“Happy Sugar Life” Will Feature Debut Artist ReoNa!

With the July release of horror anime Happy Sugar Life in mind, it was announced today that the series' ending theme song will feature debuting new artist ReoNa with "SWEET HURT".

ReoNa was a finalist in The SACRA MUSIC AUDITION 2017 SPRING. She sang a song from anime Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online.

We congratulate her on her debut single which will be released on August 29th. No pre-order is currently available but we will update you when it is!

Utada Reveals The Album Cover For New Album!

Artist Hikaru Utada reveals the cover for her up-and-coming album Hatsukoi. The cover itself is an homage to her very first album, First Love, whose cover features a close-up of her face. Hatsukoi will be released on June 27th

You can preorder Hatsukoi here!

Exile’s Next “Exile Friday” Song Announce With A Collaboration With TBS Soccer!

Popular music group Exile announced today their next song for Exile Friday, “Awakening”. It will be used for this year’s TBS Soccer theme song. "Awakening"will convey the “don’t give up and keep pushing on” sort of message, making it the perfect match to cheer on the players. Once again, the music video will be produced by Atsushi.

We can’t wait for the lyric video to be release! In the meantime check out this month’s Exile Friday song below!

“Lemon” Breaks Another Record!

Kenshi Yonezu’s latest single “Lemon” was reported to have surpassed the one million digital download mark. This is a historical feat as it is now reported that “Lemon” has become the fastest selling digital song to make one million downloads.

Yonezu’s record label has placed a huge billboard in Shibuya to announce the news, as seen below.

We’d like to congratulate Mr. Yonezu on the amazing feat, you can check out “Lemon” below (with English subtitles)!

Kirin Announces Their New Collaboration Artist For Kirin Lemon!

Beverage company Kirin announced today their next collaboration for their drink Kirin Lemon. It will be with singer Inori Minase, featuring her song “まっすぐに、トウメイに" ("Massugu ni Toumei ni”). Inori Minase will be the third artist that they have had a collaboration with for Kirin Lemon (the first being BiSH and second being Fredric). Similarly, Minase will integrate the Kirin Lemon song into “まっすぐに、トウメイに" .

You can check out the music video for “まっすぐに、トウメイに” below!