Music Corner Week 51: ACE Collection
/ACE Collection is a four-member rock band that got started in December of 2017 on YouTube doing covers of popular songs. To this day, their most popular video is their cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” which has garnered over four-million views. It also happens to be the very first song that they ever put up on YouTube. Their first single was their song “Anger” which dropped on December 12 of 2018. Since then they’ve dropped three albums and six singles.
Tatsuya leads ACE Collection as the main vocalist, but he also plays a wide variety of instruments including guitar, percussion, piano, bass, electronic, and beatbox. Tatsuya has soft but powerful vocals that really shine through in “Yakusoku No Shiori,” a ballad on their latest album Love. LIKI is the main guitarist for the group and has a deep knowledge of songs that are used in various anime. Kanade is the bassist and really likes hardcore emo and has been touring Japan since he was a teenager which gives him the most practical experience of the group. Lastly, RIKU is the drummer of the group and participated in the solo project of X JAPAN/Toshi, gaining experience in metal, jazz, fusion, and EDM.
ACE Collection performs a great range of songs, from high energy songs like “Red Wind Labyrinth” and “Haikei, Kimiwa” to great ballads like their song “Yakusoku No Shiori”. All three songs can be found below for everyone to check out. Their website is a great place to go to stay up to date with the group’s activities along with their Twitter page. Their official YouTube page sees a lot of updates with new performances and their latest songs.