TWICE announces new Japanese album

Korean idol sensation TWICE announced they will be releasing their second Japanese album &TWICE November 20. On the album will be hit songs “Happy Happy” and “Breakthrough” but the final track listing has yet to be revealed. The album name means “there is infinite potential when you collaborate”. &TWICE will be released in three editions total, a standard edition that will be CD-only and two limited editions that will come with a bonus DVD. The limited edition Type A will have on its DVD, a live performance from the group’s arena tour back in 2018. The limited edition Type B will feature a music video for the group’s song “Fake & True” along with a making-of video, plus two music videos for “Happy Happy” and a behind-the-scenes look at a jacket shooting along with a shooting in Hawaii. Pre-order is up and posted below along with the music video for TWICE’s hit song “Breakthrough”.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

heidi. announces ninth album

Visual kei rock band heidi. revealed they will be dropping a brand new album titled Hyohon which will be released October 23. Hyohon will be heidi.’s ninth album overall coming a little over a year after their last album Que Sera Sera. Also, heidi. is celebrating being together for thirteen years. Hyohon will be released in two editions, a Type A edition that will be CD + DVD and a Type B edition the will be CD-only. The A edition will feature eleven tracks on the CD and the DVD will feature a concert held August 17. The B edition, on the other hand, will have a total of twelve tracks on the CD with the twelfth being a bonus song titled “Milky Way”. Pre-orders are now available and will be posted below along with a full track listing. You can also check out heidi.’s song “Ray”.

Type A Edition

Type B Edition

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heidi. [Hyohon]

CD Type A and B

1 一瞥 (Ichibetsu)

2 HALATION

3 Ghost

4 虚 (Kyo)

5 ユートピア (Yuutopia)

6 水槽 (Suisō)

7 磔 (Haritsuke)

8 Parasite

9 がらんどう (Garandou)

10 エターナル (Etaanaru)

11 燭 (Shoku)

12 Milky way (Type B Edition Only)

osage says goodbye to summer with brand new music video!

Four-member rock band osage dropped the music video for their track “Analog” on murffin discs’ official YouTube channel. “Analog” will be the one of the lead songs for osage’s upcoming mini-album October. , unsurprisingly set for release October 9. The music video focuses on a group of five friends celebrating their last summer vacation to create lasting memories together. Footage of vocalist Kenta Yamaguchi walking through a field is interspliced throughout the the video, giving that melancholic feeling of summer finally ending director Satoru Hayashi expertly crafted for fans. October. will be released with six tracks and drop with only a CD-only standard edition.

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

Standard edition 

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Track listing:

osage『October.』

CD

1.アナログ　

2.Greenback

3.1954

4.ginger air

5.セトモノ

6.スープ

Shinjiro Atae and Thelma Aoyama team up for new single!

Male pop vocalist and member of the popular group AAA Shinjiro Atae and R&B vocalist Thelma Aoyama will be teaming up for a new single titled “Suki Suki Suki”, which will drop October 30! This will be the first time that Shinjiro Atae and Thelma Aoyama will be collaborating for a single. Thelma is known for many of her collaboration singles such as “Soba ni Iru ne” and “Koko ni Iru yo”. “Suki Suki Suki” will come in two editions, a regular CD-only and a CD + DVD edition. Both editions will include four tracks but the DVD edition will include the music video and making-of movie for “Suki Suki Suki”. Also, if you order early, there is an exclusive that comes with the First Press edition. Make sure to pre-order your copy today at the links below!

“Suki Suki Suki”

CD regular edition

CD+DVD edition

CD:

1 好き好き好き (Suki Suki Suki)

2 好き好き好き カラオケ ～與真司郎 ver.～ (Suki Suki Suki Karaoke ~Shinjiro Atae ver~)

3 好き好き好き カラオケ ～青山テルマ ver.～ (Suki Suki Suki Karaoke ~Thelma Aoyama ver~)

4 好き好き好き (Instrumental)

DVD:

1 好き好き好き (MUSIC VIDEO)

2 メイキング映像 (Making movie)

Check out the trailer for “Suki Suki Suki” below:

Aina Aiba stands out from the rest with preview of upcoming single!

Popular voice actress-turned-vocalist Aina Aiba released a small clip of her upcoming single “Lead the way” on Bushiroard’s official YouTube channel. To be released October 16, “Lead the way” we will Aiba’s re-debut from her solo career back in 2016. Currently “Lead the way” is being used as the opening theme song for the current season of card game anime Cardfight Vanguard. The music video has Aiba in a beautiful red dress surrounded by rose petals but flashes between this scene and a scene with her in an elegant white dress. Produced by Noriyasu Agematsu of music creative team Elements Gardens, “Lead the way” brings the late 90s and early 00s years of J-pop with a twist as it’s paired with Aiba’s stunning vocals . Agematsu commented that through his single he promises to make history with her re-debut.

“Lead the way” will be released with three tracks along with instrumentals of said tracks and will drop with two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + Blu-ray edition. The Blu-ray will include both the music video for “Lead the way” and its making-of. Check out the preview in question along with the pre-order links for the single below!

Standard edition

Limited edition 

Track listing:

Aina Aiba 『Lead the way』

[CD]
1.Lead the way
2.Everyday’s Evidence
3.ParadoX
4.Lead the way -instrumental-
5.Everyday’s Evidence -instrumental-
6.ParadoX -instrumental-

[Blu-ray]
・「Lead the way」Music Video
・Making of 「Lead the way」Music Video