COLOR CREATION Announces Hiatus!

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Five-member boy vocal unit COLOR CREATION announced that they will be going on hiatus at the end of October. The reason for the hiatus was explained on their official site. With live concerts being restricted due to the ongoing pandemic, each member was given more time to think about their own future. This, coupled with the illness of member KAZ, gave the finality of the decision. KAZ commented, “…we decided to go on hiatus from COLOR CREATION and will focus on individual projects. We would like to thank the fans for their continued support and encouragement when each member begins his own path.” There are also comments from the five members on their official website. (Japanese Only) 

The announcement comes shortly before the release of the group’s upcoming second album, SECOND PALETTE, that will drop on September 23.

We at OTY would like to thank COLOR CREATION members RIOSKE, TAKUYA, JUNPEI, KAZ, and YUUTO for their contributions to the music industry and wish them well on their future endeavors. 

ARASHI is at Fans Beck and Call with Upcoming Release!

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Popular five-member boy group ARASHI announced that they will be releasing a brand-new single, “Whenever You Call,” on September 18 across all digital music streaming platforms. This will be the latest release by the group since “Kaito” back in July and will be a part of the ongoing barrage that the group has been taking towards the digital music scene. Written and produced by artist Bruno Mars, the track will be an upbeat medium ballad with full-length English lyrics. 

Mars commented that he wrote the tune for ARASHI after listening to their songs and watching several of their live performances. The group had announced that it was an honor to work with Mars, adding that “he directed each of our vocals and the song has a great feel, so we hope that the fans look forward to it!”

As we look forward to this monumental release check out their latest music video “IN THE SUMMER” below!

 

Mika Nakashima Shows She's No Joker With Upcoming Album!

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Popular vocalist Mika Nakashima announced that she will be releasing a brand new album, JOKER, October 7. To honor her twentieth year in the Japanese music industry, this will be her latest album release since TOUGH back in 2017 and will be her ninth album overall. The album will drop with fourteen tracks and include hit song “KISS OF DEATH” and “A or B” along with Nakashima’s self-composed rock number “Justice”. The album will drop with two editions including a CD-only standard edition and a CD+DVD limited edition. The DVD will include not only music videos of several tracks from the album but also a special acoustic studio live.

Nakashima commented about the album, stating, “It’s been about three and a half years since I released an original album, but thanks to that I got various amounts of different tunes and emotions that I want to tell. I feel that this has become a piece that I will never get tired of listening to as I look forward to sharing this with the fans. It's my 20th anniversary in the industry but I don't have many chances to meet fans directly due to the pandemic right now, but I'm looking forward to seeing them again, live with this album.”

For those who are not familiar with Nakashima’s work, check out her song “雪の華” (“Yuki no Hana”) along with the pre-order links for JOKER below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition

Mika Nakashima「JOKER」

CD

  1. ノクターン　

  2. A or B

  3. KISS OF DEATH（Produced by HYDE）

  4. Good Bye

  5. DESIRE

  6. So What

  7. Justice　

  8. 無垢なるもの（Marie starring MIKA NAKASHIMA / 作曲MIYAVI）

  9. Happy Life（中島美嘉×Salyu / Produced by 小林武史）

  10. 彩恋～SAI_REN～

  11. innocent

  12. ドミノ

  13. 夜が明ける前に

  14. 虹が出たら君に逢いに

Limited Edition DVD

Music Video

  1. A or B

  2. KISS OF DEATH（Produced by HYDE）

  3. イノサンRouge　＜Marie Starring MIKA NAKASHIMA＞

  4. ノクターン

  5. Justice　

Mika Nakashima Special　Studio Live

  1. innocent

  2. KISS OF DEATH（Produced by HYDE）

  3. ノクターン

  4. A or B

Sexy Zone's So Matsushima Returns To The Stage

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So Matsushima of Sexy Zone announced he will be resuming activities as soon as possible. Matsushima stopped working with the group back in November 2018 when he was diagnosed with sudden panic disorder. Over the course of his treatment he expressed his desire to continue working with the group. We here at OTY wish him the best of luck.

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The Lethal Weapons Shakes Up the Ceremony with Upcoming Single!

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Japanese and American electro-pop duo The Lethal Weapons announced that they will be releasing a brand new single “特攻！成人式” (“Tokko! Seijinshiki”) on September 30th. This will be the latest single done by the duo since “Half Price Time Sale” back in August and will be their second single overall. As the title implies, the theme of the song is based on the Japanese Seijinshiki (Coming of Age Ceremony) albeit with a splash of 80’s style that the duo is known for. The single will release with two tracks total and will drop with two editions, a standard edition and a limited edition, both of which are CD-only. However, in vintage style the limited edition will be released on a mini-disk. 

For those not familiar with the duo’s zany style check out their music video “Half Price Time Sale” and pre-order “Tokko! Seijinshiki” in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition 

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The Lethal Weapons「Tokko! Seijinshiki」

01. 特攻！成人式

02. 半額タイムセール（カラオケ）