Last month, Arama! Japan ventured to Los Angeles to attend the music events “OTAQUEST LIVE” and “OTAQUEST KICKOFF.” The day before the events, a series of interviews took place at EXPG STUDIO LA BY LDH. The first of these interviews was with Yasutaka Nakata, followed by a joint interview with Sandaime J Soul Brothers members CrazyBoy and Hiroomi Tosaka. The final interview was with the recently reunited m-flo. Check out Arama! Japan’s interview with them below!
This week, TWICE topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Breakthrough”, with 28,555 points.
RADWIMPS topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their soundtrack “Tenki no Ko.”
Official HIGE DANdism topped the Streaming Songs chart for the tenth consecutive week with their single “Pretender.”
RADWIMPS topped the Download Songs chart for the second consecutive week with their digital single “Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru Kai.”
RADWIMPS also topped the Download Albums chart for the second consecutive week with “Tenki no Ko.”
Diva-in-training Airi Suzuki is finally back, this time with her very first solo single! Titled “Escape” it will be released on September 4th, 2019.
Back in June 2017 Airi parted ways with her group C-ute, and embarked on a solo career. In June 2018 she released her first studio album “Do me a favor” and held a bunch of successful tours.
On August 7, Sandaime J Soul Brothers will release their new single, “SCARLET.” The song is a collaboration with Afrojack, who produced the group’s 2015 hit “Summer Madness.”
On New Year’s Day, Sandaime J Soul Brothers declared that “RAISE THE FLAG” would be the group’s slogan for 2019, and that they would express the theme of “red, white, and blue” in their music. “SCARLET” is the expression of red.
Sandaime J Soul Brothers recently released a fiery and luxurious video for “SCARLET”, which can be found below, along with more information on the single!
This week’s guests were DA PUMP, THE RAMPAGE, and the quiet room.
DA PUMP – P.A.R.T.Y. ~Universe Festival~
THE RAMPAGE – WELCOME 2 PARADISE
the quiet room – Parade wa Owarisa
This week’s performers were Kaela Kimura, The Coinlockers, and Akira Yuki. Miura Haruma was the talk guest.
Kaela Kimura – BREAKER / Continue
The Coinlockers – Yuutsu na Sora ga Suki Nanda
Akira Yuki – Ippiki Ookami
Girl group Perfume has released the visuals for their highly anticipated BEST album titled Perfume the Best “P Cubed”.
This release is the groups third best album overall, and is being released in celebration of their 15th anniversary since making their major debut. The 3-disc collection will encompass their entire career, beginning with 2005’s “Linear Motor Girl”, up to their latest single “Mugen Mirai”.
This week’s guests were DA PUMP, KAT-TUN, and THE RAMPAGE.
DA PUMP – P.A.R.T.Y. ~Universe Festival~
KAT-TUN – GO AHEAD
THE RAMPAGE – WELCOME 2 PARADISE