CUBERS Steps Up to the Major Leagues With Upcoming Album!

Five-member male idol group CUBERS announced that they will be releasing their first major label debut album, MAJOR OF CUBERS, June 24. The single is to drop with their previously released major label singles “WOW”, “Major Boy”, and recently revealed track “Twilight”—CUBERS looks to hit the ground running even more so this time. With this upcoming thirteen track album, the group hopes to appeal to all genres through their collaboration with funk band Zainichi Funk with the track “全然今しかない” (“Zenzen Ima Shikanai”). MAJOR OF CUBERS will be available in two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + 2-DVD limited edition. The DVDs will include footage from the music videos for several tracks on the album along with footage from their CUBERS’ weekly show on the other DVD.

Check out the their latest music video “WOW” and pre-order MAJOR OF CUBERS in the link below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

CUBERS「MAJOR OF CUBERS」

CD

01. メジャーボーイ

02. 全然今しかない

03. WOW

04. Yeah! 僕らは変わらない

05. Twilight

06. Beautiful world

07. Please call me

08. Wonderland

09. 妄想ロマンス

10. Chi-Chi-Chi

11. Fire Dance

12. 空の上

13. 顔面国宝！それなー ※ボーナストラック

DVD DISC 1（Limited Edition Only）

Music Video

・「メジャーボーイ」Music Video

・「妄想ロマンス」Music Video

・「Fire Dance」Music Video

・「WOW」Music Video

・「顔面国宝！それなー」Music Video

・「全然今しかない」Music Video

・「全然今しかない」Music Video Making of

DVD DISC 2（Limited Edition Only）

TV Special TV Footage

・「週刊CUBERS」ディレクターズカット版

・「CUBERSの今日なにする～？」ディレクターズカット版

Aiko Yamaide Pierces Fans' Hearts With Upcoming Single!

Vocalist Akio Yamaide announced that she will release a brand new single, “Pierce”, April 29. This will be the latest release by the artist since her single “夏の恋の終わり” (“Natsu no Koi no Owari”) back in July of last year and will be her fourth single overall. Written and composed by the duo of Tousaka Megu and Takayuki Ota respectively, the track is dubbed one to “pierce” the industry with Yamaide’s vocals.

The single will be released with five tracks through only a CD-only standard edition. Check out Yamaide’s latest lyric video for the B-side track “3月なんて” (“SanGatsu Nante“) along with the pre-order link for “Pierce” below!

Standard edition

Aiko Yamaide「Pierce」

01. ピアス

02. 3月なんて

03. 君に出会えてよかった。

04. ピアス（Instrumental）

05. 3月なんて（Instrumental）

reGretGirl Shows Off Spring With Latest Music Video!

Ahead of their April 15 release, three-member band reGretGirl released the music video for their track “Spring” on their official YouTube channel. Directed by Satoshi Imamura of the production team THINGS, the music video shows off elegantly a coming of age, specifically what spring represents in Japanese culture. Playing alongside an equally amazing composition, “Spring” makes a great jumping on point for new listeners.

The single will be the band’s first and will include two tracks. It will be avilable only through a CD + DVD standard edition. The DVD will include footage from their coming soon tour which took place back in November of last year along with footage from their UmedaCLUB QUATTRO live event which was held in February.

Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order link for “Spring” below!

Standard edition 

reGretGirl「Spring」

CD

01. スプリング

02. インスタント

DVD

coming soonツアーDocument & 2020.2.15@ UMEDA CLUB QUATTRO LIVE Movie

01. 12月29日

02. キスの味

03. テレフォン

04. おわりではじまり

05. ホワイトアウト

Risa Satosaki Tells Fans Two Simple Words With Latest Music Video!

Vocalist Risa Satosaki released a brand new track, “Stay Home”, on her official YouTube channel. Satosaki wrote the song with a simple premise due to the COVID-19 virus urging citizens worldwide to stay at home to avoid spread. She commented that although it might be hard to do a simple act through the power of music she hopes to offer a ray of sunshine, promising that we will get through this together.

Give Satosaki a follow on Twitter and check out the music video in question below! And, of course, heed her words: STAY HOME!

Music Corner 42: Hi ☆ Five

Hi ☆ Five is a five-member boy group formed in December 2018 and debuted in April 2019. Watanabe Entertainment, a performing arts agency, announced that they would form a brand new idol group that would act as the brother group of MAG! C ☆ PRINCE, another boy idol group. The goal was to gather a group of “the most popular boys in the class” and all members are residents from the Tokai (central) region in Japan. The temporary name for the group was TOKAI School Boys. Watanabe Entertainment held an audition with over five thousand hopefuls. One of the winners was Takuma Hayashi, who had over one million followers on popular video app TikTok at the time of audition. 

In Hi ☆ Five’s short career they have had three singles, all of which have hit the top ten on the Oricon. All of these have been high energy pop songs that are a complete blast to listen to; they feature amazing harmonization and catchy melodies that could stay stuck in your head for days. The group’s second single “Heart Beat” is a fun upbeat summer song that really captures the rays of joy that people tend to feel in the summer heat. Even though it’s a lighthearted song the listener can really hear the vocal talent that these guys possess. 

The Hi ☆ Five all stars are Takuma Hayashi, Daigo Kato, Yuya Otani, Otomo Kai , and Yusuke Noguchi. Like all modern idol groups, they are represented by the colors red, blue, yellow, green, and purple. Follow Hi ☆ Five on their official website or their Twitter. All of their music is up on Spotify and Apple Music and their hit song “Heart Beat” is posted below.