[single] my brand new way/Awaking Emotion 8/5 - 小池徹平, ウエンツ瑛士

my brand new way/Awaking Emotion 8/5- Teppei Koike, Eiji Wentz

Both of them belong to the j-pop group WaT, and for whatever reasons they have, they decided to split up to record their own solo song on this one single (hence the diffrent covers). Frankly, out of all the annoying J-pop boybands out there like KAT-TUN, Tegomass and SMAP, WaT is the one that i like best.

To be honest, i do not think much of "my brand new way", it sounds too cute and too safe for my liking, it feels like the same old WaT when they debuted. Even through the song i can feel him exuding cuteness and giving those baby pouts every now and then. Kinda annoying after a while. But if you like the typical boybands with good looks and generic songs, then this is the song for you.

"Awaking Emotion 8/5" is, thankfully, a 180 degrees different from boring "my brand new day". In fact, this one is pretty rockin' and catchy even. You can really hear Wentz's vocals branching out well after being supressed by those uber-ly cute songs from WaT.

I kinda always knew that Wentz has the stronger vocal of the two. And by hearing this song, I really wish that WaT would spilt up so that Wentz can really do what he is good at, rocking out. But what's with the eyeliner in the PV, Wentz? No need to be emo, ok.

Although this is on one single, i decided to split them up. Wentz does not need bad ratings because of Teppei's grossly cutesy song.

Ratings- my brand new way-小池徹平: 2.5/5
Awaking Emotion 8/5-ウエンツ瑛士: 4.5/5