King & Prince Aboard the Midnight Express With Latest Single!

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Five-member male idol group King & Prince announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “Mazy Night”, April 29. This will be the latest release by the group since “koi-wazurai” back in August of last year and is their fifth single overall. Not breaking the chain of their past releases, “Mazy Night” will be used as the theme song for upcoming comedic drama 未満警察 ミッドナイトランナー (Mimankeisatsu Midnight Runner) , which group member Sho Hirano also stars in. 

The single will feature two tracks and three editions including a standard CD-only edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. Each edition will include a different B-side track with the standard featuring an additional third track. The DVD contents will also be different, as Type A will include the music video and behind-the-scenes making-of while Type B is to include a one-cut dance version and a solo member version of the music video.

Pre-order all three editions along with an exclusive CDJapan only bundle edition—which includes all three editions of “Mazy Night”—below!

Standard edition 

Type A Limited edition

Type B Limited edition

Bundled edition

Track listing:

King & Prince「Mazy Night」

Limited Edition Type A

CD

01. Mazy Night

02. Untitled Track（A）

DVD

・「Mazy Night」Music Video

・「Mazy Night」Music Video Making

Limited Edition Type B

CD

01. Mazy Night

02. Untitled Track（B）

DVD

・「Mazy Night」Music Video 1 Cut Dance Ver.

・「Mazy Night」Music Video Member Solo Ver.

Standard Edition

CD

01. Mazy Night

02. Untitled Track（C）

03. Untitled Track（D）

CREAM is Going Peaches in Latest Video!

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Japanese R&B/hip-hop duo CREAM just dropped a special remix video of their popular digital single “Go Peaches”. This video features rappers KOWICHI and Merry Delo bringing an extra hip-hop vibe to their track. “Go Peaches Remix” takes place in a club with CREAM and the rappers partying it up. This remix brings a great promotion to their latest digital album LOVE + PARTY which dropped December 25, 2019. Check out “Go Peach Remix featuring KOWICHI, Merry Delo” below! Also, make sure to check out their latest album on digital platforms Spotify, AppleMusic, and iTunes!

MUCC Gets Dark With New Album

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Visual kei band MUCC announced they will be dropping a brand new album titled Aku which is set to drop May 20. Aku will be MUCC’s fifteenth album and it will be released a little over a year after their last album Kowareta Piano To Living Dead. It will have a total of sixteen tracks, including songs “Seitoshi to kimi”, “Ameria”, “My WORLD”, “Jikokeno”, and “COBALT”, to name a few already announced. Aku is being released in two editions total, a standard edition which will be CD-only and a limited edition which will come with a bonus DVD. Pre-orders are available below along with “Ameria”.

Standard edition

Limited edition

BanG Dream!! Roadmap Several Upcoming Releases Throughout Summer!

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In celebration of the third anniversary of the ultra popular anime rhythm mobile game BanG Dream!! Girls Band Party!!, Bushiroad announced the release of several projects to be released throughout the year. All announcements came off of BanG Dream’s ガルパ特番 さあ、行こう！みんなといっしょに3周年！ (Garupa Tokuban Saa Ikou! Minna to Isshoni 3shunen!) live stream which aired this past week. 

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The first announcement was “Daylight”, the first single of the debuting real-life fourth performing band Morfonica which also debuted in the mobile game at the beginning of March. Debuting as the franchise’s seven band, Morfonica breaks the traditional standard guitar-bass-drum-keyboard and DJ-and-vocalist formulas which the series is used to having by adding a violist into the mix. The violist takes the place of the keyboardist or DJ and adds a more elegant composition which makes them stand out from anything BanG Dream!! has done before. “Daylight” will be released May 27 and drop with two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + Blu-ray limited edition. The Blu-ray will include the anime music video for “Daylight” along with the live action version of the music video and a behind-the-scenes making-of. 

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Scheduled for release on the same day as “Daylight” will be the next volume of the popular cover collection BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol.4. As its title implies, it will feature the full chorus versions of the cover songs used in the BanG Dream Girls Band Party! rhythm mobile game. It will include all seven bands: Poppin'Party; Afterglow; Pastel*Palettes; Roselia; Hello, Happy World!; RAISE A SUILEN; and Morfonica. Music production team Elements Garden will be handling composition and arrangements for the album. 

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Next up will be the release of the album Breakthrough! by BanG Dream!!’s first performing band Poppin’Party. Set for a June 3rd release, this will be the band’s second full-length album. It will be available in a standard CD-only standard edition and a 2-CD + Blu-ray limited edition. The second disc of the limited edition will include all B-side tracks for all singles released so far while the Blu-ray will include the music video for “Breakthrough!” (which the band filmed internationally) and footage from Poppin'Party Fan Meeting Tour 2019!. As an added enticement for fans, the limited edition will include a 36-page photo booklet.

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BanG Dream!!’s second performing band Roselia announced that they will be releasing their second full album, Wahl , as well on July 15. Like Breakthrough!, Wahl will feature two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + Blu-ray limited edition. Both editions will drop with twelve tracks and the Blu-ray will include footage from their solo live Flamme/ Wasser which took place at FujiQ Highland back in August of last year—which Ken went to!

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Lastly, on August 19, RAISE A SUILEN, BanG Dream!!’s third performing band, will release their first album ERA. Like the two previously announced albums, ERA will have two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + Blu-ray limited edition. The album will also drop with twelve tracks and the Blu-ray will include footage of their solo live Heaven and Earth which took place in Kobe World Hall last July. 

Pre-order all editions of the upcoming releases in the links below.

Morfonica Daylight

Standard edition

Limited edition 

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol.4

Standard edition

Poppin’Party Breakthrough!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Roselia Wahl

Standard edition

Limited edition

RAISE A SUILEN ERA

Standard edition 

Limited edition 

milet Gives Sneak Peek Into First Live!

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Japanese pop artist milet is giving fans a sneak peek into her first live, eye, which premiered at the LIQUIDROOM on November 11, 2019. This special live digest will be included on her new album eyes as a part of the CD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Type A edition and is slated to be released May 13! You can check out our previous article which includes pre-order links, tentative track listing, and more. Until then, take a sneak peek at her first live below!