ARASHI - Troublemaker





Troublemaker is ARASHI's 29th single . It will be released on 3rd March & it's the guys's 1st single release for 2010 .

The A-side will be used as a theme song for the drama Tokujō Kabachi !! Kabachitare ! 2 starring member Sakurai Sho & Horikita Maki & YesAsia described Troublemaker in that it's an 80's style power pop song .

I usually do not say this about ARASHI but I find Troublemaker to be extremely boring/bland . Like how many songs of theirs have this safe pop route formula which has been used over & over again ?

Oddly if not freaky enough , if you compare the group's last 2 A-sides songs ie. Everything & My Girl , the music structure for all 3 songs inclusive of Troublemaker are so similar sounding .

I frankly was expecting Troublemaker to be something dark like maybe a Believe or a truth part 2 , not another safe sounding & over poppy song but I think the fans will lap it up but for me , this's something that I probably will not put on repeat mode on my stereo .

I miss the days when their material were very hip hop / rock influenced until in recent times where they unfortunately sellout to the masses .

I don't like to use the term sellout in here but I think it's quite evident in a way or 2 .

The 1st B-side song Yurase , Ima wo (Shake It Now) is slightly better in my books .

The song has been chosen to be used as the theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics for the TV station NTV & I do feel that Yurase , Ima wo should have been chosen to be the A-side instead of being a B-side song .

Then again both Troublemaker & Yurase , Ima wo have almost the same style so I wouldn't blame you if you find both of them to be extremely safe & boring .

The 2nd B-side Mou Ippo (One Step) will be reviewed in due time & this's only found in the CD only edition of the single .

I sure hope that Mou Ippo will be the saving grace for Troublemaker as frankly since the beginning of 2010 , I have not been impressed in what ARASHI has to offer , musically wise .

Karen

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