I read the news about Subaru leaving Kanjani8 like... 10 minutes ago. I didn't know about the Friday article because currently my only source of news about K8 is tumblr and I don't check it every day. So I was taken by surprise.
I can't honestly say that it wasn't expected.
Subaru never liked being an idol, he got trought so much stuff, slumps and hard times in these years. There must have been multiple times when he did not agree with the musical direction the group was taking/was forced to take (Eightertainment, anyone?). Still he stuck with it, maybe for a sense of loyalty towards the members, the fans, I don't fucking know. Maybe because he just loved the members, and overall he enjoyed most of what he was doing?
I have no idea. Still, I'd be more shocked if, for example, someone like, idk, Hina, or Maru announced something like this.
What is weird, what rubs me in the wrong way, it's the damn timing. This was NOT the moment to leave. There are 2 movies promotions that are about to start, Ohkura's drama will start airing in a few days, they fucking annuonced that 2018 was Eito Year or whatever, they are about to realease a Best Of album, they are going to have a goddamn tour in the summer, to which Subaru won't partecipate.
The timing is so wrong.
And we can talk about him now liking the musical direction etc, but... recently K8 have been writing A LOT of their songs. Subaru himself, in the last year, entirely wrote one song for a single and one for the album. They were FINALLY going to get recognized as a band and not as just idols, esp. after the Metrock performance. Thanks to Kanjam they're performing with HUGE artists, getting recognized as musicians. Hell, if I remember correctly they recorded a performance with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. One with Hakase Taro too.
The last tour, they performed as a band for one hout straight, which never happened before.
I don't know, I had the feeling that something huge was coming for them, and that now it all went into shit.
I get why he's doing this, and I applaude him for having the courage to just... go away and pursue his dreams or whatever he's going to do. Even if the moment is not the best, even if for the group is probably a shit-move.
He was the very 1st K8 member that caught my eyes (and my ears: I loved his voice since the 1st time I heard it), has been my favourite member for months, and after that, I've always had a soft spot for him.
Subaru was SO important for the group's music and dynamics, I honestly don't know how everything will be from now on. I don't know how old and new songs will sound, without him. How the group interactions will be.
Aaaand I just thought about the intro of Osaka Romanesque sung by someone else, and now I'm really crying. Bye.
I can't honestly say that it wasn't expected.
Subaru never liked being an idol, he got trought so much stuff, slumps and hard times in these years. There must have been multiple times when he did not agree with the musical direction the group was taking/was forced to take (Eightertainment, anyone?). Still he stuck with it, maybe for a sense of loyalty towards the members, the fans, I don't fucking know. Maybe because he just loved the members, and overall he enjoyed most of what he was doing?
I have no idea. Still, I'd be more shocked if, for example, someone like, idk, Hina, or Maru announced something like this.
What is weird, what rubs me in the wrong way, it's the damn timing. This was NOT the moment to leave. There are 2 movies promotions that are about to start, Ohkura's drama will start airing in a few days, they fucking annuonced that 2018 was Eito Year or whatever, they are about to realease a Best Of album, they are going to have a goddamn tour in the summer, to which Subaru won't partecipate.
The timing is so wrong.
And we can talk about him now liking the musical direction etc, but... recently K8 have been writing A LOT of their songs. Subaru himself, in the last year, entirely wrote one song for a single and one for the album. They were FINALLY going to get recognized as a band and not as just idols, esp. after the Metrock performance. Thanks to Kanjam they're performing with HUGE artists, getting recognized as musicians. Hell, if I remember correctly they recorded a performance with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. One with Hakase Taro too.
The last tour, they performed as a band for one hout straight, which never happened before.
I don't know, I had the feeling that something huge was coming for them, and that now it all went into shit.
I get why he's doing this, and I applaude him for having the courage to just... go away and pursue his dreams or whatever he's going to do. Even if the moment is not the best, even if for the group is probably a shit-move.
He was the very 1st K8 member that caught my eyes (and my ears: I loved his voice since the 1st time I heard it), has been my favourite member for months, and after that, I've always had a soft spot for him.
Subaru was SO important for the group's music and dynamics, I honestly don't know how everything will be from now on. I don't know how old and new songs will sound, without him. How the group interactions will be.
Aaaand I just thought about the intro of Osaka Romanesque sung by someone else, and now I'm really crying. Bye.