Last night, Fuji TV premiered its replacement for Sakigake! Ongaku no Jikan, Sakigake! Music. This week’s show featured talk segments: PUFFY x Bed In, Masaharu Fukuyama x Fujiwara Sakura, Rekishi x Anthony, Ikimonogakari, and RED RICE and SHOCK EYE of Shonan no Kaze.
On April 5, a group of artists under the collective name “sportsmusicassemblepeople” released on album titled “For My Homiez.” The album is an ode to SMAP, or as they put it, a “tribute to S.M.A.P. MOB.” The album is composed of reworkings of SMAP songs done in various hip hop and electronic music styles. On the songs, the artists rap about SMAP, Johnny & Associates, and Johnny Kitagawa. Check out more information on “For My Homiez” after the jump!
Last year, idol group Kamen Joshi made a blip on the radar of the Japanese entertainment industry when their single “Genkidane☆” debuted at #1 on the Oricon single chart. They did this by releasing their single in January, a notoriously slow time for releases, and by releasing 12 versions of their single, each with different content. They’ve since fallen back into irrelevance, but it appears as if they want to change that…
The group has now released a video on their YouTube channel in support of Donald Trump, the demagogue billionaire who is currently leading the Republican nominees that are campaigning in hopes to become the next president of the United States.
The video opens with some of the members of Kamen Joshi saying that they want to “Make America Great Again”, Trump’s campaign slogan, while wearing Trump t-shirts. They then perform the choreography of “Genkidane☆” while the song plays. While this is happening, there is a ticker at the bottom displaying various phrases, including Trump’s rallying cry of “Build the wall!” (the one he wants to build to keep Mexicans out of the country), “We want to come to America legally”, and “Can’t stump the Trump-sama!”
Check out the mess after the jump!
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This week’s guests were Perfume and T.M.Revolution.
Perfume – FLASH
T.M.Revolution – Committed RED
This week’s guests were PUFFY, Fujii Fumiya, Fujifabric, and Furuuchi Toko.
PUFFY x Fujii Fumiya – Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi
Fujifabric – Polaris
Fujii Fumiya – Tomo yo
PUFFY x Fujifabric – Ai no Shirushi
Fujii Fumiya x Furuuchi Toko – Another Orion