Ariana Grande will be dropping her sophomore album ‘My Everything’ in Japan on August 25 and as a bonus track, her popular song ‘Baby I’ gets an overhaul via Japanese violinist Hakase Taro. The violinist is probably best known outside of Asia for his work on Celine Dion‘s “To Love You More”. The two first met during Ariana’s first Japanese show case in January and impressed by the violinist, she offered a collaboration through the staff which was then realized.
Take a listen below. Do you like this version?
GLAY vocalist TERU has revealed he will soon quit Twitter: “once I achieve 20,000 tweets, I will graduate from using Twitter.”
TERU began using Twitter back in December 2009. He has since amassed 300k followers and has tweeted over 19,000 times, sharing short anecdotes and communicating with fans.
He also tweeted, “For some reason, every word seems like it’s valuable. All in all, I’ll consider signing up for a new SNS site so our relationship doesn’t disappear.”
Dance and vocal group Vimclip have released their new single ‘SEX YOU UP‘ today.
The title track ‘SEX YOU UP’ is described as a mid-tempo song with a “back to disco” adult sound. According to the video’s YouTube description, the (questionable) lyrics “help a girl become lady” and discuss “the feelings men have while taking the lead and going on a date with their girlfriend”.
Check out the teaser below.
After two and a half years of inactivity, Oricon reports it was decided AKB48 subunit DiVA will return with a brand new song from legendary producer Tetsuya Komuro.
This news was announced Wednesday on AKB48’s evening time slot for radio program ‘All Night Nippon’ by group members Sae Miyazawa and Ayaka Umeda. But with this exciting development comes change and most likely disappointment.
The group will change their name from DiVA to DIVA, release a single, an album, hold a live and finally disband officially.
Three member indie chart topping band Akasick has released a video filled with all your favorite summer activities for ‘Super Summer Line~kieta hazu no serebu no aitsu~‘.
The single has a limited release at the book and variety store Village Vanguard on August 27th. A limited quantity will come with a special tin badge and t-shirt designed by KASICO.
Check out the video below!
Ahead of the release of debut album ‘prismatic telescope’, next-generation Art band Shikisai Puzzle has released the PV for the lead song ‘shikijitsu‘.
The video contains footage of the band performing the song while colorful flashing textures and patterns are projected onto them.
Check it out below!
Kanjani8, the Kansai group that pulls off the crazy and hilarious like no else can in Johnnys, who dresses up as Rangers, yet sidetracks as a band from time to time, commemorated their 10th year anniversary with ‘Jussai’ (Ten Festival) at the Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium last August 10 and 11. There was worry for the outdoor event due to typhoon. Heavy rain actually started falling from the opening but eventually cleared midway.
Despite the rain, they kick-start the ‘festival’ with ‘Naniwa Iroha Bushi’, entering the stage on floats with lanterns matching the festival theme. They also expressed their gratitude to Johnnys Jimusho- seniors to juniors- which they showed by doing a Johnnys medley! They sang to Original Smile, Seishun Amigo, and attempted Real Face. Perhaps the most buzzed about is Kanjani8’s performance of A-RA-SHI- completed by donning Arashi’s see-through debut costumes- and Kanjani8 singing a NEWS song, Weeeek!
Previously, we reported on “FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri” guest list. This event is considered to be the summer version to the end of year “FNS Kayousai” so there’s a ton of big names performing.
This year’s show will air tomorrow, August 13th starting at 7PM JST! One of the highlights of the FNS shows are the special collaborations and this year is no exception. With collabs like Kawamoto Makoto x Nakagawa Shoko performing the opening theme to 90s anime, Rurouni Kenshin, this show is bound to be a hit.
Please check out the collaborations and streaming links below!
