Kenshi Yonezu shows off more of his artistic side with new music video!

Popular vocalist Kenshi Yonezu dropped the music video for his already Oricon charting track “馬と鹿” (“Uma to Shika”) on his official YouTube channel. Being released physically September 11 and being attached to the highly anticipated TBS Sport’s drama No-side Game, “Uma to Shika” is already looking to be another record-breaking single from Yonezu. Director Tomokazu Yamada’s unique style is once again featured in Yonezu’s work as he took directing duties for “Uma to Shika”.  Yamada has worked with Yonezu in the past on his music video for popular tracks “Lemon” and “Flamingo” and he hopes to make another career-defining artist tone that Yonezu tries to convey with this upcoming track.

As previously reported, “Uma to Shika” will drop with three editions: a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and a CD + Pendant special edition. The DVD will include teasers of his concert "Sekitsui ga Opal ni Naru Koro" and the music video for “Umi no Yurei”. The special edition will include a whistle-shaped pendant based off of No-side Game and will include Yonezu’s logo printed on the jewelry. 

Check out the said music video along with the pre-order links for “Uma to Shika” below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition

Special edition 

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Track listing:

Kenshi Yonezu「Uma to Shika」

CD

01. 馬と鹿

02. 海の幽霊

03. でしょましょ

Limited Edition DVD

01. 「Kenshi Yonezu 2019 TOUR / 脊椎がオパールになる頃」LIVE Teaser

02. 「海の幽霊」MV

Yuiko Ohara tells fans which stars to wish on with new album!

Vocalist Yuiko Ohara announced the release of her first album 星に名前をつけるとき (Hoshi ne Namae wo Tsukerutoki) for September 25. Hoshi ne Namae wo Tsukerutoki will be used to commemorate Ohara’s fifth year in the music industry and will be her first album. It is set for release with tracks from Ohara’s debut single ”Magic Parade” to her latest single “Zero Sentimental” and will total at sixteen tracks. Not much else is known about Hoshi ne Namae wo Tsukerutoki except that it will only be released with a standard CD-only edition.

Yuiko Ohara「Live Tour『Hoshi Atsume』」

9/23/2019 Fukuoka’s Gate's7

10/5/2019 Kyoto’s Kyoto VOXhall

10/6/2019 Osaka’s Shinsaibashi FANJ

11/29/2019 Tokyo’s SPACE ODD

Ohara also announced that she will hold a small live concert tour in honor of the release of the album. Lovingly called 星集め (Hoshi Atsume), the tour will head to four different locations and will be held from September 23 to November 9 (see right).

Pre-order Hoshi ne Namae wo Tsukerutoki in the link below!

Standard edition 

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Track listing:

Yuiko Ohara「Hoshi ne Namae wo Tsukerutoki 」

01. Magic Parade

02. ゼロセンチメートル

03. 夢の途中で

04. 透明な翼

05. 星が眠るまで踊ろうよ

06. えがおのまほう

07. からっぽになりたい

08. 煌めく浜辺

09. 雨宿り

10. 205号室

11. ハイステッパー

12. 言わないけどね。

13. 変わらない宝物

14. 月より綺麗だった

15. 星を辿れば

16. 夜になれば

Hey! Say! JUMP shows fans their their next PARADE with new album!

After their Oricon charting hit “fanfare”, popular male idol group Hey! Say! JUMP announced that they will be dropping a brand new album, PARADE, October 30. This will be the group’s latest album since SENSE or LOVE back in August 2018 and will be their seventh full album overall. Hey! Say! JUMP hopes to entice fans with the otherworldly theme of “dreams” and “fascination” and will have PARADE be released with fourteen tracks. The album will also drop with three editions, a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type 1 and Type 2. Not much is different between the two limited editions as will both ship with a making-of and video clips of different songs exclusive to the edition. In true Johnny’s fashion the standard editions will have fans thinking twice about which editions to buy, as they will release with two additional songs, upping their track totals to sixteen.

Pre-order all three editions of PARADE along with a CDJapan only bundle edition in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type 1

Limited edition Type 2

Bundle edition 

Hey! Say! JUMP「PARADE」

CD

・COSMIC☆HUMAN

・Lucky-Unlucky

・愛だけがすべて -What do you want?-

・ファンファーレ！

Along with others

Limited Edition Type 1 DVD

・”獣と薔薇” (“Kimono to Bara”) Music video and making-of *Track is only attached to this edition 

Limited Edition Type 2 DVD

・”パレードが始まる” (“Parade ga Hajimaru”) Music video and making-of *Track is only attached to this edition 

m-flo has lost their humanity

Hip-hop sensation m-flo revealed they will be doing the main theme for the upcoming animated movie Human Lost. Human Lost is a science fiction movie that is a modern-day retelling of the 1948 short novel No Longer Human. m-flo has teamed up with J. Balvin to create a song that brings various different cultures together. J. Balvin is a singer from Colombia who is growing in popularity in the States and has worked with super-popular artists like Cardi B and Bad Bunny. The song will also be called “Human Lost” and is set to be released October 23. On the single, along with “Human Lost”, will be the latest ending for fantasy anime Black Clover and it will be titled “against all gods”. “Human Lost/ against all gods” will be released in a single CD-only edition. You can pre-order your copy of the upcoming single here and if you’re curious about the upcoming movie Human Lost, give the official trailer a watch.

Music Corner Week 21: BiSH

BiSH is an alternative idol group that got its start in January of 2015 when it was announced the group was being formed. It is a spin-off of the sister group BiS, which stands for Brand new Idol Society. BiSH, like their sister group, is also an acronym but this time it means Brand new Idol Shit. BiSH’s initial line-up consisted of five members and over the course of the group, while they had a few members come and go, they have managed to maintain a consistent number of five members. SCRAMBLES.Inc is the production team behind BiSH and they contribute to an array of other groups like Gang Parade, EMPiRE, and KAT-TUN, just to name a few. 

Today’s current members are Aina The End, Cent Chihiro Chittiii, Momoko Gumi Company, Lingling, Hashiyasume Atsuko, and Ayuni D. BiSH had their very first release be digital with their song “Spark” which would go on to be the first song on their debut album Brand-new Idol SH**, released May 27, 2015. BiSH has since gone on to release a total of five albums with the latest release from July 3 of this year. Their latest album Carrots and Sticks is the combination of two mini-albums, one titled Carrots and the other titled Sticks. Showing no signs of slowing down, BiSH has already revealed their next single—currently untitled—will be out in November and serve as the group’s sixth single overall. 

In BiSH’s song “Life is Beautiful” you get a really good showcase of the vocal talent of the ladies in the group. They do such a good job conveying a wide range of emotions that allow the listener to really connect with them. However, the great thing about BiSH is that they have a wide variety of songs and really cover a bunch of different styles of music. “Here’s Looking At You, Kid” is very much a fun upbeat song that has a very nice punk vibe to it and then you have songs like “Sharr” where they go full alternative idol with lots of shrilling and screaming throughout the song. BiSH is truly a group I recommend listening to several songs of before passing judgment.

You can check out more stuff about BiSH on their official website and you can follow them on Twitter. Finally, be sure to check out their heart-touching song “Life Is Beautiful” below.