Harrow~ Ria and my trip ended on Saturday but we're still in after-holiday-transition, haha. :P S.Korea and Japan were amazing! I'm currently catching up on requests left over January, which I hope to finish before this Saturday as I'm going away again. =X In the meantime, this is about all I've got ready to post, hehe. Yamashita's album contains ( Read more... )

Yamashita Tomohisa... How did we go from Daite Senorita to Loveless to... THIS?! Unfortunately the song itself is nice and infectiously catchy but it sounds awkward with his vocals and the PV is too tryhard. XD I'll play the PV in the background for the catchy tune, but this doesn't work for me. Big puzzled face about this one.
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Yay! We've already posted the PV on its own but this video also includes the PV Making clip. :) I remember watching the PV for the first time and my world kind of exploded because Yamapi's dancing in the PV got to me. Haha! I know the steps were so simple but they fit with the music. Would you believe I didn't want to watch the PV again because I ( Read more... )

Without meaning to, we accidentally ended up posting our 2009 rankings on the exact same days that we both did 365 days ago! Scary! XD Again, my time range is December 2008 to November 2009. All tracks are at 320kbps. The first five were hard to rank. The last 15 literally danced around like in musical chairs. But this is my final decision and I'm ( Read more... )

★ Please forgive me for taking a moment to recommend my Japanese shopping agent and supplier, Iori. He's able to get just about anything in Japan, either going in person, through Japanese online purchasing or auctions. Incredibly reliable and very patient with any of your queries, I've been able to count on him whenever I desperately needed ( Read more... )

It's that time of the year again when Popsicalove's Stacey and Ria rank their Top Songs of the year! This has become a Popsicalove tradition since it started in 2007. ^^ I just don't know where Stacey's 2007 Ranking is. Maybe she posted it in her private journal. Oh that girl... haha!!! I feel like apologizing for this long entry! It turned out to ( Read more... )

Hoping there'll be a legitimate 320kbps rip or even 192kbps for this single, otherwise I'll just buy the regular edition because I cannot get over the instrumental for Loveless. It's so pretty it makes me cry. ;_; This is the full PV (4:22) and I believe it's a DVD rip? Despite the file size, quality is surprisingly good (I mean, not HD, but ( Read more... )

A project group promoting volleyball (again XD), GYM (or Kitty GYM) was comprised of Thai pop duo Golf&Mike, and Yamashita Tomohisa. Fever and Future was also my very first Johnny's song and it totally stuck to me, as it was played EVERYWHERE when I was in Japan. Maybe I exaggerate, but this is the only song I recall from the whole stay. It's ( Read more... )

I'm sorry for neglecting you Ria! T__T *cries*
I didn't have time to upload anything bigger, so here I come with Yamapi's Daite Senorita single. ^^;; I absolutely love this song, which is also in his drama Kurosagi. =) Enjoy!
[single] Yamashita Tomohisa - Daite Senorita
Release: 31 May, 2006
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