Arashi Member LOVE Discussion

Today if you join with Official fans, JFC (Johnnys family Club) you will got this mail. On this mail they are talking about LOVE album :

♥ LOVE ★ Message ♥

Ohno : Our new album, "LOVE" goes on sale today! In honor of the occasion, ARASHI is here to bring you this message in a group discussion format.

ARASHI : Hi there!

Sakurai : It's finally released! It's been what, a year?

Matsumoto : Yeah, not since "Popcorn"

Aiba : We've been waiting for this.

Ninomiya : It has been a while. Feels nice and productive! (LOL)

Ohno : It doesn't feel like a long time to me.

Sakurai : Oh really?

Ohno : What? I'm the only one that feels that way?

Sakurai : We all just said that "it's been a while"

Ninomiya : Yep.

Aiba : Me, too.

Matsumoto : Me, too.

Ohno : ...Then, me too.

ARASHI : LMAO

Ninomiya : What was that? (LOL)

Ohno : Okay, it does feel like a year has passed. The song I like this time is "Ai wo Utaou"!

Ninomiya : Ah man, I was going to say the same thing. You took the words right out of my mouth.

Sakurai : Then why not say it together?

Ohno & Ninomiya : "Ai wo Utaou"! (handshake)

Ohno : I like sho-chan's rap.

Sakurai : What, really?! I'm flattered.

Ninomiya : Let's ask! What do you like about it?

Ohno : It feels like he builds up his momentum throughout. It gives me goose bumps.

Ninomiya : That's high praise from you! I think this "LOVE" album came from wanting to do these sorts of songs. I feel like "Ai wo Utaou" became the one that represents the whole album.

Matsumoto : It's symbolic of this album's "LOVE" in a way.

Aiba : It's huge. Like tons of love, right?

Ninomiya :  No matter where you go, you come back to somewhere that's perhaps not your homeland, but it's the same spot you started from. I like that part, personally.

Aiba : As for me, I think that "CONFUSION" is my favorite. It took the most time to get perfect during recording.

Sakurai : I heard of your epic attemps. (LOL)

Aiba : I couldn't sing at all! The lyrics in third line were so though! (LOL)

Matsumoto : You mean you fudged your part?

Ninomiya : Nah, it was difficult. I agree!

Aiba : I was worried we might have to redo it on another day! But in the end, we finished. That's why I like the song, since I worked so hard on it, after all!

Matsumoto : There's a lot of love in this particular song?

Ninomiya : Everything goes back to LOVE.

Matsumoto : I think I like "FUNKY" the best. Maybe it's the disco sound, but I thought it was apropos. If possible, I'd love for everyone to dance to this one at concert or something.

Sakurai : Yeah, and "Rock Tonight" was definitely good, too. I think it's good to have songs that have a sense of unity to them. It turned out quite fun in the end!

Aiba : The cover looks great, too!

Sakurai : We didn't purposefully make the whole abum so grown up, but since last year's "Popcorn" turned out how it did. Remember the silly hats? (LOL) It's a bit removed from that. (LOL)

Aiba : Ehen you look at the two covers together...

Sakurai We don't even look like we're the same group! (LOL)

Ninomiya : Very true! (LOL)

Ohno : Heh heh heh!

Special round-table discussion

Here, we bring you the members talking in a round-table discussion about the appeal of the album "LOVE"

Aiba : The choreography for "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" was very mature, wasn't it? We went abroad for that choreography.

Sakurai : That's right! We went to NY!

Matsumoto : We were dancing the whole time weren't we?

Aiba :  Yeah. We went to the rehearsal room everyday.

Matsumoto : We got the choreography before we went, but the result was that it felt like we were being given new choreography right there and then.

Sakurai : It was probably about half and half, I guess. He probably watched the way we danced and changed course a little!? I suppose.

Ohno : That's right. Overall it was amazing..it really captured the variety. We danced in the dancing parts, and it was rhythmical in the rhythmic part. We weren't just in the rehearsal room, we also walked around a bit.

