As you may already know, Jin Akanishi is branching out from his J-pop boy band KAT-TUN days and is now touring the US with his brand new, all English album, Japonicana. Not sure what the big deal is about Jin Akanishi? It’s kind of like when Justin Timberlake left N*SYNC, but with much hotter people involved.
The setting? Los Angeles. March 9th. Jin fans both old and new were treated to a night of high energy dance songs and a new perspective of Jin that they hadn’t seen before. From an audience perspective, it’s hard to separate the Jin who is embarking on a separate US solo career from the Jin who was previously apart of the boy band but I feel he showed us a new side to him that would’ve been impossible to see several years back. The commitment he’s made to being a solo artist tied in to this show.
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After stumbling upon Mongolian VK band Visual Moon’s music video for “Neu” it got us curious… What other music artists are out there in Mongolia that deserve some recognition?
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We gotta give Jin some much deserved props. The prepared effort labored into this album shows on virtually every track. Japonicana is a strong contender for the US market and has a very mainstream sound that would suit just about anyone who enjoys a good Pop / R & B album. There are 9 tracks total. The runtime is a bit short but for this album, it’s quality over quantity and every single song adds something significant.
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In the past year there’s been an insane explosion of boy and girl groups making their debuts that I don’t even remember half of them, nor could I even name most of them. I think we all know by now who the most successful groups of the past year have been just by thinking.
And none of their group names start with the letter A.
That’s right I’m talking about the B’s. B1A4, Block B, Boyfriend, and B.A.P. (Since BTOB hasn’t debuted yet, I’m not going to include them here.) All four of those groups have been experiencing some huge popularity and love ever since their debuts, but I’m going to focus on two of those groups who are standing out the most.
B1A4 + B.A.P. This is not a ‘versus’. I’m not trying to pit the two against each because both of these groups are amazing and there’s absolutely no sense to do that. Instead I want to talk about their debuts and the aftereffects of it.
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