AZKi shows fans she wouldn't be here without U!

Popular virtual YouTuber AZKi announced that she will be releasing her first album without U November 12 along with the music video for its lead track “嘘嘘嘘嘘” (“Uso Uso Uso Uso”) on her official YouTube channel. “Uso Uso Uso Uso”, like several of AZKi’s tracks, is produced by production team SCRAMBLES, now known as T.S.I. Ichiro Iguchi took the producing role this time around as he takes AZKi though a more heavy rock composition in which her more emotional and cheerful style becomes infused with the heavy bass sound. without U will have several producers such as T.S.I., fellow V-Tuber Same no Poki, USAGI Production, and TEMPLIME, just to name a few. The album will be released with thirteen tracks total and two CD-only editions simply called Type A and Type B. Not much is different between the two editions except that the covers and the pre-order items are different. 

Along with album news, AZKi also announced a brand new live concert lovingly called REPEAT THiS LiFE WiTH U, scheduled for December 29 at Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Harevutai. The event will have several tiers of tickets which you can pre-order here.

Check out the music video for “Uso Uso Uso Uso”, the trailer for without U, and pre-order links for the album below!

Type A

Type B

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Track listing:

1.without U

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : RD-Sounds

2.コトノハ

Lyrics / Composition : KAZUKI SATO(T.S.I/SCRAMBLES) / Arrangement : SCRAMBLES / Produce : T.S.I(SCRAMBLES)

3.嘘嘘嘘嘘

Lyrics / Composition : ICHIROU IGUCHI(T.S.I/SCRAMBLES) / Arrangement : SCRAMBLES / Produce : T.S.I(SCRAMBLES)

4.自己アレルギー

Lyrics / Composition : SATOSHI TOYOSUMI(T.S.I/SCRAMBLES) / Arrangement : SCRAMBLES / Produce : T.S.I(SCRAMBLES)

5.虹を駆け抜けて

Lyrics / Composition : ICHIROU IGUCHI(T.S.I/SCRAMBLES) / Arrangement : SCRAMBLES / Produce : T.S.I(SCRAMBLES)

6.ちいさな心が決めたこと

Lyrics / Composition : AZKi/ Arrangement : SCRAMBLES / Produce : T.S.I(SCRAMBLES)

7.世界は巡り、やがて君のものになる

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : SAME NO POKI

8.Midnight Song

Lyrics : tamu(USAGI Production) / Composition・Arrangement : Batsu(USAGI Production)

9.Reflection

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : KABOSNIKKI(TEMPLIME)

10.のんびりと、

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : POTE

11.フロンティアローカス

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : HAMU & clocknote.

12.リアルメランコリー (TEMPLIME Remix)

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : WATARU SENA

13.Starry Regrets(BATSU Remix)

Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement : HAMU

Gospellers announce mega album

Vocal group Gospellers announced their brand new compilation album titled G25 -Beautiful Harmony- which will drop December 18. The Gospellers are celebrating 25 years in the music industry and they are going big. This album will contain songs going back to their debut single “Promise” which came out in 1994, all the way to their latest single “VOXers” which just came out this October 30. The total number of tracks will amount to a whopping 58. G25 -Beautiful Harmony- is being released in two editions, a five-disc CD-only standard edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. It has yet to be revealed what will be on the Blu-ray but pre-orders are up and will be posted below along with “VOXers” so you can get a small taste of their upcoming album.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Shuka Saito raises the heat to 36 degrees with new single!

Popular voice actress-turned-vocalist Shuka Saito announced that she will be unleashing her first single “36℃ / Papapa” November 20.  This will be her latest release following Saito’s breakout hit mini-album くつひも (Kusuhimo) which dropped back in August. Currently “Papapa” is being used for the popular slice of life anime ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? which Saito also stars in.

“36℃ / Papapa” will be available in three editions: a CD-only standard edition, CD + DVD limited edition, and CD + DVD special edition. Not much differs between the three editions except that the standard and limited edition will both include the instrumental for “36℃” while the special edition will include a TV size version for “Papapa” along with the track’s instrumental version. The DVD for the limited edition will include the music video for “36℃” while the special edition will include the no-credit version of the opening of ORESUKI and the special edition will include a unique anime exclusive cover.

Check out Saito’s first solo music video “Kutsuhimo” along with the pre-order links for all three editions below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition 

Special edition 

Track listing:

Shuka Saito「36℃ / Papapa」

36℃ Limited edition

CD

01. 36℃ 　　

02. パパパ 　　

03. ハイタッチ 　　

04. 36℃ -Instrumental-

DVD

・36℃ -Music Video-

Special edition 

CD

01. 36℃ 　　

02. パパパ 　　

03. しゅしゅしゅ

04. パパパ -TV size-

05. パパパ -Instrumental-

DVD

・No-Credit version of the opening for ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me?

Standard edition 

CD

01. 36℃ 　　

02. パパパ 　　

03. ハイタッチ 　　

Kumi Koda hopes to break re(CORD)s with new album!

Superstar Kumi Koda dropped the cover art for her upcoming album re(CORD) being released November 13. This will be her latest album since DNA back in August of last year and will be her sixteenth overall.

re(CORD) will be released with fourteen tracks total and it will include popular track “STRIP” along with a remix for Hiromi Go’s chart-topping hit “GOLDFINGER ‘99” rebranded as “GOLDFINGER 2019”. The album will also be dropping with three editions including a CD-only standard edition and CD + DVD/Blu-ray limited editions. The DVD and Blu-ray will include music videos for several tracks along with a dance version music video for Koda’s track “k,”. Pre-order re(CORD) in the links below!

Standard edition

DVD Limited edition 

Blu-ray Limited edition

Track listing:

Kumi Koda「re(CORD)」

CD

01. DO ME

02. GET NAKED

03. STRIP

04. k,

05. Rich & Famous feat. Sean Paul

06. again

07. Merry Go Round

08. Eh Yo -re(CORD) edit-

09. GOLDFINGER 2019

10. プチョヘンザッ!!!

11. Summer Time

12. OMG

13. SHUTOUT

14. Livin' La Vida Loca

DVD / Blu-ray

・k, [Music Video]

・k, -dance version- [Music Video]

・again [Music Video]

・GOLDFINGER 2019 [Music Video]

・Livin' La Vida Loca [Music Video]

AKB48's Moeka Yahagi announces graduation

In a shocking move, Moeka Yahagi announced she will be graduating from AKB48 after only being with the group for a year and a half. Moeka was recently the center of the group’s most recent song “Sustainable”. The news came via an announcement made on the Fuji TV series Mirai Monster broadcast October 27. On AKB48’s official blog Moeka thanked the fans who have watched and supported her over the last year and a half. She will officially graduate February 1, 2020. We wish the best in her future endeavors.