CD
1) Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
2) STING
3) Honey on me
4) Prisoner
5) Love Supply
6) Roar
7) Born Free
8) EUPHORIA
9) We Just Go Hard Feat AK-69
10) CRYSTAL MOMENT
11) Womaniser
Only in this version
11) Yoru wa Aiteru (Kamenashi Kazuya)
12) Cantabile (Ueda Tatsuya) ; Ueda wrote the lyrics
13) Moon Shot (Nakamaru Yuichi) ; Nakamaru co-wrote
14) UPDATE
CD + DVD / Blu-ray A
1) Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
2) Honey on me
3) Prisoner
4) Love Supply
5) Roar
6) Born Free
7) EUPHORIA
8) We Just Go Hard Feat AK-69
9) CRYSTAL MOMENT
10) Womaniser
CD + DVD / Blu-ray B
1) STING
2) Honey on me
3) Prisoner
4) Love Supply
5) Roar
6) Born Free
7) EUPHORIA
8) We Just Go Hard Feat AK-69
9) CRYSTAL MOMENT
10) Womaniser
KAT-TUN's last studio album release was 2019's IGNITE . 2 physical singles Roar & We Just Go Hard Feat AK-69 / EUPHORIA + the digital prior released CRYSTAL MOMENT are included in the new album .
In addition , Honey is also KAT-TUN's 1st studio album to get a Blu-ray verison(s) alongside with DVD(s) . 4 songs (3 solo songs & 1 group track) are only available in the CD only version of Honey .
2 album tracks Ain't Seen Nothing Yet & STING have videos made . Prior to the physical release of Honey , Ain't Seen Nothing Yet was released digitally on 22nd March ie. KAT-TUN's debut anniversary date .
KAT-TUN released their 1st album in almost 3 years ! As the title Honey suggests , KAT-TUN's 10th album is full of sweet & lustrous songs with a sting . This theme is represented in the lead tracks Ain't Seen Nothing Yet and STING .
Celebrating their 16th debut anniversary this year , what better way for KAT-TUN to do so by also reaching a landmark milestone with their 10th album , Honey .
To say that the overall music direction KAT-TUN undertook in their latest new album is drastically if not completely different from what they used to do , it's an understatement .
Even before KAT-TUN released Honey , I think the change in their music direction/style was already felt when they released Roar as at that time when they released it , it sounded nothing like what they used to do & the same thing goes for Honey as well .
For the new album songs in Honey , I definitely think Ain't Seen Nothing Yet deserves to have a video made . Not only it's a really good opening album no. , it's such a smooth mid tempo song & oddly the more I listen to it , the more catchy & sexier sounding it's which's in line with the album's theme .
Whereas for the other album track STING , I don't think it should have a video made & even the accompanied video for the song is a bit odd . Given a choice I rather have Born Free be the song that had a video made , not STING .
Lyrically the new material in Honey is very adult rated driven so in a way it was nice for the 3 solo songs to counteract things & finally for once after a very long time , I like Ueda's latest solo offering . While it's not a full out ballad , at least Cantabile is something I don't mind to listen to it on a regular basis & also Ueda has personal input in the song ie. he wrote the lyrics .
Kamenashi's solos all the while is either hit or miss . This time round unlike Roar's Pure Ice , his latest solo no. Yoru wa Aiteru is a ballad which was written & composed by Chara . I think the song's really sweet & it's defintiely 1 of the better solo ballads he has put out over the years .
On the other hand , Nakamaru's latest solo offering Moon Shot is the most upbeat solo as compared to Kamenashi's & Ueda's . With lyrics that Nakamaru co-wrote himself , it's another solid solo no. from him and to me Nakamaru's solos all the while been consistently good although to some he played things safe but regardless , it works .
I've been a KAT-TUN for a long time & it's so surreal for them to officially now have 10 studio albums in their name especially with what they've gone through over the years .
As to whether Honey is a good or bad album , it's frankly up for debate but if this release can gain them new fans in return , then why not ?
Personally I support KAT-TUN taking a music risk with Honey even though this might not sit well with some of their longtime fans but if their latest album were to sound like a carbon copy of they used to do , I would be a lot more disappointed .
Music tastes & preferences are always evolving and what I might like , others might not & vice versa and there's no right or wrong answer for this .
KAT-TUN had a great overwhelmingly positive year in celebrating their 15th anniversary last year & I see Honey as an extension of the celebration . No matter who you're , having 10 albums to your name is a landmark milestone & despite what they've went through , I'm really glad KAT-TUN stuck it out as longtime fans like myself are still here for them & I look forward to see what else they have in store next .