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This week’s guests were NMB48, E-girls, Nishino Kana, BREAKERZ, Hey! Say! JUMP, and UVERworld.
NMB48 – Masaka Singapore
E-girls – Love☆Queen
Nishino Kana – Girls
BREAKERZ – Yume Monogatari
Hey! Say! JUMP – Ultra Special Medley (Mayonaka no Shadow Boy / Your Seed / Ultra Music Power）
UVERworld – DECIDED
Yasutaka Nakata has announced the date, artist lineup, and additional information for his music festival “OTONOKO”. This is the second year in a row Yasutaka will hold the festival, with this year being a much more larger and elaborate event compared to the first one.
The festival will take place at Kanazawa, capital of the Ishikawa Prefecture. The venue chosen for “OTONOKO” this year will be the same as the first, the “Ishikawa Industry Exhibition Building No.4 “
Besides the usual festival tickets, a premium bus tour bundle is being offered that provides a round-trip pick up and drop off from both Tokyo and Osaka. A luxury hot springs facility is also located near the venue if patrons need to rest a bit before attending the festival. Early-bird general tickets will cost 6,000 yen while general advance tickets are priced at 6,800 yen. Costs of the bus tour tickets will range from 17,800 – 27,800 yen depending on the package selected. More information on purchasing tickets can be found on “OTONOKO’s” official website.
Naturally, Yasutaka will be the headliner of the festival. The rest of the artist lineup includes CAPSULE, DAISHI DANCE, Tofubeats, banvox, and Okazaki Physical Education. “OTONOKO” will take place on December 2nd, 2017.
Yes The full MV of Utada Hikaru’s latest digital single “Forevermore” is finally here!
Since it’s release, “Forevermore” has topped various digital charts all across Japan often trading spots with “WASTED LOVE”, the solo project of Sandaime J Soul Brothers’ vocalist Hiroomi Tosaka. The song was a trending topic in Japan ranking #3 on Twitter trends for the entire country.
“Forevermore” is currently serving as a tie-in for TBS drama “Gomen, Aishiteru,” which is remake of 2004 South Korean drama series “Sorry, I Love You”, starring Tomoya Nagase, Shinobu Otake, Riho Yoshioka and Kentaro Sakaguchi.
Directed by photographer and filmmaker Jamie-James Medina in London, the video is composed of scenes in which Utada dances contemporary choreography from London-based choreographer Fukiko Takase to the story of the song.
Watch the full MV below the jump!
Announced last month, idol unit Pinky! Noora & Petra have released their debut music video “Aurora to Peace“.
Consisting of Ayane Fujisaki (Pinky) of Dempagumi.inc and Finnish duo Noora and Petra, the music video was filmed at Akebono Kodomo no Mori Koen in Saitama Prefecture—a whimsical park inspired by the Moomin series from Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.
Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Hey! Say! JUMP top BUMP OF CHICKEN. This week, we have three newcomers facing off. 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!
This week’s episode features SEKAI NO OWARI. The fondation of who the members of the band are now was formed while they were in high school, so they have a particular interest in what high school students think and feel, even though all the SEKAI NO OWARI’s members are now in their 30s. This interest in high school students led to the audience for this episode being limited to high school students only. The band was also interviewed by a high school student, Keyakizaka46’s Hirate Yurina. SEKAI NO OWARI also performed six songs.
SEKAI NO OWARI – RPG / Hey Ho / RAIN / Death Disco / Tenshi to Akuma / Dragon Night