Sayaka Yamamoto announces two new releases to close out her 2019!

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After her Oricon-charting hit “Toge”, vocalist Sayaka Yamamoto announced the release of her third single November 20. Not much is known about the single but it will be a winter ballad style track produced by industry legend Takeshi Kobayashi. The B-side tracks were composed by Music Corner alum SIRUP and produced by Mori Zentaro. The single will drop with three editions: a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and also a special fan club edition which will include a small photo book only available via her Official Fan Club site.

Along with the announcement of the brand new single, Yamamoto also announced that she will drop a brand new album in December. This album will be her first since graduating from NMB48 and will be her third overall.

Check out her latest charting hit “Toge” along with the pre-order links for both editions of her upcoming single below!

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The Rampage brawls in new video

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The Rampage from EXILE Tribe dropped a knockout brand new music video for their song “Swag & Pride”. “Swag & Pride” is being released as part of the promotion for the group’s upcoming album The Riot which drops October 30. “Swag & Pride” is a four-minute ride of pure intensity and energy which features a massive brawl near the end of the song where a bunch of people just start full-on duking it out. 

The Riot is being released in a whopping five editions: a standard edition that will be CD-only, a CD with DVD edition, a CD with two DVDs edition, a CD with Blu-ray edition, and a CD with two Blu-rays edition. The CD with DVD edition and CD with Blu-ray edition will feature music videos and a documentary for The Rampage’s first arena tour. The CD with two DVDs edition and CD with two Blu-rays edition will feature the group’s live footage from their performance at the Saitama Super Arena. Pre-orders are currently up and will be posted below. Be sure to check out the hard-hitting music video for the group's song “Swag & Pride” that will also be posted below.

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SOLIDEMO's second single holds promise

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Eight-member music group SOLIDEMO announced they will be dropping their second single November 27. The upcoming single has yet to be revealed but if the group’s first song is any indication, this should be a big hit. SOLIDEMO’s first single “Forever young” debuted at number two on the Oricon charts the week of August 14. The new single is being released in two editions total, a standard CD-only edition and a limited edition that will come with a bonus DVD. It has yet to be revealed what will be on the DVD but pre-orders are already available for both editions. Pre-order at the link below and watch the music video for hit debut single “Forever young”.

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SHISHAMO proves that love will be by their side with new music video!

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Popular three-member rock band SHISHAMO dropped the music video for their upcoming track “君の隣にいたいから”  (“Kimi no Tonari ni Itaikara”) on their official YouTube channel. Dropping October 16, the track is already making waves as it was chosen to be this year’s title song for the NHK All-Japan School Choir Competition for the middle school division, a feat only some artists achieve. The video features the gripping theme of “loving time” which director Kyotaro Hayashi brilliantly exhibits with three generations of couples as they go through their everyday life with images of all three band members spliced in every so often. This drama-like approach serves as an example of a nice evolution of their music videos; compare it to the video for their track “私の夜明け” (“Watashi no Yoake”), which Hayashi also produced.

Per the norm of previous single releases from SHISHAMO, “Kimi no Tonari ni Itakara” will only feature a CD-only standard release and will include just three tracks. Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order link for “Kimi no Tonari ni Itakara” below!

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SHISHAMO『Kimi no Tonari ni Itakara』

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01. 君の隣にいたいから

02. またね

03. 君の大事にしてるもの

THE CHARM PARK is looking for a Rebirth with upcoming album!

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Coming off the heels of his latest mini-album Standing Tall, Music Corner alum THE CHARM PARK announced that he will be releasing a brand new album, Reverse & Rebirth, November 20. Reverse & Rebirth will be the latest album from THE CHARM PARK since Timeless Imperfections back in 2018 and will be his third overall. Currently not much is known about the album except that it will be released with ten tracks total and that it will feature two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include his Billboard Live TOKYO one-man live performance he had back in July.

THE CHARM PARK also announced that he will be holding two lives to commemorate the release of Reverse & Rebirth, the first in ShibuyaWOMB live house in Tokyo December 6 and the second taking place in CLUB JOULE live house in Osaka December 13. 

As we anticipate the upcoming release, check out THE CHARM PARK’s latest music video “Ordinary” along with our Music Corner write-up about him!