November 12, 2019

Ryo Nishikido lifts the curtain on his solo album!

November 12, 2019/ Ken

Former Kanjani8 star Ryo Nishikido divulged more information about his upcoming solo album NOMAD. Dropping December 11, NOMAD will be the latest release by Nishikido since his departure from Kanjani8 back in September and, as previously reported, will be tonally different from his work during his Johnny’s Entertainment days. The album will feature eleven tracks with Nishikida standing out on his own, as all tracks were written, composed, and produced by Nishikido himself. The album will also be available in three editions including a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. Not much is different between the three editions except that Type A will include music videos for lead track “Nomad” and “Point of Departure” while Type B will include a documentary of behind-the-scenes footage of Nishikida’s current live tour 「Ryo Nishikido LIVE TOUR 2019 "NOMAD”」along with an exclusive photo book. Not to be outdone by the limited editions, the standard edition will include an additional twelfth track titled “Potential”. Pre-order NOMAD in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Track listing:

Ryo Nishikido「NOMAD」

01. ノマド

02. ホンキートンクラプソディ

03. 狛犬

04. オールドスクール

05. ヤキモチ

06. いとしのエリ

07. Point of Departure

08. バッジ

09. 罰ゲーム

10. アンブレラ

11. ノマド -Piano ver-

12. Potential（※Include only on the Standard edition）

miwa is bringing in the holidays with new single!

November 12, 2019/ Luna

Japanese pop singer-songwriter miwa announced she will be releasing a new single entitled “Storyteller/Teenage Dream”, a double A-side single, December 25! The track “Teenage Dream” is being used as the intro theme to popular anime Boruto, the sequel to Naruto.

“Storyteller/Teenage Dream” will be released in three editions: a CD + DVD limited edition, CD-only regular edition, and a CD-only limited pressing edition. The limited pressing edition is only available until February 2020 and will boast exclusive packing. The track listing for each edition is currently TBA. You can pre-order your copies below and also check out miwa’s latest music video “Reboot”!

sumika takes the higher ground in new single

November 11, 2019/ Gray

Rock band sumika revealed they will be dropping a brand new double A-side single December 11 titled “Negai / Higher Ground” which will be their fourth major single released. “Higher Ground” is being used as the main theme for the second My Hero Academia movie titled My Hero Academia THE MOVIE Heroes: Rising which is to be released December 20.

“Negai / Higher Ground” will be available in three editions total including a standard CD-only edition, a limited edition that will come with a bonus CD, and a second limited edition that will have only one CD but will also include cards which will feature original illustrations on them from My Hero Academia. Pre-orders are already up and posted below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition with bonus CD

Limited Edition with illustrations

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Standard Edition

Necry Talkie introduces the masses to their zaniness with major label debut!

November 11, 2019/ Ken

Popular Music Corner alum Necry Talkie announced that they will be making their major label debut with album ZOO!! January 29. Since the group’s signing with Sony back in September, fans were waiting what seemed months on end for any news about their debut. This will be their latest release since Memories back in July and will be the band’s third album overall. ZOO!! will include hit tracks “深夜とコンビニ” (“Yoake to Conbini”) and “ボケナスのうた” (“Bokenasu no Uta”) and will total out to eleven tracks.

The album will also drop with both a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include footage from their latest one-band live which took place back in August from Tokyo’s Mynavi BLITZ Live House.

Check out their latest music video “音楽が嫌いな女の子” (Ongaku ga Kiraina Onnanoko”) along with the pre-order links for ZOO!! below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Track listing:

Necry Talkie「ZOO!!」

01. 夢みるドブネズミ

02. 放課後の記憶

03. 北上のススメ

04. 夏の暮れに

05. ボケナスのうた

06. 深夜とコンビニ

07. 虫がいる

08. ぽんぽこ節

09. 涙を拭いて

10. 渋谷ハチ公口前もふもふ動物大行進

11. 朝焼けの中で

DVD

・Necry Talkie One-band Live 2019“ゴーゴートーキーズ！全国編「〆」”マイナビBLITZ赤坂

Sayaka Yamamoto shines new light on her career with preview of upcoming single!

November 10, 2019/ Ken

Vocalist Sayaka Yamamoto released a small preview for her upcoming single “追憶の光” (“Tsuioku no Hikari”) on Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel. Set for release November 20, “Tsuioku no Hikari” will be the latest solo single by Yamamoto since “Toge” back in September and will be her third overall since her graduation from NMB48. Produced by legendary composer Takeshi Kobayashi the single shows a different side to Yamamoto since her departure and focuses on her vocals with a ballad composition. The B-side track “stay free” was composed by Music Corner alum SIRUP and produced by Mori Zentaro. As previously reported, “Tsuioku no Hikari” will be available in two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. Not much is different between the two editions except that the standard edition will include an additional track while the limited edition will inlace the music video for “Tsuioku no Hikari” with a special behind-the-scenes making-of. Check out the preview in question along with the pre-order links for the single in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Track listing: