The Artist List for the Kohaku Have been Revealed!

The initial artist list for the 71st NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen has been revealed. Currently there are twenty Red Team artists and twenty-one White Team artists that have been announced, with newcomers JUJU, BABYMETAL, milet, Tokyo Jihan, and NiziU from the Red Team and SixTONES, Snow Man, and Eito from the White Team. Artist GreeeeeN will be a special guest and this will be their first time to be a part of the Kohaku. Sakurazaka46 will also be a part of the program as well, making this their first big stage debut for the group since the rebranding.

We congratulate all the artists that will be on the Kohaku and look forward to this year’s show! Check out the full artist list below!

71st NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

Red Team

Aimyon(2)

Sayuri Ishikawa(43)

Fuyumi Sakamoto(32)

Sakurazaka46(First)

JUJU(First)

Superfly(5)

Yoshimi Tendo(25)

Tokyo Jihan(First)

NiziU(First)

Nogizaka46(6)

Perfume(13)

Hinatazaka46(2)

Foorin(2)

BABYMETAL(First)

Seiko Matsuda(24)

MISIA(5)

Kaori Mizumori(18)

milet(First)

LiSA(2)

Little Glee Monster(4)

White Team

Arashi(12)

Hiroshi Itsuki(50)

Eito(First)

OfficialHigeDandism(2)

Kanjani ∞(9)

Kis-My-Ft2(2)

King & Prince(3)

Hiromi Go(33)

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE(2)

Junretsu(3)

Masayuki Suzuki(3)

SixTONES(First)

Snow Man(First)

Kiyoshi Hikawa(21)

Masaharu Fukuyama(13)

Hey! Say! JUMP(4)

Gen Hoshino (6)

Mr.Children(2)

Hiroshi Miyama(6)

Keisuke Yamauchi(6)

Yuzu(11)

Special

GReeeeN(First)


s**t kingz Performs to Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator – Final Speech to Call for "Liberty and Justice"

Dance and performance troupe s**t kingz released a video performing to Charlie Chaplin’s “The Dictator – Final Speech”, 80 years after the film was released, to deliver a message to have humanity and kindness to make the world today a better place. “The Great Dictator” is a 1940 American political comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, and starred in by one of the legendary comedians Charlie Chaplin. The film received five Academy Award nominations. The film tells the story of a Jewish barber (Chaplin) who is mistaken for a dictator he resembles and is asked to take his place. At the film’s conclusion, he delivers the final speech to address peace and compassion.

Comments from s**t kingz

What brought us to create this video:

We have met so many people from all over the world through our work. The connections with those people beyond the nation and race led us to travel around the globe. We have realized that these experiences and the people we’ve met shaped us into who we are today and they’re our most valuable assets. There is so much going on in the world right now such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the chaos and discrimination brought by the pandemic. The problems associated with “Liberty and Justice” have been going around for a very long time in the world. As we witnessed people and our friends fighting against “discrimination” and the prejudice to "differences", we discussed our thoughts on this very sensitive matter. And we came to a conclusion that we should share our thoughts with the world.

The reason why we chose this movie:

We got to watch one of the greatest entertainers whom we have a huge respect for, Charlie Chaplin’s movie “The Great Dictator” during this time. He entertained so many generations by silent film, so the fact that he gave us a speech at the end of this movie inspired us so much. His stirring speech proposed “Liberty and Justice” for a better future. However sadly the same issues are still here decades later. So we created this video to call for “Liberty and Justice” in the world using the speech from “The Great Dictator”

Be sure to check out the amazing video below!

Morning Musume.'20 Wants To Be Squeezed In Latest Single

Long-running idol group Morning Musume.'20 has announced they will be dropping a brand-new double A-side single titled “Junjo Evidence / Gyusaretai Dakenanoni” which is set to be released on December 16. This was announced during the twenty-fourth birthday event that the group held on October 30. The new release will come eleven months after their last single which was “KOKORO & KARADA / LOVE Pedia / Ningen Kankei No way way” which dropped back in January. 

“Junjo Evidence / Gyusaretai Dakenanoni” is being released in five editions total: two standard CD-only editions, and three limited editions that will come with a bonus DVD. The limited-edition type A DVD will feature the making of and music video for “Junjo Evidence” while the limited-edition type B will feature the making of and music video for “Gyusaretai Dakenanoni.” Finally, the limited-edition Type SP will feature the “Dance Shot ver.” and the “Close-up ver” for both songs. Pre-orders are up and posted below along with the complete track listing for each edition. Lastly, be sure to check out their last single “KOKORO&KARADA” posted right below.

Standard Edition Type A

Standard Edition Type B

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Limited Edition Type SP

Morning Musume.’20「Junjo Evidence / Gyusaretai Dakenanoni」

Standard Editon Type A

1 Junjo Evidence

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni

3 Junjo Evidence (Instrumental)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Instrumental)

Standard Edition Type B

1 Junjo Evidence

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni

3 Junjo Evidence (Instrumental)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Instrumental)

Limited Edition Type A

CD

1 Junjo Evidence

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni

3 Junjo Evidence (Instrumental)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Instrumental)

DVD

1 Junjo Evidence (Music Video)

2 Junjo Evidence (Making of...)

Limited Edition Type B

CD

1 Junjo Evidence

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni

3 Junjo Evidence (Instrumental)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Instrumental)

DVD

1 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Music Video)

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Making of...)

Limited Edition Type SP.

CD

1 Junjo Evidence

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni

3 Junjo Evidence (Instrumental)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Instrumental)

DVD

1 Junjo Evidence (Dance Shot ver.)

2 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Dance Shot ver.)

3 Junjo Evidence (Close-up ver.)

4 Gyusaretai Dakenanoni (Close-up ver.)

KREVA Falls in Love Again with Daichi Miura for Upcoming Single!

Vocalist KREVA announced that he will be releasing a brand-new single, “Fall in Love Again” on December 23. Originally performed during his portion of the online, music 908 FESTIVAL ONLINE 2020, back in September, the track will be continuing the trend of teaming up with other vocalists, this time around being Daichi Miura. It will release alongside the song "Tanpopo feat. ZORN", which was dropped digitally back in October along with the instrumental version. "Fall in Love Again" is slated to be a love song expressing the feelings towards fans and friends. This will also be the fifth collaborative song done by KREVA so far, however, it will be a bit different as it will feature Daichi Miura, who has known KREVA throughout the industry for more than 10 years. Miura commented about the collab saying “Let's get together again and overcome the Corona Sorrow".

Currently, there isn’t much information about the single except that it will drop with two editions, titled Type A and B, both of which are limited editions and will release in a book-style packaging. In addition to the music video and making of the recorded songs, the limited edition A will include live footage of all 18 songs that were shown at the live "KREVA Streaming Live" 1 (Maruichi)" that was held in June.

Be sure to check out the preview for the track along with the pre-order links below!

Type A

Type B

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KREVA「Fall in Love Again feat. Daichi Miura」

CD

01. Fall in Love Again feat. 三浦大知

02. タンポポ feat. ZORN

03. Fall in Love Again feat. 三浦大知(Inst.)

04. タンポポ feat. ZORN(Inst.)

Limited Edition Type A DVD

01. KREVA Streaming Live「1(マルイチ)」 at Billboard Live TOKYO 2020.6.24

(01. パーティーはIZUKO? ~2019 Ver.~ 02. 国民的行事 03. 王者の休日 ~2019 Ver.~ 04. 人生 05. 基準 ~2019 Ver. 06. ストロングスタイル ~2019 Ver.~ 07. One feat. SONOMI 08. スタート ~2019 Ver.~ 09. アグレッシ部 ~2019 Ver.~ 10. 瞬間speechless11. かも ~2019 Ver.~ 12. EGAO 13. もしかしない 14. トランキライザー ~2019 Ver.~ 15. 素敵な時を重ねましょう feat. SONOMI 16. 涙止まれよ feat. SONOMI 17. ひとりじゃないのよ feat. SONOMI 18. 音色 ~2019 Ver.~)

02. Fall in Love Again feat. 三浦大知(Music Video)

03. タンポポ feat. ZORN(Music Video)

04. Fall in Love Again feat. 三浦大知(Making)

05. タンポポ feat. ZORN(Making)

MADKID Reboots Next Year With First EP

Five-member boy group MADKID has announced they will be dropping their very first EP, titled “Reboot,” which is set to be released on February 03. This year, MADKID has been kind of quiet with their only release being their single “Rai Rai Rai” on August 5 and before that, they released their album Circus on April 24 of 2019. 

“Reboot” is being released in two editions total: a standard CD-only edition, and a CD plus DVD edition. The full contents of this release have yet to be revealed, but pre-orders are up and posted below along with the music video for their song “Rai Rai Rai.”

Standard Edition

CD plus DVD Edition