Finally, but not in a "good" way. With 2009 being BoA's last year of major activity in Japan, it will have been a long ass time since she released music steadily over in the land of 897357375935756353535 idols in each group. However, instead of releasing a new song, she's coming back with a remake of Only One and The Shadow.
Sorry SNSD, I'll pass on seeing BoA looking like that again. Her makeup and her hair was atrocious during that promotion, her choreography was weak in Hurricane Venus compared to most of her songs. So no SNSD, I hope BoA doesn't follow your formula. BoA already translated enough songs between the two countries as it is.
In b4 "BoA iz oldz n dusnt sel 4 shit nemore." Yes, we get it. Everyone has their 'expiration date' for their peak popularity. I bet no one thought 10 years ago that Morning Musume would be relegated to what they are now, but shit happens. Getting that out of the way, I really enjoyed what BoA released in 2009/early 2010 in Japan before concentrating on American activities and finally making a comeback in Korea.
I'll be posting the songs BoA released in Japan in 2009/early 2010 in links so as to not Javascript/Flash rape anyone's browser. Her Identity album was the first album of hers that wasn't #1 on the Oricon and didn't even sell 100,000 records. However, it seems like BoA has an inverse relationship between popularity and quality of music in Japan. I enjoyed BoA's later albums in Japan much more than her early stuff when she was pretty popular.
Universe featuring Crystal Kay & VERBAL (m-flo)
Eien
Bump Bump featuring VERBAL (m-flo)
Mamoritai (Opening for Tales of Graces)
Possibility duet with Daichi Miura
Bonus video. My gateway to Kpop.
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