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As previously announced, Arashi will be releasing their latest album「untitled」 on October 18, reportedly to be a fusion of various genres. Song and music video previews for the album’s lead song ｢未完｣ (Mikan) are out! The song epitomizes the album’s title「untitled」in every way, intertwining many sound elements such as ‘Japanese Wa,’ digital, classical, and hip-hop.

How will it sound? Check out Arashi’s latest song below!

This week, Touken Danshi formation of Mihotose topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Shori no Gaika”, selling 90,149 copies in its first week.

Bodan Shonen Dan topped the Oricon album chart with their album “Love Yourself: ‘Her’”, selling 52,356 copies in its second week.

Ariana Grande topped the Oricon digital album chart with their new best album “The Best”, selling 3,878 copies in its first week.

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi defeat Masaharu Fukuyama. DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi are back again this week, facing off against a newcomer and a blast from the past. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

WACK, idol management agency behind BiS and BiSH, has set the big wheel on motion when it comes to their newest group, EMPiRE. The five-member group began as a hooded mystery group that was supposed to reveal their faces only after each member had reached 10 000 followers on Twitter. However, it turned out that some of the followers were bought bots, and the bar was raised to 15 000. Apparently WACK and/or the participating record label Avex realized it was a crappy idea, since eventually the profile pictures for all the members were revealed, even though only one member had reached the goal.

It’s been four and a half years since Tomomi Kasai, a second generation member, graduated from idol group AKB48 with the aspiration of becoming a solo singer. She released four singles (including ‘Masaka’, a single she released while still in the group) before her career came to a halt. After not releasing anything for three years, in July she suddenly took to social media to announce she had been given permission to release her full-length debut album.

Barely a year after the release of “darc”, well-known indie rock band syrup16g have revealed that they will be releasing another new album on November 8th.  Titled “delaidback”, this record will include 13 newly released tracks from the band, among them “Hirakerarezujimai no Kokoro no Mado Kara” and “Yume Mitai”, which were first written nearly 20 years ago.

The album’s cover features a photograph of a dead butterfly, the picture taken by singer Takashi Igarashi when he stumbled upon it by chance while on a walk.  The image is meant to simultaneously represent both the creature’s ‘innocence’ and the ‘ignorance’ which led to its demise.

Read on below to find both this cover and the complete track list for “delaidback.”

After a long silence, up-and-coming jazz rock band Emerald have announced that they will finally be releasing their second studio album on October 18th.  Titled “Pavlov City”, the record will contain ten brand new songs from the group and also feature performers from other jazz-influenced acts like DADARAY and umber session tribe.

In order to promote this release, Emerald have released a PV for its lead track “step out”, as well as a live music video for new song “Night Diver.”  Most recently, they also put out a trailer for the album which features audio from a number of the record’s other songs.

You’ll find all three of these videos, as well as the cover and track list for “Pavlov City” right after the cut.