Music Corner Week 126: B.O.L.T

B.O.L.T is a four-member alternative girl’s idol group whose members consist of Luna Naito , Chiho Takai, Hanoha Aoyama, and Aya Shirahama. They are under STARDUST PLANET management, which also manages Momoiro Clover Z and Shiritsu Ebisu Junior High School and are currently signed with the record label is Evil Line, which is a sub-label of King Records. Naito and Takai were formerly members of another idol group called Rock A Japonica, which was a five-member group. Rock A Japonica's mission statement was to "Rock Japan" (to shake it, impress, get it going). But in April of 2019, two members left the group and the group was disbanded. A little over a week after the group was disbanded, it was announced that the remaining girls would start a new group. That group became B.O.L.T.. In November of 2019, founding member Misato graduated from the group, and the lineup of B.O.L.T has remained the same ever since. B.O.L.T debuted in July of 2015 and has since gone on to release two studio albums, one live album, and four physical singles. 

The spirit of Rock A Japonica really does live on in this group, and it stays true to that original mission statement about rocking Japan. This group does an excellent job of blending traditional idol elements with a solid rock sound. Their most recent release as of this writing “Accent” does a great job of showing this off. The girls sound great in the release. The melody not only complements their vocals well but is easily identifiable as a rock song. A lot of their songs tend to be on the high-energy side, but their song “Hear You” on their Attitude album does show that they know how to slow it down and their vocals are excellent. 

B.O.L.T posts all their latest news on both their official website and their Twitter page. Be sure to check out their music video “Accent” posted in the video below

B.O.L.T Bring a Smile to Fans with Latest Music Video!

To hype the release of their upcoming single “Smile Flower”, four-member female idol group B.O.L.T released the music video for the track on their official YouTube channel. Releasing on May 19, this will be the latest release done by the girls since “Don’t Blink” back in December of last year and will be their second major label single. SpecialThanks guitarist and vocalist Misaki wrote and composed the track. She had also commented about the collaboration saying ”In a world where everyone feels that their smiles are lacking in the mask society, it's important that they can see smiles more than everyone thinks. During the last ‘YEAH!’ in the song, I would be very happy if you could jump with the best smile!”

The music video was directed by videographer Takaya Ohata and has a tasteful taste shot with a vintage home-use Hi8 video camera. B.O.L.T is dressed in a dress that combines white floral fabric, blue denim fabric, and sings in the flower garden. Each member took a picture with a flower that overlaps with themselves, such as Nanoha Aoyama standing in a flower field named after the name, and Shirahama Aya holding a bouquet of stocks with the flower word "simple". In addition, illustrations drawn by members and images shot with a camera are also used throughout the music video.

The single will drop with two editions: a CD-only standard edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. The Blu-ray is set to include the music video for “Smile Flower” along with a behind the scenes making-of.

Be sure to check out the music video in question, along with the pre-order single below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

B.O.L.T Zips Though Fan's Hearts With Major Label Debut!

After the successful release of their latest single “宙に浮くぐらい” (“Chu ni Uku Gurai”), four-member idol group B.O.L.T announced that they signed with King Record’s sub-label EVIL LINE RECORDS and that they will be releasing a major debut album May 13. Not much is known about the album except that the group will be holding a more formal release event in March to spill more details about this highly anticipated release.

Check out their official website along with the music video for their track “Chu ni Uku Gurai” below!