L'ArChristmas comes to Blu-ray for all the good boys and girls!

L’Arc~en~Ciel, formed in 1991 and one of the most popular and affluent rock groups, will be releasing a special Blu-ray Live 2018 L’ArChristmas December 18! The Live 2018 L’ArChristmas Blu-ray will feature the concert held December 20, 2018 at Tokyo Dome. There will be three dazzling editions: a Blu-ray + 2-CD limited edition, a Blu-ray regular edition, and a DVD regular edition. The limited edition comes with goodies for all the good girls and boys such as two live CDs, a photobook, four Christmas cards, and an ornament selected from four kinds! The regular Blu-ray and DVD edition just feature the concert itself. Also, if you secure the first pressing you receive a Christmas tote bag as a bonus. Mark this on your list today by pre-ordering your copy below.

Live 2018 L’ArChristmas

01. winter fall
02. Caress of Venus
03. snow drop
04. BLESS
05. 接吻
06. fate
07. Dearest Love
08. MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
09. Hurry Xmas
10. Driver's High
11. DIVE TO BLUE
12. 未来世界
13. 静かの海で
14. trick
15. X X X
16. Wings Flap
17. Link
18. White Feathers
19. Don't be Afraid
20. twinkle, twinkle
21. I Wish
22. 雪の足跡

lol tries to capture lightning in a bottle

Pop unit lol revealed they will be dropping their third album lightning March 20 of next year. The new album is looking to express lightning-like impact and flash with cool dance music. The total number of tracks has yet to be revealed but they have divulged songs such as “Like that!! Pt. 2 feat. Sanari” and “#love_xxx”. lightning is being released in three editions total including a standard edition which will be CD-only, a limited edition which will come with a bonus DVD, and a live edition which will come with its own unique bonus DVD. The limited edition DVD will feature music videos for a bunch of their songs including “Lolipop”, “Like That”, and “Sayonara Kisetsu”, just to name a few. The live edition DVD will feature clips from their upcoming lightning tour. Pre-order links are up and posted below along with the group’s most recent music video “Like that!! Pt. 2 feat. Sanari”.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Live Edition

THE BEAT GARDEN asks fans to be their Snow White with new music video!

Ahead of its December 4 release, four-member male idol group THE BEAT GARDEN released the music video for their track “Snow White Girl” on Universal Music Japan’s YouTube channel. This will be the latest single from the group since “ぬくもり“ (“Nukumori”) back in June and will be their ninth single overall. Just in time for the holidays, “Snow White Girl” takes a more wintry ballad composition relying on members’ vocal strength. “Snow White Girl” will feature three tracks total and will drop with two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include the music video for “Snow White Girl” and the making-of documentary for the single. Check out the music video in question along with pre-order links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition 

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Track listing:

THE BEAT GARDEN「Snow White Girl」

01. Snow White Girl

02. エピソード

03. Everyday

04. Snow White Girl (Instrumental）

05. エピソード（Instrumental）

06. Everyday（Instrumental）

Limited Edition DVD

01. Snow White Girl (Music Video)

02. Documentary of ”Snow White Girl” (Recording, Photo Shoot & Music Video

Wakana shows fans fall cherry blossoms with first EP!

Japanese vocalist, member of FictionJunction, and former member of popular vocal group Kalafina Wakana is set to release her debut EP Aki no Sakura November 20. Aki no Sakura comes hot on the trail of Wakana’s debut solo album which debuted this year in March and follows the release of her tour Wakana Live Tour 2019 -VOICE- at Nakano Sun Plaza which dropped September 25. Aki no Sakura will feature five tracks and comes to us in two beautiful editions, a CD + DVD limited edition and a CD-only regular edition. The CD + DVD limited edition will feature the music video and making-of for title track “Aki no Sakura”. Pre-order your copy below and check out the track listing and gorgeous cover art!

CD + DVD limited edition

CD + DVD limited edition

CD-only edition

Aki no Sakura

CD Tracklist

1. eve

2. Aki no Sakura (アキノサクラ; Cherry Blossoms of Autumn)

3. Koi wa Itsumo (恋はいつも; Love Is Always)

4. Orange (オレンジ)

5. Yuuyake (夕焼け; Sunset)

DVD Tracklist

1. "Aki no Sakura" Music Video

2. "Aki no Sakura" Music Video Making

Check out the beautiful song and video, Aki no Sakura below!

Sayaka Yamamoto debuts the alpha for solo career!

Before the release of her upcoming single “追憶の光” (“Tsuioku no Hikari”), popular vocalist Sayaka Yamamoto finally divulged more info about her new album. Strategically titled α (Alpha) and scheduled for release December 25, this will be the first album since Yamamoto’s departure from NMB48. α represents a beginning; Yamamoto hopes to use this album as a means for a fresh start following her career as an idol.  Dropping with eleven tracks total, α will include all three previously released singles and will be released with three editions: a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and a CD + DVD + photo book fan club edition. The DVD will include music video clips of several tracks along with the making-of for lead track “TRUE BLUE”. The fan club edition will also include behind-the-scenes footage of her on location shooting in London.

Check out the recently released preview of her track “Tsuioku no Hikari” along with the pre-order links for the standard and limited edition of α below!

Standard edition

Limited edition 

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Track listing:

Sayaka Yamamoto「α」

CD

01. unreachable

02. イチリンソウ

03. 追憶の光

04. feel the night feat. Kai Takahashi（LUCKY TAPES）

05. 君とフィルムカメラ

06. TRUE BLUE

07. stay free

08. 棘

09. Are you ready?

10. Homeward

11. Larimar

Limited Edition DVD

Music Video Clip

・イチリンソウ

・棘

・feel the night feat. Kai Takahashi（LUCKY TAPES）

・追憶の光

・TRUE BLUE

「TRUE BLUE」Making of Recording

Fan club Edition DVD

Music Video Clip

・イチリンソウ

・棘

・feel the night feat. Kai Takahashi（LUCKY TAPES）

・追憶の光

・TRUE BLUE

Making of Movie（London cover shooting、「TRUE BLUE」MV Filming、Photo book shooting.