AIMYON Says Goodbye To Today In Latest Video!

Japanese singer-songwriter AIMYON just released her latest music video “Sayonara Kyou ni” to promote her latest digital single which released for download and streaming on February 14! “Sayonara Kyou ni” is currently being used as the theme song for the popular TV program news zero. “Sayonara Kyou ni” is a beautiful tune whose composition and guitar blend with AIMYON’s strong smooth vocals. You can check out the video below to experience this fantastic track.

One N' Only Announces First Album

Korean boy group One N’ Only announced they will be dropping their very first album, titled ON’ O, April 15. One N’ Only got started in 2018 and in such a short time has already dropped two number one singles, “Dark Knight” and “Category/My Love”, which both debuted last year. The upcoming album will have nine songs which were previously released and six new songs which were recorded for the new album. ON’ O will be released in three editions total: the Type A edition will be CD-only, the Type B edition will also be CD-only but will feature two bonus songs from EEBiSH and  SBC, and the Type C edition will come with a bonus Blu-ray which will feature the group’s performance at Zepp Diver City on November 24 of 2019. Pre-orders are up and posted below along with their number one hit song “Dark Knight” so you can get a small preview of the new album. At the bottom is the full track listing as well.

Type A Edition

Type B Edition

Type C Edition

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ONE N' ONLY「ON'O」

CD

01. I'M SWAG

02. Dark Knight

03. Breathe

04. HOLIDAY

05. POP! POP!

06. Beautiful

07. Everything's changing

08. Don’t worry

09. Sexy Beach Party Yes!!

10. Category

11. Shut Up! BREAKER

12. My Love

13. もっと大きな愛で包み込むから...（ONE N' ONLY feat. K）

14. Destiny（ONE N' ONLY feat. JUNE）

15. Only One For Me

16. 恋はタイミング / EBiSSH（※TYPE-B Only）

17. 夏へダイビング / SBC（※TYPE-B Only）

TYPE-C Blu-ray

「ONE N' ONLY ～EBiSSH×SBC～ Zepp Tour 2019」

2019.11.24 Zepp DiverCity LIVE映像

01. LA DI DA

02. Black Hole

03. Don't worry

04. Dance section

05. Bla Bla Bla

Reina Ueda Shows Fans Her Sweet Dreams in Upcoming Album

Popular voice actress-turned-vocalist Reina Ueda announced that she will releasing a brand new album, Empathy, March 18. This will be the latest release from Ueda since her single “sleepland” back in February of 2018 and will be her first full-length album. Empathy will be released with eleven tracks total and drop with a CD-only standard edition.

Ueda will not be alone on this venture as the album will include various composed track from artists such as Kai Takahashi of LUCKY TAPES fame and ORESAMA with their tracks “Iolite” and “あまい夢” (“Amai Yume”), respectively. For initial promotion for Empathy Ueda also dropped the music video for “Amai Yume” on Lantis’ official YouTube channel.

Check out the video in question along with the pre-order links for Empathy below!

Standard edition

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Track listing:

Reina Ueda「Empathy」

01. アイオライト

02. あまい夢

03. Falling

04. ティーカップ

05. いつか、また。

06. きみどり

07. Another

08. aquarium

09. 旋律の糸

10. Campanula

11. Walk on your side

Tuneback Tuesday for the First Week of March

Let’s turn back the hands of time as we look back at the songs that made the Japanese music industry what it was on the Oricon Weekly Chart. This week we look back at the second week of February for both 2010 and 2015, where the mega-popular girl group AKB48 and Japanese boy group SMAP reigned supreme with “Sakura no Shiori” and “Karei Naru Gyakushu / Humor Shichau yo” respectively. But just what exactly made these songs so great?

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AKB48 [桜の栞]

By 2010, AKB48 had been around for a while but this was the year where AKB48 really took off and started a reign that they maintain to this day. “Sakura no Shiori” is the second song the group ever had chart at number one. Their previous release, “River” was the first song that hit number one and every song released since has claimed that #1 spot. “Sakura no Shiori” is the fifteenth single released by AKB48, composed by Hiroshi Uesugi, and written by Yasushi Akimoto. “Sakura no Shiori” is a slowing number with the band coming together to sound like a choir rather than an idol group. The track has excellent harmonization and uses vocal talent to help push the melody straight to the front. It managed to rack up 318,000 sales for its first week making it take the number one spot.

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SMAP [華麗なる逆襲/ユーモアしちゃうよ]

By this time in 2015, SMAP had been in the industry since 1991 and was wrapping an amazing career. SMAP is a five-member boy band that debuted in 1991 and disbanded in 2016. “Karei Naru Gyakushu / Humor Shichau yo” is the second to last single the group ever released. “Karei Naru Gyakushu” was composed by Shina Ringo and arranged by Youichi Murata while “Humor Shicahu yo” was written by Gonpachi Hiroshi, and composed by both Yoshiyasu Ichikawa and Machiko Tatsuro. SMAP shows years of fine-tuning and honing their craft for both tracks which are fun upbeat numbers that are expertly sung with excellent harmonization. “Karei Naru Gyakushu / Humor Shichau yo” managed to pull in 184,000 on this week of March 2015 securing it the number one spot.

Tsukiashi Amane Announces Graduation From HKT48

On February 12 Tsukiashi Amane announced that she will be graduating from HKT48. Amane’s graduation performance will be March 30. Further details about her graduation have not been revealed, including her hopes and plans for the future.  Amane debuted with the group in July of 2016 and was part of the group’s fourth generation. We at Ongaku to You wish Amane the best in her future endeavors.