Last night's SmaSTATION, Kimura-kun's guest appearance!
Shingo's opening line...
"Boku wa SMAP wo isshou sotsugyo shimaseeeen!" (I will never graduate from SMAP!)
Haha, what's this about? Was there another AKB member announcing her graduation? lol.... so many AKB members announcing their graduation recently, I lost track.
Shingo called Kimura to come into the studio...
And Kimura was......
Papiiii.... mau ke manaaa.... hahahaaa.... Kimura-kun was trying to climb up the wall? Maybe last time he appeared in SmaStation, the entrance was different? lol. Shingo and Oshita-san called him, "Kimura-kun! Not there, this way!"
Sasuga Kimura-kun! Acting cool right after that.
During Aoi Inazuma, he was asked to do the "Get you!" act to the camera...
"Noo... no... please... give me a break..."
Shingo: Come on, come on... it's coming!
"GET YOU!"
Woo.... kakkoiiiiiiii~
He laughed out loud right after doing it.
Question: Was it true Kimura-kun who changed the original lyric word "Sayonara"(goodbye) to "Arigatou"(thank you) in ORANGE?
Kimura: I just didn't want this song to end with "sayonara"... Sa-yo-u-na-ra and a-ri-ga-to-u has the same number of syllables, anyway. Their relationship might be "sayonara", but then I selfishly told the staff "Wouldn't it better if it ends with 'arigatou'?"
Woo... I think I've heard about this somewhere before.... vague memory though.
Kimura: *hit Shingo's arm* But what I think is amazing, lately, was.... When Japan got through World Cup... I thought "Let's text Shingo...", then I texted you.
Shingo: You texted me, ne.
Kimura: I texted you "We still have a long way to go!"
Shingo: Yes, yes.... *to the audience* Kimura-kun texted me.
Kimura: Then... you were awesome...
Shingo: What?
Kimura: *to the audience, pointing at Shingo* He's really something! You texted me, "Let's en.JOY World Cup!"
Kimura: That was awesome!!!
Shingo: *smiling shyly* Awesome.... as in?
Kimura: Even when Japan team got through World Cup, you still include our new single's title "JOY"!! That was amazing!
Shingo: That's a bit embarrassing... let's stop talk about that....
Kimura: (laughs)
Shingo: It's like saying, I'm including our new song's title even in my private texts...
Kimura: But you did! It wasn't "enjoy" but "en.JOY"!!!
Shingo: Yea... I guess I did... ANYWAY!! It's unexpected that Kansha Shite didn't get into Top 25, huh?
Haha, Shingo changed the topic.
Ending line!!!
Shingo: Kore kara mo SMAP... en.JOY shiyou ne! (Let's en.JOY SMAP from now on too!)
Hahaaa... kawaiiiiiiiiii, ShinTaku brothersss!!
Anyway, this is the Top 25 SMAP Singles based on the fans poll done by SmaSTATION crews.
1. Yozora no Muko
2. Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana
3. Lion Heart
4. Aoi Inazuma
5. Celery - my fav! yay! so Japanese people love it too!
6. SHAKE
7. Ganbarimashou
8. Original Smile
9. Dynamite
10. Arigatou
11. Bang! Bang! Vacance
12. $10
13. Dear WOMAN
14. Sakasama no Sora - wow, such a recent song but it made to Top25, must be the Asadora effect ne!
15. Egao no Genki
16. Kimi iro Omoi
17. Oretachi ni Asu wa Aru
18. Asahi wo Mi ni ikou yo
19. Triangle
20. BATTERY - kyaaaa.... sasuga Battery! I knew it's people's fav song too! Another recent song made into Top25!
21. Dangan Fighter - love this one too! Happy to know it made into this list!
22. Kimi wa Kimi dayo
23. Donna ii Koto
24. Sotto Kyutto
25. freebird - love this song too!!
Buuuuutttt............ another fav of mine, SONO MAMA, didn't make it.... awwww.... zannenn...
By the way, I had been wanting to mention about this.... in Bokura no Ongaku 2-3 weeks ago when Shingo had a cross talk with Naoto Inti Raymi, a musician who wrote one of SMAP's album song last year, Kimi to BOOGIE WOOGIE, they talked about that after Shingo heard the demo song from Naoto, the song had a calmer tempo, then Shingo made a request to Naoto and he talked to Naoto on the phone directly asking him to make the song more of the rock type.
I was a bit taken aback.... ehh... Shingo interferes and even makes special request to the musicians? So he's not only in charge of the live concert concept now... but he's involved in the album songs selection? Sasuga jyane? So Shingo is like the 'team creative', 'creative PIC' of the group? Sugoi nee, Shingo.... like Kimura said, he thinks so much of SMAP... he even insert SMAP's song titles in his private texts, heehee....