EGOIST Teams Up With M2U For New Single

Pop music duo EGOIST is teaming up with popular Korean composer M2U for a brand new single titled “Saigo No Hanabira (The meaning of love)”, which came out on April 13. The new song combines melancholic piano melodies with ephemeral, powerful vocals by Chelly. Ryo from rock band supercell has produced every song for EGOIST since the group’s inception, but for this track Ryo worked much more as a general supervisor. The new single is only available on digital platforms but if you want to get a taste for EGOIST then be sure to check out their song “Welcome to the *fam” in the video below.

SHE IS SUMMER Wants to Meet the Beautiful Side of You in Latest Music Video!

Music Corner alum SHE IS SUMMER released the music video for her latest track “綺麗にきみをあいしてたい” (Kirei ni Kimi wo Aishitetai”) on her official YouTube channel. Kicking off her fourth anniversary with her SHE IS SUMMER solo project, MICO brings out her upbeat and quirky self with this one. Composed by the brother-sister unit Plastic Plastic and written down by both MICO and Sho Yamamoto, “Kirei ni Kimi wo Aishitetai” brings fans the MICO they love with a unique composition paired with a bubbly vocal style. 

MICO also released the track across all digital music streaming platforms, available here. Be sure to also check out the music video in question below!

Rei Yasuda Takes Us Through The Dark in New Single

Artist Rei Yasuda announced she will be releasing a brand new single titled “through the dark”, which is set to drop May 27. “Through the dark” is being used for the fantasy anime Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE as the ending theme. Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE started airing on April 6. 

“through the dark” is being released in three editions total including a standard CD-only edition, a limited edition which will come with a bonus DVD, and a limited pressing edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. The DVD will feature the music video along with a making-of video and the Blu-ray will feature a creditless ending for Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE. Preorders are posted below along with a complete track listing. Lastly, Yasuda uploaded the music video for “through the dark” on YouTube, also available below.

Standard edition

Limited edition

Limited pressing edition

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Rei Yasuda「through the dark」

Limited Edition

CD

01. through the dark

02. through the dark （Instrumental）

DVD

01. 「through the dark」Music Video

02. 「through the dark」Making Video

Standard Edition

CD

01. through the dark

02. through the dark （Instrumental）

Limited Pressing Edition

CD

01. through the dark

02. through the dark （Instrumental）

Blu-ray

・TV Anime「Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE」Creditless Ending 

Tuneback Tuesday - Second Week of April

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 April for both 2010 and 2015, when boy group NEWS and mega idol group SKE48 reigned supreme with “Sakura Girl” and “Coquettish Jūtai Chū”, respectively. But just what exactly made these songs so great?

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“Sakura Girl” - NEWS

“Sakura Girl” was the fourteenth single by NEWS, who in 2003 released their first single, “News Nippon”, which hit number one. NEWS has consistently released number one songs since their debut and it is easy to see why with this track in particular. “Sakura Girl” has a fun, catchy melody sung expertly the guys. It’s got a light and whimsical feel which is enjoyable for the listener. “Sakura Girl” was written by Heroism along with Hacchin 'Maya and was composed by Heroism. The track sold over 195,000 copies in its first week and would go on to hit platinum. 

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“Coquettish Jūtai Chū” - SKE48

“Coquettish Jūtai Chū” was the seventeenth single released by the ever-popular idol group SKE48. Debuting in 2008 as a spin-off to the super popular idol group AKB48, SKE48 has always had a huge fanbase and it is easy to see why with “Coquettish Jūtai Chū”. This is one fun, high energy number that really gets the listener going. You can truly hear the fun energy that the girls give off here. The song was written by Akimoto Yasushi, composition was done by Fujimi Takafumi, and was arranged by Yu Sasaki. “Coquettish Jūtai Chū” would go on to sell over half a million copies in its first week on the chart, easily taking the number spot for this week in 2015.

Aimer Brings Enjoyment to Fans By Releasing Several Music Videos!

After the successful release of their latest single “春はゆく / marie”, vocalist Aimer announced that she will be releasing full versions of several of her music videos in celebration of her official YouTube channel reaching over one million subscribers. She will be unleashing ten videos, all which are from 2014-2019, and they will be tracks from singles, mini-albums, and full albums.

Subscribe to Aimer’s official YouTube channel and check out one of the released tracks, “We Two”, below!

Released Music Videos

・We Two

・Stand By You

・茜さす

・カタオモイ

・insane dream

・ninelie

・Brave Shine

・broKen NIGHT

・誰か、海を。

・StarRingChild