PSA: Arashi is Overworked, Oh NOOOOOOESSS~

[gimmick_game]

I'm not sure if it's adjusting to the new meds, frustration with things that are being a pain in the ass, or PMS, but I'm about two seconds from giving up on Arashi Fandom as a whole.

The new single has been announced. We....should not be surprised by this. In anyway. Nino has a drama, there will be a single. Um... Duh?

This makes single #6 for the year, and probably the last. They had 4 last year.

Artists like Koda Kumi and Ayumi Hamasaki FREQUENTLY release more than that in a year, plenty of artists do. Singles, while they look like they take a ton of work, don't reallly take much work for an artist if they're not the ones writing the music/lyrics.

In a recent interview, Nino mentioned about recording for the album during filming Ohoku. He'd have to record a song every day he was back. He ALSO had to record VSA, HNA and Shiyagare, plus promos and other things. And interviews. He had two days a week back.

It takes LESS than a day to record a song. You can record SEVERAL songs in a day, actually.

Jacket shootings, PVs? All done on the same sets as of late and again - take a day.

In perspective, this single should take them approximately um... well, 4 days to make. On the long end. Not even super long days. 10 hours, 12 tops. MAYBE 14-15 for the PV day.

Even then, during PV shootings, what do they do for the majority of them? Sit Around And BULLSHIT.

Yes, they work a lot. They also get PAID to do so. None of them are emaciated, sickly. Ohno had a cold and had to work through it. Big deal, do you know how many colds/flus/DEATHLY ILLNESSES us normal folks have to work through on a daily basis?

I love them. I want them happy and healthy. It KILLED me inside to see Nino on a cane, but he's still doing it right? If it was that bad, he'd be gone. It is not impossible to quit JE, plenty of people have done it.

These boys LOVE their jobs and that much is obvious. They're not being forced into anything they do.

For all you crusaders for justice, go worry about those normal schmucks who work 60+ hours a week and get paid peanuts for it.


ETA: I'm leaving this open because I want people to see it. Spread it, love it, pimp it I don't fucking care.

Comments

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

At the moment I'm thinking more about my poor wallet ;__;

It was a bad year to decide I'd buy their singles/album/DVD (I can't finish the year... textbooks cost to much this quarter XP)

[gimmick-game.livejournal.com]

That's always an issue, yeah (and dooood, pharmacist, yeah you're allowed...poor thing ;o; *pats gently as to not disturb your brain with its crazy amount of knowledge), but...these bitches are bitching about ~QUALITY~ and shit.

AHHHH RAGE. >.>;;

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

Quality? They do realize that Arashi's not the one that's writing the singles, right? That there's a whole barn of composers/arrangers that pump these things out for a living?

*boggles*

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS.

Sometimes I wonder what fandom deems are Arashi's songs with so-called 'quality'

[arashifanatic.livejournal.com]

apparently, according to my tlist, Arashi "quality" songs are ones full of "rainbows and ghei" like Happiness and especially Kitto Daijabou. To them, those are the types of songs Arashi should be singing and how their pvs should all be. When I responded to someone who said this, their response back was that it didn't matter what type of song it was, love/ballad/midtempo/etc, their pvs should be filled with random scenarios with "rainbows and ghei."

I then said on my twitter that arashi is going to be in thier 30s and not much of their work will call for these types of videos.

i defended their songs and pvs because in all honesty i do like them. But, I was soon flamed and called a butthurt/delusional fan.

So, apparently now, if you don't bash Arashi in fandom, you are a delusional fan. :T

[gimmick-game.livejournal.com]

....


wait. wait.


When did Arashi fandom become KAT-TUN fandom?

I thought we hated each other, not the group? I'm so lost...

(also jesus fucking h.christ, there is a good chance not a single one of those boys is gay. Get over it. Not everything will have rainbows. WAS LOVE RAINBOW, WITH ITS RAINBOWS NOT GOOD ENOUGH? Kitto Daijoubu was a ONE-OFF. Nothing previous to that was even close (okay...Lucky Man was pretty fabby fab but...it wasn't a single so we shall not count it).


Fucking....ARG.

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

Didn't Arashi themselves say that they were growing up? That the songs of BNMF were of a more grown up sound/new direction than what they had done in the past?

H-how can a pv for a ballad be filled with "rainbows and ghei"? *is confused*

That is disappointing. Being critical is one thing, bashing is another.

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

Yes, can we have, like, a ranking? One of those stupid goo or Oricon polls will do nicely. "Rank your favorite Arashi songs from best to shitty."

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

Oh Fandom, you're letting me down so often lately... -___-

(they say pharmacists make bank, but they don't know all the money that goes into school, I'll be paying back loans for a good long time)

[gimmick-game.livejournal.com]

ugh yeessssss....

(Same with doctors. Though you'll have a better chance of making bank. Just...stay away from EMS. For always.)

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think there are 2 fandoms.. one that's level-headed... and the other not so much...

(True. Student loans (+ interest) = black hole. Will try my best :)b)

[gimmick-game.livejournal.com]

You mean one that is older than 14 and one that is younger than 14? (I say 14 because I have met some 14 year olds that are actually pretty damned level headed).

I feel like an old crotchety lady yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

(Oh dear god yes. I think mine - in default *sigh* is now ...double? What I borrowed? Oh well. They'll be getting a lump sum for the original amount + a little in a few years and they will fucking like it. God damned Sallie Mae.)

[sunnydreams416.livejournal.com]

Pretty much (Brain age doesn't always correspond to real age, I've found out)

haha, I'd be the old lady's friend egging her on from the porch.

(*sigh* I could have bought a really nice luxury car with what I borrowed first year - I was paying out of state - and could probably buy a small condo with what I think I'll be borrowing overall ;__;)