Ninomiya : And ate some delicious food.

Sakurai : Sushi ♪ Yakiniku ♪ It wasn't like NY at all!?

Ninomiya : That's why we were saying "Let's eat a hot dog!"(LOL)

Aiba : That's right! I really wanted some!

Sakurai : It was like "You've crossed over!" to America (LOL)

Ninomiya : We were saying, "We haven't done anything like that"

Aiba : And "I want to try out a hot dog stand!"

Sakurai : Did you all get to eat one in the end?

The other four members : We did! We did!

Ninomiya : Aiba-san said "I want to eat a kebab," but when he went he was told they had all sold out

Aiba : So I found another place and ate one! It was unbelievably delicious!

Matsumoto : Is a kebab typical NY food!? (LOL)

Aiba : I wanted to eat one from a stand!

Ninomiya : It was delicious, wasn't it?

Matsumoto :  The filming for the video clip itself actually took place quite a while after.

Sakurai : On the day of filming, it felt like we danced all afternoon.

Ohno : That's right

Matsumoto : Because ita was filmed with dancing as the main part

Sakurai : I want everyone to see the "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" video clip. It's been a long time since we've had video clip for a new song on the new album..

Matsumoto : It's the first time since "Lucky Man"! Is it!?

Ohno : What about, what was that one..?

Sakurai : Oh! "Mada Minu Sekai e"?

Ohno : That's the one!

Sakurai : But that was a DVD, so it's the first time it's been done for an album since..yep, I think it was "Lucky Man"!

Matsumoto : Was it originally with the "Lucky Man" album? Wasn't it for a best of or something, a clip compilation?

Sakurai : I think we just did it for promotion. I think this is the first time we've included it with an album!

Aiba : It's the first time!

Sakurai : In that case, it's fairly valuable isn't it?

Ninomiya : Seriously?! A first on our 12th album!? That's shocking!

Aiba : I really want everyone to see it!

Sakurai : We're still coming up with first

Matsumoto : It was difficult filming with the timing of the album. We'd already complete the song "P.A.R.A.D.O.X" itself. The usual oreder is you decide the conceptof the album, while you're thinking about the tour and decide on the songs then.

Sakurai : That's true!

Matsumoto : You plan to finish the songs way after that.

Ninomiya : It's really difficult (LOL), if you decide to add it to the album (LOL)

Sakurai : You gotta move pretty fast.

Matsumoto : From now on, should we record a song a month? (LOL)

Aiba : Um, hahaha!

Sakurai : Should we start stocking them up?! (LOL)

Ninomiya : Right..well, Ohno-san, please wrap this up!

Ohno : ARASHI's new album "LOVE" is an album that we could only have made now, and is full of songs that reflect the way ARASHI currently is. Long ago, when we made our debut, we sang adult oriented songs, but I think because of where we are now, those type of songs really suit us. Our fans span a wide age-range, but as we have a big theme like LOVE, I think you can listen to it from a variety of viewpoints. Therefore...

Ninomiya : It doesn't seem like you're wrapping this up at all! (LOL)

Sakurai : He's never going to finish (LOL)

Ohno : ...in that sense (LOL), it's nit titled in any particular way, and it includes LOVE from a variety of perspectives! Even if childern listen to it, I think they'll be able to feel LOVE. ...there's small LOVE too, and big, grown-up LOVE as well!

Matsumoto : Man, that's enough, isn't it? (LOL)

Aiba : Thank you very much!

Ohno : ...and so (LOL), how can I put it?...It's all the LOVE put together!

Aiba & Matsumoto & Ninomiya : ROFL

ARASHI : Please listen to our album "LOVE"! We're counting on you!

I will post ‘behind of P.A.R.A.D.O.X story’ in next post. Because this is first day of sale of LOVE album I wish they will make a great selling for this new album. (^ ^) I have class tomorrow morning.

Mata ato de~

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