Ayumi Hamasaki celebrates twenty year anniversary of second album

Industry legend Ayumi Hamasaki released her second studio album LOVEppears twenty years ago along with her iconic single “appears”—that means it’s time to celebrate it by releasing it again. LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition-  is going to drop November 10 and will be a complete remaster of Ayumi’s second album that uses the original recording tapes. The album will be released in two editions, a standard edition that will manifest in three discs total and a limited edition that will feature four discs plus a bonus DVD.  The limited edition will feature the famous album cover but it will be a full body shot and will feature digipak packaging along with a transparent sleeve. A full track listing is posted below along with pre-order links. Be sure to also check out Ayumi’s iconic song “appears”.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

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Ayumi Hamasaki「LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition-」

DISC 1

01. Introduction

02. Fly high

03. Trauma

04. And Then

05. immature

06. Boys & Girls

07. TO BE

08. End roll

09. P.S II

10. WHATEVER

11. too late

12. appears

13. monochrome

14. Interlude

15. LOVE ～refrain～

16. Who...

DISC 2

01. ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co. Mix"

02. ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix"

03. A Song for ×× "MILLENNIUM MIX" from 1st Album

04. POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Orchestra Version" from あゆ・み・っくす

05. FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" from ayu-mi-x

DISC 3

01. appears (99 Greeting Mix)

02. appears (Scud Filter Mix)

03. appears (Dub's Eurotech Remix)

04. WHATEVER (Ferry 'System F' Corsten dub mix)

05. appears (JP's Sound Factory Mix)

06. appears (HΛL's Mix)

07. immature (D-Z DUAL LUCIFER MIX)

08. WHATEVER (Ferry 'System F' Corsten vocal extended mix)

09. appears (Keith Litman's Mix of Truth)

10. immature (JT Original CM Version)

11. appears (99 Greeting Mix -Instrumental-)

12. immature (JT Original CM Version -Instrumental-)

DISC 4 (Limited Edition Only)

01. appears (HΛL's Progress)

02. appears (Acoustic version)

03. appears (Armin van Buuren’s remix)

04. appears (Junior's Appears On The Air)

05. appears (HW Club Mix)

06. appears (DJ-TURBO remix)

07. appears (Junior's Club Mix)

08. appears (HW Tokyo Hard House Mix)

09. appears (Armin van Buuren's Sunset Dub)

10. appears (Aggressive Extended Mix)

11. appears (Melodic Extended Mix)

12. appears (Shinichi Osawa remix)

13. appears (Inst melo version)

DVD (Limited Edition Only)

01. Fly high

02. Boys & Girls

03. TO BE

04. WHATEVER

05. appears

06. kanariya

07. LOVE ～Destiny～

08. Who... (Live Lyric Video)

09. Trauma（ayupan振り付け映像）

Music Corner Week 22: milet

milet is a pop vocalist and songwriter under Sony Music Entertainment. She made her debut on March 6th of this year with the EP inside you. The lead track, inside you was used as the opening theme for the Japanese drama QUEEN. milet has an extremely unique voice due to the deepness of her voice and how she projects it. She has a comparable vocal skill to the popular singer Adele.

Even though milet is a newcomer to the industry, she shows off that she has the skills of a veteran with her powerfully deep vocals and lyrics that resonate within your soul. milet’s capability to switch between Japanese and English so fluidly in her songs makes for a perfect transition, which also draws in both Eastern and Western listeners. Again and again, showcases her deep vocals and powerful lyrics with a catchy tune that makes you want to hear more. milet’s latest bop, us, features her wide range of vocal skills that she is capable of, such as her change of voice from the opening of the song into the versus’s to the chorus. Her debut song, inside you, is a bit of a slower song but introduces you to milet’s powerhouse vocals with a relaxing composition.

While milet has just made her debut this year with her first EP inside you, she has surprising churned out two more EPs, Wonderland and us. Not only does she already have three EPs so far, milet has her 4th EP titled Drown/You&I that will be releasing on November 6 and will be featured in the anime Vinland Saga. With three releases and a fourth upcoming, milet shows she has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

Check out milet’s official website along with her official instagram and Twitter as well. You can also pre-order her latest EP here. Check out her latest track “us” below!

