TrySail Puts Fans Under A Spell With Latest Single!

Three-member vocal unit TrySail announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “ごまかし / うつろい” (“Gomakashi/ Utsurui”), March 11. This will be the latest single from the group since “Free Turn” back in January and will be their eleventh overall. “Gomakashi” is currently being used as the opening theme song for the magical girl anime マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝 (Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story) and “Utsurui” as the main story theme song for the accompanying mobile game. 

TrySail「Gomakashi/ Utsurui」Release Event

March 27, 2020 Aichi 

OPEN 18:15 / START 19:00

March 28, 2020 Osaka

OPEN 12:30 / START 13:30

March 28, 2020 Fukuoka

OPEN 17:30 / START 18:15

March 29, 2020 Tokyo

［Part 1］OPEN 15:00 / START 16:00

［Part 2］OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30

To celebrate the release of the single, TrySail will also hold several release events running March 27-29, the details of which you can check out to the right. “Gomakashi/ Utsurui” will be released with three editions including a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and a CD + DVD special edition. The limited edition DVD will include the music video for “Gomakashi” while the special edition DVD will include a non-credit opening for Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story. The special edition will also be released with a TV  and game sized version of “Gomakashi” and “Utsurui” respectively.

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Pre-order all the lovely editions of “Gomakashi/ Utsurui” in the links below.

Standard edition

Limited edition 

Special edition

Track listing:

TrySail「Gomakashi/ Utsurui」

Limited Edition / Standard Edition 

CD

01. ごまかし

02. うつろい

03. ごまかし -Instrumental-

04. うつろい -Instrumental-

Limited Edition DVD

・ごまかし -Music Video-

Special Edition 

CD

01. ごまかし

02. うつろい

03. ごまかし -TV ver.-

04. うつろい -GAME ver.-

05. ごまかし -Instrumental-

06. うつろい -Instrumental-

Special Edition DVD

・Non-credit opening for Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story.

Yuma Uchida Drops Lyric Video Ahead of New Single

Rapper Yuma Uchida’s new single titled “Over” dropped February 19, ahead of the new single. Yuma also dropped a lyric video for the second track on the single titled “Loser”. The video is only one minute and twenty seconds long so this only a small taste of the single, but worked really well to build hype. “Over” was released in two editions total, a standard edition which is CD-only and a limited edition which comes with a bonus DVD. Be sure to grab your copy today.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Tuneback Tuesday for the Fourth Week of February

Lets turn back the hands of time as we look back on the songs that helped establish the Japanese music industry on the Oricon Weekly Chart. This week we look back on the third week of February for both 2010 and 2015 where Johnny’s boy group KAT-TUN and debuting solo vocalist Subaru Shibutani reigned supreme with “Love yourself ～君が嫌いな君が好き～” “(Kimi ga Kirai ga Suki)” and “記憶/ココロオドレバ” “(Kioku/ Kokoro Odoreba)” respectively. But just what made these songs so great?

Released back in 2010, “Love yourself ～Kimi ga Kiraina Kimi ga Suki～” was the eleventh single done by Johnny’s boy group KAT-TUN and was composed by Tatsugoo of the vocal unit Ragdoll fame. The track was written by ECO whom the group have a history with and worked together in the past. Originally paired to become the theme song for member Kazuya Kamenashi’s then upcoming drama adaptation of the manga ヤマトナデシコ七変化 (The Wallflower), “Love yourself ～Kimi ga Kiraina Kimi ga Suki～ “ was written to convey the message of the drama, and is done perfectly. The track blends mysterious composition and on point vocal range that the group is known for. The single sold very strong, passing over 150,000 in it’s first day and ended strong with 354,231 copies being sold at the end of the first week. At the time, it held the second most consecutive number one singles sold since its debut. “Love yourself ～Kimi ga Kiraina Kimi ga Suki～” is also KAT-TUN’s latest single to sell past 350,000 since their seventh single “Don’t U Ever Stop” back in 2008. The single also achieved number nine for Billboard Japan’s Hot Singles Sales Year End for 2010 selling over 430,000 copies. 

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Exploring his more creative side from his lead vocal part of the popular Johnny’s group Kanjani 8, Subaru Shibutani made his solo debut back in 2015 with double A-side single “Kioku /Kokoro Odoreba”. Originally composed by Tatsuro Mashiko “Kioku” relies on Shibutani’s chilling vocal strength to make a strong showing of his solo debut and was used as the theme song for the musical drama movie 味園ユニバース (La La La at Rock Bottom), which Shibutani had also started in. “Kokoro Odoreba” was composed as the brain child of the collaborative efforts of Kazuki Inoue, Kusumi Hideo, and Peach and is a more upbeat in style and tone using instruments which was a rarity at the time such as the use of the Harmonica. The B-side tracks of the single “乗っかりトレイン”  (“Nokkari Train”) and “護り歌” (“Mamori Uta”) were composed by Shibutani himself, a talent that he would rely on more after leaving Kanjani 8 in 2019. Shibutani’s first voyage into the solo limelight paid off as“Kioku/ Kokoro Odoreba” sold over an astounding 101,000 copies. It was also the first single to reach that number for a solo artist since Kim Hyun Joong’s hit “HOT SUN” eight months prior.

Thanks for joining us in a look back and we and hope to see you next week!

CHANMINA Shows Her Picky Side in New Video!

Japanese rapper and singer-songwriter CHANMINA premiered her latest music video “Picky” Feburary 6th! “Picky” is the second song and video which has been released to promote CHANMINA’s upcoming releases “notebook -Me-” and “notebook -u-” which were slated to hit shelves February 19. You can read more about these releases in our previous articles. “Picky” is about a girl who knows what she wants and what she needs; she doesn’t need anyone to hold her back. It has a catchy chorus and beat so check out “Picky” below! The music video also includes the option of English or Japanese subtitles.

Jurina Matsui Announces Graduation!

In a bombshell announcement, Jurina Matsui will graduate from the 48 system in October. The news came from SKE48’s theater performance which took place this past week. Matsui, who originally joined the 48 system back in July of 2008, was one of the founding members of SKE48.

Matsui will be holding two graduation concerts September 26 and 27 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall, with her graduation performance taking place October 5, which will also coincide with her debut. With Matsui’s graduation from the 48 system, all initial twenty-three members of the original first generation of SKE48 will have graduated. Along with Minami Minegishi’s graduation later in the year, all original first generation members from both AKB48 and SKE48 will have graduated. We at OTY thank Matsui for all the hard work she’s done for the industry up until now and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors.