Rookie artist MACO, singer-songwriter from Hakodate, Hokkaido has released a new album (out 7/23), titled ’23’. MACO has made a name for herself by covering songs by Western artists such as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Ariana Grande and publishing it on youtube. Her version of Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ has so far gained over 5 million views.
Her covers though are not a direct translation of the English lyrics, rather they are her own interpretation into natural and rhyming Japanese, set to a piano backing track. For the new album ’23’, an album highlight medley was previously released previewing the 8 tracks which consists of cover songs as well as original music.
In April 2014, she released her first indie mini-album “22”, which topped the Japan iTunes album charts. She was subsequently signed by Universal Music Japan.
Album tracklist and videos of her covers below the cut. More of her videos can be found at her official youtube account – MACO CHANEL
Cutting of Contact After the Abortion and Having his Mother Interfere with the Confrontation…Is There Anyone to Blame for Johnny’s Morita Myuuto’s Unjust Behavior?!
Once again, a shocking scoop for Johnny’s has flow in. In the recent Shukan Bunshun, it was revealed by B-ko, the best friend of A-ko, that Johnny’s Junior Morita Myuuto impregnanted A-ko with whom he was in a relationship with and forced her to have an abortion. Nakai Masahiro of SMAP allegedly also did the same in the past.
To promote their upcoming 15th single, idol group SKE48 has posted short videos for the 4 new team-exclusive tracks.
The video for title track ‘Bukiyou Taiyou’ was released a couple weeks ago, but since this single comes in many version (9 if you must know), it was an opportunity to distribute the new songs between them.
Check out all the videos from this single below!
T.M.Revolution is preparing new single ‘Phantom Pain‘ for release on September 3rd.
In the ballad performed by Takanori Nishikawa himself, the song was originally used in a commercial for Delicare-M cooling cream ointment back in May.
In the TV spot, he is draped in fur and suddenly in heaven. While sweating, he belts the lyrics, “I want to scratch there but I can’t.” With many captivated by his performance in the commercial, the song finally finds itself onto a new release.
Previously, we announced that FujiTv would be hosting it’s annual “FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri”. This is considered by many to be the summer version to the end of year “FNS Kayousai”. This year’s show will air on August 13th from 7PM JST. As the date of the show nears, more artists are added to the ever growing performance list. This is the third batch of artists and it proves that show is not to be missed with artists such as Nishino Kana and Nogizaka46 in attendance.
Please check out the list below for the third round of artists!
Following the announcement of her new Parco campaign, faux-idol Seiko Oomori has posted a short choreography video for debut single ‘Kyurukyuru’ on her YouTube channel.
It features backup dancers from popular comedy duo Nihon Elekiteru Rengo. She then played Mibojin Akemi-Chan’s part in the viral ‘Dame yo~ Dame Dame’ skit (but Akemi-Chan was having NONE of that).
Check out the dance video and her single cover by Mika Ninagawa below.
On May 13th, Akihiro Yokoyama of Japanese thrash-metal veterans United passed away unexpectedly. He was 49 years old.
A memorial event for the late Akihiro Yokoyama of thrash metal band UNITED will be held on September 12. In addition to the member of UNITED, a plethora of other bands perform including kamomekamome, HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT, locofrank, HAWAIIAN6, idol group PASSPO☆ and more.
Today Koda Kumi released the short pv for her new single “HOTEL.” This is her 57th single and is set for release on August 6. Check out the summery video for her new song after the jump!
