The Beautiful Warriors Of Cross Vein Announce New Single

Metal band Cross Vein announced they would be dropping a brand new single titled Beautiful Warrior which was set to drop April 22. The new single is the group’s second EP and was the first release the group had in over a year.

Beautiful Warrior is available through a standard CD-only edition. Its music video has already been posted to the group’s YouTube page and is posted below along with the order link. The full track listing is also available below.

Standard Edition

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Cross Vein『Beautiful Warrior』

1.Beautiful Warrior (MUSIC:Yoshi / Lyrics:JULIA)

2.Wind of Journey (MUSIC:MASUMI / Lyrics:JULIA)

3.Beautiful Warrior -Instrumental Ver.-

4.Wind of Journey -Instrumental Ver.-

VTuber agency Hololive Production Starts VTuber Audition in English-speaking Countries

Japanese VTuber agency Hololive Production announced that they will be holding a Vtuber audition in English-speaking countries for a globally popular VTuber agency. Hololive Production is a popular Japanese Vtuber agency focusing on live streaming. There are many Virtual YouTubers under it and the number of all Hololive Production talent's YouTube subscribers surpasses 6,000,000. Now the production group is looking forward to fresh applicants.

There are several requirements for those who wish to participate, the first being that the individual must be a native English speaker. Secondly, both men and women are able to audition and they must be 18 years or older. They must also be able to deliver content for at least 3 times a week and produce content including, but not limited to, games, music, and illustrations. The application deadline will be May 24 at 11:59 PM JST. For those interested in applying, check out their official site.

For those who might not be in the know, Hololive Production isa VTuber agency which includes female VTubers group Hololive and male VTubers group Holostars along with music label INNK MUSIC. They utilize a special system (Hololive Production) and mainly focus on video posting and livestreaming via YouTube. Fans can communicate with Hololive Production's virtual talents via YouTube's livestreams and also through Twitter. The talents livestream using 2D or 3D generated character models and their own voices.

Burst Girl Tells Story With New Single

Punk rock girl idol group Burst Girl announced they will be dropping a brand new single titled “Story”. This will be the group’s fourth single since they formed in late 2017. The crew consists of four members: Yurapico, Rin, Miyako, and Roa. Up until recently they had five members but the fifth, Anku, left at the end of this past February. The new single will be the first single that the girls will drop since her departure. 

“Story” is being released in one edition only which will be CD-only and pre-orders are up and posted below along with the full track listing. Be sure to check out their song “Chou Kakumei”, too.

Standard Edition

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Burst Girl 「Story」

M1. miracle story

M2.スリルジャンキー

M3. Against the drain

kZm Brings the VIBE to His DISTORTION With Latest Music Video!

To celebrate the release of his album DISTORTION, vocalist kZm dropped the music video for his track “TEENAGE VIBE feat. Tohji” on his official YouTube channel. The track having been produced by Chiaki Zulu, kZm breaks out of the gate with a rock techno composition to bookend his impressive album. Currently released across all digital music streaming platforms, this is kZm’s second full album and it features seventeen tracks, a majority of which are produced by Chiaki Zulu. Also featured are several other guest producers such as Kenny Beats and VaVa overseeing a few songs.

Check out DISTORTION across all digital music streaming platforms along with the music video for “TEENAGE VIBE feat. Tohji” below!

kZm「DISTORTION」

01. Intro - Distortion -（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

02. Star Fish（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

03. GYAKUSOU（Prod. Kenny Beats）

04. 27CLUB feat. LEX（Prod. SIL V3 R 100 & Chaki Zulu）

05. JOZAI（Prod. Haaga）

06. Anybody.. feat. 小袋成彬（Prod. Chaki Zulu & 小袋成彬）

07. Skit

08. バグり feat. MonyHorse（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

09. G.O.A.T（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

10. Give Me Your Something feat. Daichi Yamamoto（Prod. DISK NAGATAKI & Chaki Zulu）

11. F**k U Tokio I Love U! feat. 5lack（Prod. DISK NAGATAKI & Chaki Zulu）

12. 追憶 feat. Yojiro Noda（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

13. Half Me Half U（Prod. RRAREBEAR）

14. Yuki Nakajo（Prod. VaVa）

15. 鏡花水月（Prod. U-Lee）

16. But She Cries Remix feat. BIM（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

17. TEENAGE VIBE feat. Tohji（Prod. Chaki Zulu）

Pour Lui Debuts New Idol Group

Pour Lui, a singer who previously worked with girl idol groups BiS and Billie Idle, finally revealed her brand new idol group. The group is called PIGGS and it is a five-member girl group whose members consist of Pour Lui, CHIYO-P, SHELLME, UMI, and BAN-BAN. Pour Lui, while being a member of the group, is also acting as one of their producers. They revealed that their debut album will be released July 1 but no details have been disclosed except for information regarding one song that will be on the album. The new song is titled “KICKS” and it has already been released on YouTube; check it out below.