King & Prince Achieves An Amazing Record With Their Debut Single!

“Cinderella Girl” back in May. Oricon is now reporting that with 626,000 copies it has placed fifth in the first half of 2018 for singles. This statistic will make King & Prince the first male debut single artist in ten years to make the TOP 10 during the first half of a year. With this achievement they are also the first artists in eleven years to have sold more than 600,000 copies of their debut single (excluding artists that made their transition from a group to a solo artist).

We at Ongaku To You would like to congratulate King & Prince on the success of their debut single and look forward to more of their work

You can check out “Cinderella Girl” below! 

BRADIO Releases A Teaser For Their First Major Album!

Three-member funk band BRADIO released a design teaser for their upcoming first major album YES, set for release on July 4th. The teaser features various brush paintings alongside a short preview of all twelve songs on the album. Also previewed is the song “Boom!Boom!ヘブン” ("Boom!Boom! Heaven”), which will be used as the theme song for the variety show Sukkiri, which starting in July

You can preorder their album here, and check out the teaser below!

“BanG Dream!” Announces Their Release Plans Throughout The Summer!

Bushiroad’s multimedia project “BanG Dream!” announced during their @Hello, Happy CiRCLE Broadcaster YouTube show that they will have a collaboration event with popular game series Persona starting this summer. This will only be held for the Japan servers of their game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party. With this collaboration the game will feature a cover of a song from each game of the series (Persona 3,  Persona 4, and  Persona 5).

Pastel✽Palettes (one of the bands in BanG Dream!) will be having their third single ,"もういちどルミネス" ("Mou Ichido Luminous"), set for release on August 8th.

All of the main vocalists for the bands in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party came together for a brand new single, “ピコットパピットガルパピコ!" (”Pikotto Papitto Garupa Piko!”), which is scheduled for release on August 22nd. “Pikotto Papitto Garupa Piko!” will be the opening theme for Girls Band Party Pico, an anime that will air on July 5th.

SKE48 Shows Off A Sexy Fiery Dance For Their New Single!

Mega idol group AKB48’s sister group SKE48 just released the music video for their newest single “いきなりパンチライン“ ("Ikinari Punchline"), set for release on July 4th. “Ikinari Punchline” shows the girls--sporting very flashy red outfits--in front of a crowd. The song has a very festive dance feel to it which makes it very appealing. The center for this single is recent Senbatsu winner Jurina Matsui.

You can preorder the single here, and check out the music video below! 

TWICE Announces First Japanese Album!

Nine-member Korean group TWICE announced today their first Japanese album, BDZ, its release date set for September 12th. Its title was chosen to be shorthand for "bulldozer". TWICE explains that they must “bulldoze any big obstacle that stands in the way to keep moving forward.”

BDZ will include the singles “One More Time”, “Candy Pop”, and “Wake Me Up”. Also included will be their cover of The Jackson 5’s “I WANT YOU BACK”.

You can check out their latest hit “Wake Me Up” below!