Necry Talkie Tells Fans Recommendation of the North With New Music Video!

To celebrate the release of their major label debut, Music Corner alum Necry Talkie released the music video for their track “北上のススメ”  (“Kitakami no Susume”) on their official YouTube channel. Set to be a part of their major label debut album ZOO!! released this past week, “Kitakami no Susume” takes a more keyboard heavy composition mixed in with guitarist Asahi’s amazing picking skills. The track takes some inspiration from Tokusatsu songs of the 70s and 80s with a splash of modern Necry Talkie flair. The entire music video features a familiar Tokusatsu setting with a giant Mossa appearing at the end which will certainly attract fans to them even more so.

As previously reported, ZOO!!  will be released with eleven tracks and 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 in question along with the pre-order links for ZOO!! below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

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Track Listing:

Necry Talkie「ZOO!!」

CD

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

Limited Edition DVD

Necry Talkie One-band Live 2019 “Gogotokisu! Tokyo’s Mynavi BLITZ Live House

01. ゆるふわ樹海ガール

02. ジャックポットなら踊らにゃソンソン

03. きらいな人

04. レイニーレイニー

05. めっちゃかわいいうた0

06. こんがらがった！

07. 涙を拭いて

08. だけじゃないBABY

09. あの子は竜に逢う

10. 深夜とコンビニ

11. ぽんぽこ節

12. 夕暮れ先生

13. 許せ！服部

14. 音楽が嫌いな女の子

15. オシャレ大作戦

16. 遠吠えのサンセット

Music Corner Week 36: Chiai Fujikawa

Chiai Fujikawa was inspired at the age of three to enter the Japanese music industry thanks to the fact that her grandfather was an Enka musician. She worked in a factory after she graduated high school until 2015 when she won a vocal audition to become a member of an idol music group called Maneki Kecak. In 2018 She left the group to focus on her solo career. Since 2018 Chiai has been really busy, already releasing six singles and one album. She is currently signed under Nippon Columbia and just announced she will be dropping her second album which will come out this spring. In Chiai’s short career she has already won an award for 2020’s Anime Trending Awards for “Best Ending Theme” with her song “Kimi no namae” which was used in the mega popular anime The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Chiai really shines through with her beautiful voice; with it she is able to convey her passion and her compositions are really well done. With “Kimi no namae” the listener can really hear how moving her vocals are. She sings the chorus with such power and a grip which really pulls the listener in.

If you are interested in more of Chiai’s work, her YouTube page has all of her music videos to date and her Apple Music page has all of her works since she signed under Nippon Columbia. Chiai’s official webpage will keep you up-to-date on all of her upcoming releases, along with her Twitter.

Kaela Kimura Zig Zags Through New Mini-album!

Japanese singer, songwriter, actress, and model, Kaela Kimura, is bringing fans a treat with her latest mini album Zig Zag which will drop March 4! This will be Kaela-san’s second mini-album which is hot on the trail of her tenth studio album, Ichigo, which released July 2019 and commemorated her fifteenth year in the Japanese music industry. Several of the tunes on Zig Zag have been used as theme songs to popular Japanese drama and TV programs. Examples include “Wish upon a star” and “Good morning Sun” which were both used for parasports anime Parabadminton along with theme song “Good Luck” which will be used for TV Asahi dorama Aribai kuzushi uketamawarimasu (Alibi defeats you).

Zig Zag will include a total of five zig-mazing tracks and is coming to fans in three zig-tastic editions: a CD + DVD Limited Edition, CD + Tote Bag Edition, and CD-only Regular Edition. The CD + DVD Limited Edition will include Kaela-san’s 15th Anniversary Festival Movies while the CD + Tote Bag Edition will include an exclusive tote bag which is a Kaela Kimura x Kousuke Kawamura collaboration; it will come in a random color. The tote bag edition is also a limited production edition. The first pressing of all editions will come with an exclusive sticker on CDJapan, so pre-order your copies below!

Kaela Kimura/Zig Zag

CD+DVD Limited Edition

CD+Tote Bag Edition

CD-only Regular Edition

Attentive CD Track listing

• Good Luck

• Ohayou, SUN (Good morning, SUN)

• Wish upon a star

• TBA

• TBA

DVD Track Listing

• 15th Anniversary Festival Movies

Check out Kaela Kimura’s latest Music Video “Continue” below!

Jaejoong is Bravo With First Single of the Year!

Korean pop vocalist and member of Tohoshinki is bringing a new single March 11 titled “Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!/Ray of Light”. This will be a double A-side single and Ray of Light will be used as the ending theme to the popular anime series Smile Down The Runway. “Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!/Ray of Light” comes hot on the tail of Jaejoong’s second Korean mini album Singing Love which released January 22 and his Japanese concert Blu-ray Arena Tour 2019 -Flawless- which dropped December 25, 2019.

“Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!/Ray of Light” will come in three editions: a CD + DVD Limited Edition, Limited Illustrated Cover edition, and a CD-only Regular Edition. The Limited Edition will include the music video for “Ray of Light” along with the creditless ending animation used in Smile Down The Runway. The Limited Illustrated Cover edition will feature exclusive cover art of Jaejoong and Chiyuki illustrated by Kotoba Inoya, creator of Smile Down The Runway. This edition will only be available until the end of March 2020. Get your copies at the links below and check out the track listing as well!

Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!/Ray of Light:

CD+DVD Limited Edition

CD Limited Illustrated Edition

CD-only Regular Edition

Track listing:

CD - Disc 1:

1. Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!

2. Ray of Light

3. Brava!! Brava!! Brava!!(instrumental)

4. Ray of Light(instrumental)

DVD - Disc 2:

1. Ray of Light(Music Video)

2. TVアニメ「ランウェイで笑って」ノンクレジット・エンディング (TV Anime “Smile Down The Runway” No credit ending.

ONEPIXCEL Continues On to Their Own Freedom With First Major Label Album!

Three-member idol group ONEPIXCEL announced that they will be dropping their first major label album, LIBRE, February 26. This is the latest release by the trio since their single “Final Call” back in May of last year. Taking on the premise of Freedom, the girls commented, stating to “go for your dreams with your youth, passion, and strength on your own rules.” With this premise, ONEPIXCEL hopes to shake up the industry in their own unique way.

LIBRE will drop with 13 tracks total and will include popular hits such as “Sparkle” and “Girl’s Don’t Cry”. The album will also be released in two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + music card limited edition which will include downloads from their third anniversary live which took place at WWW X back in 2018. Also included on the limited edition will be a track from their So So So Hot!!! Tour performance at duo MUSIC EXCHANGE last year.

Check out the music video for their latest track “Final Call” along with the pre-order links for both editions of LIBRE below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

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Track listing:

ONEPIXCEL「LIBRE」

01. DO IT, DO IT

02. Girl's Don't Cry

03. Final Call

04. Go My Way

05. Slow Motion

06. Sparkle

07. Summer Genic

08. Tell us!!!

09. Howling

10. LAGRIMA

11. TURN ME ON

12. Take Off

13. We Go Now

Limited Edition Music Card

ONEPIXCEL 3rd Anniversary Live 2018@WWW X

・LAGRIMA

・Blue Ocean

・Sparkle

・Girls Don't Cry

・TURN ME ON

ONEPIXCEL So So So Hot!!! Tour 2019@duo MUSIC EXCHANGE

・Final Call

・HOWLING

・Summer Genic

・Tell us!!!

・Take off