Rei Yasuda Surprises Fans With New Album in Over Four Years!

Japanese pop vocalist Rei Yasuda announced to fans on her regular radio show JA Zennogoku COUNTDOWN JAPAN that she will be bringing her long-awaited album titled Re:I March 18! Re:I will be Rei-san’s first album in over four years and will be her third album overall. It will include all her singles from May 2017 up to November 2019 such as  “Kimi no Uta”, “Sunny”, “blooming”, “over and over/dazzling tomorrow”, and her latest, “Asymmetry”, which was used as the opening theme song for the popular drama Moto Kare Mania. Many of Rei Yasuda’s tunes have been used in popular drama and anime such as Natsume no Yuujin Cho (Kimi no Uta), Layton Mystery Tanteisha-Katori no Nazotoki File- (blooming), Kindaichi Case Files (Passcode 4854), and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (Mirror), to name a few.

Re:I will be released in two editions, a CD + Blu-ray and a CD-only regular edition and will include a total of 12 tracks. The full track listing for both editions has yet to be determined. However, the CD + Blu-ray limited edtion will come with a 24-page photo book while the CD-only regular edition will include a 16-page photo book. Check out pre-order links and Rei-san’s latest video “Asymmetry” below!

Rei-san also announced that she will be holding a one-man live, Invisible Stars, February 7 in Tokyo at EX THEATER ROPPONGI. If you are in Tokyo make sure to check it out!

Re: I CD + Blu-ray Limited edition

Re: I CD-only regular edition

CD Track Listing

• Kimi no Uta (きみのうた; Your Song)

• Sunny

• blooming

• over and over

• dazzling tomorrow

• Asymmetry (アシンメトリー)

• fortunes

• 12 Tracks Total

Blu-ray Track Listing

1. TBA

Sangatsu no Pantasia Wades Through Smoke in Latest Music Video!

To celebrate the release of her latest track, vocalist Mia’s solo project Sangatsu no Phantasia released the music video for her track “煙” (“Kemuri”) on her official YouTube channel. It was released digitally on all streaming platforms. Mia teamed up with sound producer n-buna of the band Yorushika to give off the simple alternative rock melody that attunes perfectly to Mia’s soft vocal range. The illustrations throughout the music video are called the Girls Blue series, and  for “Kemuri” Mia described the concept for this piece as “the one time the angel wanted to fly”.

Check out the music video in question along with Sangatsu no Phantasia’s website below!

Keyakizaka46 Has Major Shakeup

It was revealed that there are big changes on the way for popular idol group Keyakizaka46. The long-time center and face of the group, Yurina Hirate, has officially resigned. It was revealed last year that Yurina would be serving as the center for their upcoming ninth single but now she will no longer be serving as the center for this song. This makes the new song the very first one since Keyakizaka46’s debut during which Yurina will not be serving as the center of the lead song on the single. With this it was also revealed that both Oda Nana and Suzumoto Miyu would be leaving the group as well. The upcoming ninth single has officially been postponed and it has yet to be revealed when it’ll be coming out. We wish everyone here the best in their future endeavors.

Pour Lui Announces Solo Album

Singer and now producer Pour Lui revealed that not only is she producing a brand new idol group but she also announced that she will be working on a brand new solo album titled Minna no PourLui which is set to drop March 11. Pour Lui has been part of the Japanese music industry for over ten years, being the founding member of BiS, and was also the last member of BILLIE IDLE before they disbanded in December of last year. The new album will feature a total of eight tracks and is being produced by SCRAMBLES, who has worked with Pour Lui since she started working with BiS. Minna no PourLui is being released in only one edition and its already up for pre-order which you can pick up here. 

yonige Gets Busy

Girl rock duo yonige revealed that not only do they have a new album coming out but they also have a live DVD coming out on the same day. The new album will be titled Kenzen na Shakai and is set to drop April 8. Kenzen na Shakai is the first album yonige has dropped in over two years and will feature a total of ten tracks. A full track listing has yet to be revealed but Kenzen na Shakai is being released in only one edition and a pre-order link will be posted below. The other thing that yonige is releasing on April 8 is LIVE DVD "Nippon Budokan "Ippon2" which was recorded from their one-man live at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo last August. This will be the very first video that yonige has put out and they are already accepting pre-orders. 

Kenzen na Shakai

LIVE DVD "Nippon Budokan "Ippon2"