Ai Otsuka Brings A Brand New Question With Latest Release!

“Nandakke” Digital Jacket Cover

“Nandakke” Digital Jacket Cover

Industry legend Ai Otsuka announced that she will be releasing a brand new track, “なんだっけ” (“Nandakke”), June 30 across all digital music streaming platforms. This will be the latest release by the vocalist since her EP Chime back in September of 2019, adding to Otsuka’s already impressive discography. She said about this work, "It will be the first new song from me in about two years. I hope that the situation where we can sing together will come as soon as possible so that everyone can sing along to the lyrics. I also hope this track will be able to help to you during these trying times."

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out her collaboration music video for “あいびき” (“Aibiki”) below, along with the streaming link for “Nandakke” here!

Ai Otsuka Is Showing Love For Year Of The Dog!

Vocalist, songwriter, and producer, Ai Otsuka is bringing two double releases 「犬塚愛 One on One Collaboration」 and 「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」on February 3, 2021! 「犬塚愛 One on One Collaboration」 will be a remix (remake) sound distribution with various music producers and track makers from various genres. This album will include four songs already released with Tomggg, ANIMAL HACK, AmPm, and maeshimasoshi. It will also include six tracks that will be released with Kan Sano, mabanua, Kenmochi Hidefumi (Wednesday Campanella), Lucky Kilimanjaro, SASUKE, and Haruno. All 10 tracks are currently scheduled to be recorded. The album was named the songs of Ai Otsuka in the year of the dog with the addition of each creators “one move of the whole body”. On the same day, Ai Otsuka’s 「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」tour that was held in September will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and CD.

「犬塚愛 One on One Collaboration」 will be released in one edition: a CD-only standard edition with a total of 10 tracks. The first press edition comes with a cardboard sleeve and a B3 sized poster. 「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」will be released in three editions: a Blu-ray, DVD, and CD-only standard edition. The first press bonus for each comes with B3-sized poster. Pre-order links, a tentative track listing, and Ai Otsuka’s latest tour 「LOVE IS BORN ~16th Anniversary 2019~」is below!

「犬塚愛 One on One Collaboration」CD-only standard edition

「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」 Blu-ray edition

「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」DVD edition

「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」CD live edition

「犬塚愛 One on One Collaboration」Track Listing (attentive):

・PEACH(Tomggg Remix)
・金魚花火(ANIMAL HACK Remix)
・Chime(AmPm Remix)
・黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円(maeshima soshi Remix)
・桃ノ花ビラ(mabanua Remix)
・さくらんぼ(Kan Sano Remix)
・君フェチ(春野 Remix)
・SMILY(Lucky Kilimanjaro Remix)
・妄想チョップ(ケンモチヒデフミ Remix)
・ユメクイ(SASUKE Remix)

「LOVE IS BORN ~17th Anniversary 2020~」Track List:

01. LOVE FANTASTIC
02. shooting star
03. One × Time
04. HEART
05. チケット
06. 扇子
07. 向日葵
08. ふたつ星記念日
09. 雨色パラソル
10. あっかん べ
11. TOKYO散歩
12. XOX
13. ロケットスニーカー
14. フレンジャー
15. さくらんぼ
16. Birthday Song

AmPm Brings a New Chime to Ai Otsuka's Latest Hit Track!

“Chime (AmPm Remix)” Jacket Cover

“Chime (AmPm Remix)” Jacket Cover

The masked production duo AmPm, have remixed Ai Otsuka’s 2019 Fruits Basket opening song “Chime”. The new version, simply titled “Chime (AmPm Remix)”, was released today, along with a brand new music video with it also available across all digital music streaming platforms.

AmPm are best known in Japan for their productions for V6 and Ken Hirai, while overseas they have remixed hugely popular artists such as Afrojack and Nicky Romero, bringing them to the attention of a global audience. The music video that accompanies the remix features motifs based on the tale of The Ugly Duckling, and is intended as a fanfare for those who lack the confidence to be themselves, encouraging them to stand at the start line on a journey to become all they can be.

