As previously reported, King & Prince will release their new single, “Lovin’ you / Odoru You ni Jinsei wo.”, on April 13. “Lovin’ you” is the CM song for Kose’s “Je L’aime P” shampoo CM, which stars Sho Hirano. “Odoru You ni Jinsei wo.” is the theme song for Yuta Jinguji‘s new NTV drama “Uketsuke no Jo.”
The music video for “Lovin’ you” has now been released. This is the first King & Prince video in which the group doesn’t perform the song. Instead, each of the members takes a fan out on what he think of as the ideal date. The YouTube version of the video is a vertical video made with smartphones in mind. The version that comes on limited edition A’s DVD is horizontal. This DVD also includes solo versions of the dates.
Check out the video below, along with more information on the single, including a preview of “Odoru You ni Jinsei wo.”!
On April 20, INI will release their second single, “I.” The single will have two lead tracks, “CALL 119” and “We Are.” The former is an old school hip hop song, while the latter is positive and energetic.
The title stands for “I” as in “myself”, and “ai”, the Japanese word for “love”, which is pronounced the same as “I.” The single has the theme of “I INTERVIEW MYSELF”, as in “understand yourself by asking yourself questions, and let me and our story go to the wider world.” This theme carries into the new group photo, which features INI on a set with six different questions.
INI’s new single has the same set up as their debut, last year’s “A”, where fans voted to see which of the two songs would be the focus song for promotions. “CALL 119” won, with 53.6% of the votes. After the song’s win, its music video was released. Check it out below!
Daisuke Sakuma of Snow Man is the cover boy for anan issue #2293, out March 30. This issue marks the first time that Daisuke has appeared on the cover by himself.
This issue has a special feature with the translated title of “Now, Our Favorite Recommendations! Anime 2022”, so who better to be on the cover than Daisuke, Snow Man’s resident otaku. The cover and accompanying gravure shoot sees him posing as an anime hero. Daisuke also talks anime love inside the magazine.
Check out Daisuke’s cover below!
On March 23, Fujii Kaze will release his second album, “LOVE ALL SERVE ALL.” The album will include the previously released songs “Hedemo Ne-Yo”, “Seishun Byou”, “Tabiji”, “Kirari”, and “MO-EH-YO.” It will include six new songs, bringing the album to eleven songs in total. Yaffle serves as sound producer on the album, just as he did on Kaze’s debut album, 2020’s “HELP EVER HURT NEVER.”
Kaze describes the album as fun, bright, and happy. He said that even though he is happy, sad, angry, and crying, he still wanted to laugh on the album’s cover.
“LOVE ALL SERVE ALL” will come in 2CD+Photobook limited edition and a CD only regular edition. The second CD of the limited edition is a piano arrangement cover album titled “LOVE ALL COVER ALL.” On this album, Kaze will cover songs by the likes of Britney Spears, SWV, Post Malone, and Donna Summer. The limited edition’s photobook is 52 pages.
Ahead of the album’s release, Kaze has released the music video for the album’s second track, “Matsuri.” The song is a blend of traditional Japanese sounds and current ones. The music video follows suit, featuring Kaze and a diverse group of friends enjoying matsuri at an ancient temple.
Kaze also held a listening party on YouTube for his new album earlier today. Check it out both videos below, along with more information on his new album!
This week’s guest was King Gnu.
King Gnu – Chameleon / Ichizu / Sakayume / BOY
This week’s episode of “Shibuya Note” was part of their “Shibuya Note Presents Request LIVE” series. It featured Vaundy. His fans requested the songs performed on this episode online.
This episode also marks the end of “Shibuya Note.” It will be replaced by a new show, “Venue101”, starting on April 9.
Hey, Arama Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!
This week’s guests were Vickeblanka, Yamauchi Soichiro, Koda Kumi, and ENVii GABRIELLA.
Vickeblanka – Ca Va?
Yamauchi Soichiro (Fujifabric) – Shiro
Koda Kumi – 100 no Kodokutachi e
ENVii GABRIELLA – Happy Happy Wei Wei Donchy
