Sayumi Michishige has memorial

Former member of Morning Musume Sayumi Michishige announced a brand new album that she will be releasing, SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~, which will be released July 24. SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ will be Michishige’s second solo album since leaving Morning Musume back in 2014. Michishige came out of retirement in 2016 with a new show,  SAYUMINGLANDOLL~Saisei~, which was a fusion of music and performance. The soundtrack for SAYUMINGLANDOLL~Saisei~ was released in 2017.

SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ is being released in two editions. The standard edition will be CD-only while the limited edition will include both a CD and DVD. The album is to feature a whopping seventeen tracks, some songs previously unreleased and others recorded specifically for this release. You can pre-order your copy of SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

And before you leave you can check out Michishige’s latest music video for her song “Loneliness In Tokyo” at the link below.

Namie Amuro brings last puzzle piece to music streaming services!

Popular Hesei hip-hop-pop Queen Namie Amuro announced that her all-time best album Finally will be available for streaming on Apple Music starting today, June 16! Amuro, who has retired from the music industry since last year, dropped this shocker of news on her official YouTube channel. Finally, at the time of this reporting, has sold an impressive 2.4 million copies. With the album’s new release, Apple Music will have every single and album release by Amuro to date.

However, Finally isn’t the only thing that is being available for Apple Music. It was also announced that the live sound rip of Amuro’s 25 ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA —with a twenty-seven-song track listing— and various live performances from her namie amuro Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~—with a thirty-song track listing— will be dropping the same day.

Check out the trailer for this groundbreaking announcement. If you are interested in owning a physical copy of Finally instead, you can purchase it below!

Standard CD-only edition

22/7 brings everyone together for brand new single!

AKB48/Nogizaka46 producer Yasushi Akimoto’s eleven-member voice actress-idol group 22/7 (read as “seventh of twenty-second”) announced that they will be releasing their fourth single “何もしてあげられない” (“Nani mo Shiteagerarenai”) August 21. The news came from the popular video streaming service SHOWROOM in the group’s private channel. “Nani mo Shiteagerarenai” will be the latest release from the group since their single “理解者” “Rikaisha” back in August of last year, along with the shocking news that all eleven members will participate in the single— a first for the group.

Unfortunately, not else is known about the release except that it will drop in three editions: a standard CD-only edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. No pre-order links are available at this time of reporting but we’ll be sure to update you when more information is available.

In the meantime check out the music video for the group’s latest music video “Rikaisha” below! 

ecke crosses over to their artistic side with brand new music video!

After the release of their single “Crossing”, three-member Indie Corner darling ecke dropped the music video for said track on their new label P-VINE’s YouTube channel. The music video is used as a bridge for fans who love the single and to increase hype for their upcoming album release CROSSING dropping June 19 . As previously reported, CROSSING is to feature eleven tracks through a CD-only standard edition.

Composed to the bass beat of Queen’s hit song “Another One Bites the Dust”, “Crossing” delivers ecke’s unique fusion twist which fans love, along with Nao’s stunning vocals, making the track whole. The music video, In stunning artistic fashion, blends the usage of light colors in such a way that it’s become an ongoing theme for ecke’s music video and is something to look forward to with every music video release.

Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order link for CROSSING below!

Standard edition

Track listing:

ecke「CROSSING」

01. Crossing

02. City Kills Highway

03. YOU

04. STILL DRIFT

05. リター (Leader)

06. Lesson

07. S.H.Y

08. Yoen

09. Melt In Love

10. Summer Refrain

11. Popcorn

Yuuma Meshida of KANA-BOON currently missing

Yuuma Meshida of KANA-BOON fame has gone missing. According to Meshida’s family, no one has been able to contact him since June 5. The family has filed a missing person’s report for Meshida.

The other members of KANA-BOON came out and made the following statement: "The possibility that he got into an accident or some kind of trouble keeps coming to mind. As bandmates and as friends, we are very worried. We pray for his safety."

KANA-BOON had a concert scheduled this weekend to celebrate five years together, but due to the unfortunate circumstances the concert was canceled. We here at Ongaku To You send out our thoughts and prayers for Meshida’s well-being and hope he’ll be found safe soon. We will keep you posted as we learn more details.