The original version of ‘Chime’ was featured as the mid-season opening theme during Season 1 of TV anime Fruits Basket in 2019. The anime series quickly found a strong fan base overseas, and since AmPm also has a growing presence around the world, the new remix of “Chime” will bring the song to a whole new audience. This is the third in a series of remixes of songs by Ai Otsuka, who has been releasing one per month since August, allowing her to collaborate with music producers and track makers from a variety of genres. The first release in the series was “PEACH (Tomggg Remix)”, featuring the rising electro-pop producer Tomggg; this was followed by “Kingyo Hanabi (ANIMAL HACK Remix)” with production duo ANIMAL HACK, comprising MASAtO and YUtA. Each collaboration preserves the charm of Otsuka’s original songs while infusing them with a fresh approach, earning praise from fans.

Check out ‘Chime (AmPm Remix)’ and its music video below, to experience a newly reborn version of this fan-favorite song along with the music steaming link here!

Ai Otsuka Brings Special Album To Fans!

Japanese pop singer-songwrite, Ai Otsuka is bringing a live piano compilation album Aio Piano Arioso which will release March 11! Aio Piano Arioso comes hot on the tail of Otsuka’s latest Blu-ray release of Love is Born -16th Anniversary 2019- which was released on January 15! Aio Piano Arioso will contain a total of ten live piano tracks from her past tours which fans were able to vote on via online ballot. However, the track listing has yet to be released.

Aio Piano Arioso will grace fans with two lovely editions including a CD limited edition, which will come with a piano score, and a CD regular edition. Both editions are currently up for pre-order and CDJapan is offering a poster for the first pressing! Make sure to check the live performance of Ai Otsuka’s famous song “Planetarium” from her Love is Born -6th Anniversary 2019- tour below!

CD Limited Edition w/ piano score

CD Limited Edition w/ piano score

Ai Otsuka/Aio Piano Arioso

CD Limited Edition

CD Regular Edition

Love is Born again as Ai Otsuka celebrates 16th anniversary with concert release!

Japanese pop singer-songwriter and major staple in the industry Ai Otsuka is releasing the concert held on September 8, 2019 which marked her 16th anniversary debut performance at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall. LOVE IS BORN ~16th Anniversary 2019 will be released January 15, 2020 and will come in three editions. What makes LOVE IS BORN ~16th Anniversary 2019 so special is that one of the editions will be a live 2-CD edition of the concert in addition to the other two formats being 2-DVD and Blu-ray. All three editions will contain a total of 21 tracks including her latest song “Chime” which has been used as the opening theme to the 2019 anime reboot Fruits Basket along with two other songs she will also sing live for the first time: “XOX” and “Akkanbe”. LOVE IS BORN ~16th Anniversary 2019 will also include a special movie as a bonus as well as audio commentary by Ai Otsuka herself!

Check out the track listing, pre-order links, and latest promotional video below!

Blu-ray

DVD

Blu-ray edition

Blu-ray edition

LOVE IS BORN ~16th Anniversary 2019~

Track Listing Blu-ray/2DVD

  1. kit palette

  2. フレンジャー (Frienger)

  3. あっかん べ (Akkanbe)

  4. アクション10.5 (Action 10.5)

  5. U-ボート (U-boat)

  6. LIFE-LOVE CiRCLE

  7. 桃ノ花ビラ (Momo no Hanabira)

  8. HEART

  9. I □ ×××

  10. プラネタリウム (Planetarium)

  11. しゃぼん玉 (Shabon tama)

  12. QueeN

  13. affair

  14. laugh

  15. XOX

  16. ロケットスニーカー (Rocket Sneaker)

  17. ポンポン (PonPon)

  18. Happy Days

  19. Chime

  20. 360°

  21. さくらんぼ (Sakuranbo)

  22. 撮り下ろしスペシャルムービー (約45分収録予定) (※DVD/Blu-rayのみ) [特典映像] Bonus special newly shot movie (approximately 45mins, Blu-ray & 2DVD ONLY) - this is disc 2 for the DVD version

Track Listing 2CD

Disc 1

Live 2CD edition

Live 2CD edition

  1. 1kit palette

  2. 2フレンジャー

  3. 3あっかん べ

  4. 4アクション10.5

  5. 5U-ボート

  6. 6LIFE-LOVE CiRCLE

  7. 7桃ノ花ビラ

  8. 8HEART

  9. 9I □ ×××

  10. 10プラネタリウム11しゃぼん玉

Disc 2:

2DVD edition

2DVD edition

  1. QueeN

  2. affair

  3. laugh

  4. XOX

  5. ロケットスニーカー

  6. ポンポン

  7. Happy Days

  8. Chime

  9. 360°

  10. さくらんぼ