Airi Miyakawa does latest Detective Conan ending

Vocalist Airi Miyakawa announced she will be dropping her very first single November 6 which will be titled “Sissy Sky”. “Sissy Sky” will be used as the most recent ending theme for long-running crime drama anime series Detective Conan. Miyakawa is the younger sister of popular vocalist Miyakawa-kun and he will be performing the opening to the show at the same time she is doing the ending, which will be the first time in the long history of the show that the opening and ending are being done by siblings.

“Sissy Sky” will drop with three editions: a CD-only standard edition, a limited edition which will come with a bonus track, and a Detective Conan edition which will be CD-only and include the TV edit for “Sissy Sky”. Pre-orders are currently available and will be posted below as well as a full track listing. You can also check out Airi’s song “Ketsuraku karendora”.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Detective Conan Edition

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Airi Miyakawa「Sissy Sky」

Standard Ediiton

01. Sissy Sky

02. アマイロ (Amiiro)

Limited Edition

01. Sissy Sky

02. アマイロ (Amiiro)

03. 夕立ち (Yūdachi)

Detective Conan Edition

01. Sissy Sky

02. アマイロ (Amiiro)

03. Sissy Sky（TV_Edit）

the pillows shows fans how to have a Happy Go Ducky day with new single!

Three-member rock band the pillows announced that they will be releasing a brand new single “Happy Go Ducky!” October 9. The single will be used to bookend the band’s thirty years in the music industry and will be their thirty-ninth single overall. “Happy Go Ducky!” will be released with two tracks and come in two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include footage from their 「RETURN TO THIRD MOVEMENT! Vol.1」and their 「RETURN TO THIRD MOVEMENT! Vol.2」live tours that took place in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Not to be outdone by the limited edition, the standard edition will flaunt four bonus tracks which are concert audio rips of popular songs.

Check out the pillows’ latest track “Ningendomo” along with the pre-order links for both editions of “Happy Go Ducky!” below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Track listing:

the pillows「Happy Go Ducky!」

Limited edition CD
01. Happy Go Ducky!
02. Night owl

Limited edition DVD
01. TRIP DANCER
02. Moon is mine
03. SUICIDE DIVING
04. THAT HOUSE
05. Juliet
06. Wake Up, Frenzy!
07. 確かめに行こう
08. Beautiful morning with you

Standard edition CD
01. Happy Go Ducky!
02. Night owl
03. ストレンジ カメレオン
04. ハイブリッドレインボウ
05. インスタント ミュージック
06. Funny Bunny

Man With A Mission and milet team up

Rock band and Music Corner alumnus Man With A Mission announced they will be dropping a brand new single titled “Dark Crow” which will be dropped October 23. “Dark Crow” will be used as the second opening for fantasy anime Vinland Saga. Also, vocalist milet will be performing the second ending of the series, “Drown”, which will be out November 6. Why this is important is because on the Man With A Mission single the group teamed up with milet to perform “Reiwa”. Also on the “Dark Crow” the second track “86 Missed Calls” will feature Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump and it will serve as the main theme for historical fiction movie 3 Nin no Nobunaga.

“Dark Crow” is being released in three editions total: a standard edition which will be CD-only, a limited edition which will feature a bonus DVD, and an anime limited edition which will include a bonus DVD along with cover artwork from Vinland Saga. The CD will contain a total of four tracks, the DVD for the limited edition will feature promotional videos, and the DVD for the anime edition will boast promos for the anime. You can pre-order your copy of “Dark Crow” right here and a full track listing will be posted below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Anime Limited Edition

milet’s single “Drown / You&I” will also be released in three editions: a standard edition which will be CD-only, a limited edition which will feature a bonus DVD, and an anime limited edition which will also feature a bonus DVD along with cover art from Vinland Saga. The CD will include a total of four tracks and the DVD will contain music videos for “us” and “Fire Arrow”. “Drown / You&I” is available for pre-order and you can reserve your copy here. A full track listing will be posted below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Anime Limited Edition

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Man With A Mission [Dark Crow}

Standard Edition, Limited Edition, Anime Limited Edition

CD

1 Dark Crow

2 86 Missed Calls feat. Patrick Stump

3 Reiwa feat. milet

4 My Hero (Slushii Remix)

milet [Drown / You&I]

Standard Edition, Limited Edition, Anime Limited Edition

CD

1 Drown

2 You & I

3 Fine Line

4 Imaginary Love

Limited Edition, Anime Limited Edition

DVD

1 us (MUSIC VIDEO)

2 Fire Arrow (MUSIC VIDEO)