A.B.C-Z Brings the Summer Song to Fans with Upcoming Single!

Popular five-member Johnny’s boys group A.B.C-Z announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “夏と君のうた” (“Natsu to Kimi no Uta”), September 1. This will be their latest release since “Nothin’ but funky” back in April and will be their 11th single overall. This track is set to be the theme song of the drama 痴情の接吻 (Chijo no Seppun) starring member Ryosuke Hashimoto. The track is composed by Tamio Okuda, written by Kazuhiro Ozawa, of the comedian duo Speed Wagon, and arranged by Motoki Funayama. Regarding the provision of this song, Okuda said, "Thanks to the lyrics, I think the song is amazing so thank you, Mr. Ozawa!" Ozawa said, "My favorite people make songs, and my favorite people sing. It was a very happy time for me to write the lyrics for this work”. The single will release with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions lovingly called Type A and B that will come with a bonus DVD. Type A’s DVD will come with the music video for “Natsu to Kimi no Uta” along with a behind the scenes making of, while Type B will have a mysterious featurette titled Natsu to ○mi no Uta

As we look forward to the upcoming release, be sure to check out their latest music video “花言葉” (“Hana Kotoba”) along with all three editions of “Natsu to Kimi no Uta” with a bonus bundle edition below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundle edition


A.B.C-Z「Natsu to Kimi no Uta」

Standard Edition 

CD

01. 夏と君のうた

02. Coupling Song C

03. Coupling Song D

04.「夏と君のうた」-Inst.-

05. Coupling Song C-Inst.-

06. Coupling Song D-Inst.-

Limited Edition Type A

CD

01. 夏と君のうた

02. Coupling Song A

03. Coupling Song A-Inst.-

DVD

01. 「夏と君のうた」Music Clip

02. Making of「夏と君のうた」Music Clip & Jacket Shooting

Limited Edition Type B

CD

01. 夏と君のうた

02. Coupling Song B

03. Coupling Song BInst.-

DVD

・夏と○みのうた

A.B.C-Z Brings History Project To Life!

Five-member Johnny’s group A.B.C-Z announced a special project titled History Collection which came to fruition May 1. In this project, A.B.C-Z will release past music videos on the first day of every month onward. A.B.C-Z is developing various projects called Z PROJECT for their upcoming 10th Anniversary which will take place next year. With History Collection, A.B.C-Z will also concentrate on releasing their music videos that have yet to be dropped on any streaming platforms, such as on YouTube. The first two of these videos are for “Crush on You” and “Black Sugar”. We are looking forward to seeing what videos will be released each month, so stay tuned.

Check out the videos for “Crush on You” and “Black Sugar” below!

A.B.C-Z shows us how to go to the Zephyr in latest album preview!

Popular five-member group A.B.C-Z announced that they will be releasing a brand new album titled Going with Zephyr August 7. This will the latest album from the group since VS 5 back in May of last year and will be their sixth album overall. Going with Zephyr will be used to commemorate the group’s tenth year in the music industry and the group decided to go all-out with promoting the album, with two music digests previewing several tracks on the album. Along with the digests, A.B.C-Z also dropped a music video preview for the album’s lead sang “Crush On You” on their official YouTube channel.

The album will drop with thirteen tracks total and will be released in three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions, Type A and Type B. Type A will include the music video for “Crush On You” along with its Making Of. Type B will not only include an additional track titled “Rinne” but also the music video of said track along with the member produced documentary of the making of the track. To incite envy in fans who only purchased the standard edition, it will include an additional two tracks titled “Sweet Addiction” and “二人で歩こう” (“Futari de Arukou”).

Check out both digest and the music video for “Crush On You” along with the pre-order links—and an additional bundle version for Going With Zephyr below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundled Set Edition 

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Track Listing:
A.B.C-Z「Going With Zephyr」

Limited Edition Type A CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Want you back

12 幸あれ

13 FORTUNE
Limited Edition Type A DVD

01 Crush On You Music Clip

02 Making of Crush On You Music Clip

03 Making of Jacket Shooting

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Limited Edition Type B CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Want you back

12 幸あれ

13 FORTUNE

14 [Bonus track] リンネ
Limited Edition Type B DVD

01 リンネMusic Clip

02  Member Produced「リンネ」Documentary Za ABC~5×Focus~[THE SECOND]

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Standerd Edition CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Sweet Addiction 

12 Want you back

13  幸あれ

14 二人で歩こう

15 FORTUNE