This week’s guests were King & Prince, Lucky Kilimanjaro, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, and PRIKIL.

King & Prince – Odoru You ni Jinsei wo.

Lucky Kilimanjaro – Shukyu 8 Nichi

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN – kaleido proud fiesta

PRIKIL – FUN

This week’s guest was SKY-HI.

SKY-HI – everybody goes -Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop-Kick- (Mr.Children cover) / Bare-Bare

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This week’s guests were Macaroni Enpitsu, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Ryokuoushoku Shakai, King & Prince, and NiziU.

Macaroni Enpitsu – Hoshi ga Oyogu

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN – kaleido proud fiesta

Ryokuoushoku Shakai – Hiwa Mata Noboru kara

King & Prince – Lovin’you

NiziU – ASOBO

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will return after a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic on April 15 – 17 and 22 – 24. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will perform at the festival as was planned in 2020.

In a surprise move, Hikaru Utada announced that they are performing at the festival as well. They will appear as part of 88rising’s HEAD IN THE CLOUDS FOREVER, along the likes of CL and Jackson Wang.

SixTONES member Jesse is the cover boy for the 832nd issue of the fitness magazine Tarzan, out April 21.

This month’s issue has a theme which translates as “Break Your Belly!” Jesse received the offer from Tarzan at the end of last year. He then undertook a new exercise and diet regimen, which saw him lose twelve kilograms in ten weeks. Jesse shows off the results of his hard work in the accompanying twelve page gravure shoot. Henremarked that over the ten weeks he took getting ready for the shoot, he was delighted to see his abs coming through gradually,

Check out Jesse’s full cover below!

The band 2 formed in 2017. yucco, the band’s drummer, left the band last June, causing the band to go on hiatus, The band is back now, as “THE 2.” Vocalist Furutachi Yutaro and guitarist Kato Ryota have been joined by two new band members, former Shiggy Jr. bassist Mori Natsuhiko and former Akai Koen drummer Utagawa Nao.

THE 2 will make their new start on April 13 with the digital single “Koi no Journal.” Sakanaction‘s Yamaguchi Ichiro serves as total producer for the song, with lyrics by Yutaro. Ichiro has a close friendship with Yutaro, with him even appearing in the music video for the recently released Sakanaction song “Shock!”

Check out the music video for “Koi no Journal” below!

On April 13, Katori Shingo will release his new album, “Tokyo SNG.” This album is his first since his debut solo album, January 2020’s “20200101.” The album has the concept of “jazz that suits black tie.”

“Tokyo SNG” sees Shingo working with an array of collaborators, including WONK, Higuchi Ai, Tajima Takao, H ZETTRIO, and Atarashii Gakkou no Leaders.

The album will come in three editions: CD+DVD “Miru BANG!” limited edition, LP-sized “GOLD BANG!” limited edition, and CD only “Tsujo BANG!” regular edition.

Check out more information on this release below!