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Fully four years after the release of their previous album, pop-rockers SEKAI NO OWARI have announced that they will be releasing three brand new records next year.  The first two, titled “Eye” and “Lip” respectively, will be released simultaneously on February 27th, while the third, “Chameleon,” will be the group’s first full-length release under their English moniker End of the World and is expected to hit store shelves next spring.

“Eye” has been described as a record built from the band’s condensed ‘madness,’ while “Lip” is intended to demonstrate the popular appeal which is unique to SEKAI NO OWARI.  The former’s Limited Edition will come packaged with a DVD containing live footage from the group’s outdoor concert “INSOMNIA TRAIN,” while the latter’s will include a Music Video collection.  Following these two releases, the band will embark on an arena tour starting next April.

Though information about all of these releases is scarce as of yet, you’ll find the cover art for both “Eye” and “Lip,” plus the group’s recently released PV for “Illumination” right after the cut.

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Earlier this year we reported that popular rock band RADWIMPS will be releasing their latest studio album “ANTI ANTI GENERATION” on December 12th.  Though they have already unveiled a music video for album track “Sokkenai,” the group have now published an additional PV for “PAPARAZZI ~＊Kono Monogatari wa Fiction Desu~” to their YouTube channel.

This Tetsuya Nagato-directed video attempts to bring the track’s lyrics to life, with actors playing the parts described in frontman Yojiro Noda‘s rap.  What starts as a young child asking his father about the latter’s job as a paparazzo turns into a blistering critique of the profession as an additional perspective intrudes on their conversation.

You’ll find the full version of this cinematic music video, as well as radio rips of the band’s collaboration tracks with ONE OK ROCK’s Taka and singer/songwriter Aimyon right after the jump.

Pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa who announced their disbandment last September will reunite for one night only at Johnny’s Countdown Live to be held at Tokyo Dome on January 31. This will most likely be Takizawa’s last stage before retiring from entertainment activities at the end of the year to focus on his work as a producer. Tsubasa has finished his contract and retired from the company last September to focus on his medical treatment. He’ll be the first to appear at the Countdown as a former talent.

Last month we reported that up-and-coming singer/songwriter THE CHARM PARK would be releasing his major debut album “Timeless Imperfections” this week on December 5th.  Now that this date has arrived, he has chosen to upload the music video for the record’s second lead track “Imperfection” to avex’s YouTube channel.

This PV, which was directed by Shuichi Bamba, features Charm’s performance of the track in a number of different locales – such as a city and the center of a lake.  A digest which contains previews of the double album’s remaining tracks, including tie-in songs “For You” and “Wonderland,” has also been made available.

You’ll find both this digest and the PV for “Imperfection” below.

Hit drama “Ossan’s Love” has heeded fans’ call for a return. It was announced that a movie will be released in the summer of 2019! The comedy drama aired on TV Asahi from May 2018 and features Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) in a love triangle with his boss Kurosawa Musashi (Yoshida Kotaro) and co – worker Maki Ryota (Hayashi Kento). During its 6th and 7th (final) episode broadcast, the drama title took the top place of Twitter’s world trends. It also made it to the top 10 Popular Word of 2018.

Bilingual boy band INTERSECTION is back again with their third digital single of the year.

Consisting of members mixed with Japanese and American decent the boys made their debut back in October with the release of their single “Heart of Gold”. They returned the following month with the single “Falling“.