Following a busy year with his band, warbear (Bird Bear Hare and Fish’s Yuuki Ozaki) has published an early recording of his latest solo track “Bubble Gum” to YouTube. This is the first sign of new music from Ozaki’s solo project since he released its self-titled debut album last December.
“Bubble Gum” builds on the folk influences that undergird warbear’s sound through the addition of a synth soundscape, the spacy new track paired with an animated video which sees snow gradually fill the screen.
You can find this early look at warbear’s newest song just after the jump.
Late last month we reported that blues rockers GRAPEVINE would be releasing their latest studio album “ALL THE LIGHT” next year on February 6th. Now the trio have chosen to make all of the information about the album, including its cover and track list, available to the public.
“ALL THE LIGHT” will deliver ten new songs from the band, including lead track “Alright”, all of which are based around the theme of ‘light’. The same can be said of the album’s cover art, which puts the focus on a simple yet striking white on black contrast.
You’ll find this cover and the record’s track list right after the cut.
On December 21, Music Station Super Live 2018 will air. The show’s performers include the likes of Arashi, Thelma Aoyama, Aimyon, Daichi Miura, Perfume, Keyakizaka46, Hoshino Gen, and King & Prince. The song list for the show has now been released. See who will be performing what below!
On December 24, CDTV will air a special Christmas episode, CDTV Special! Christmas Ongakusai 2018. The show will begin at 7 PM JST and end at 11:24 PM JST. The first set of performers was announced and the list includes names such as Hoshino Gen, Keyakizaka46, V6, EXILE, Kis-My-Ft2, JUJU, Nishino Kana, and DA PUMP. See who else is performing below!
This week, Sexy Zone topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Karakuri Darake no Tenderness / Suppin KISS”, selling 165,444 copies in its first week.
Kobukuro topped the Oricon album chart with their new best album “ALL TIME BEST 1998-2018”, selling 161,835 copies in its first week.
Uru topped the Oricon digital single chart with her single “Prologue”, selling 34,133 copies in its 6th week.
Kobukuro also topped the Oricon digital album chart with “ALL TIME BEST 1998-2018”, selling 7,993 copies in its first week.
Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Tohoshinki defeat back number and Aimyon. Aimyon is back this week, facing off against two newcomers and a blast from the past. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
Popular actors Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada have teamed up for a brand new CM! The duo will be starring in a nationwide campaign promoting FUJITSU’s cellphone “arrows Be”, in particular the latest model “F-04K”.
Applicable with the cellphone service provider docomo, the phone is available in three different colors. White, black, and pink.
One of the primary selling points is the phones durability. It claims that the phone has “crack-resistant structure” that successful passed a drop test on concrete from 26 different directions. The phone was dropped from 1.5 m!
Back in June singer Miliyah Kato released her 10th studio album titled “FEMME FATALE“. This album was quite special to Kato, in the sense that it would be her very last music release as a woman in her 20s.
Two days after the albums release on June 22nd, she celebrated her 30th birthday. Her turning the big 3-0 was a big deal, and touched upon certain aspects of it in an Ameba interview to promote “FEMME FATALE”.
