Chara Shows Fans Her Inner Peace With Upcoming Release!

Vocalist Chara announced that she will be releasing a brand new single, “Inner Peace”, across all digital music streaming platforms via a vinyl edition December 15. This will be the latest release by the vocalist since her collaborative mini-album echo with industry veteran YUKI. Going with the theme of "maybe there is no tomorrow", the original two songs of the single "とてもあいしてる" (“Totemo Aishiteru”) express the feelings related to love in a straightforward yet multifaceted manner. The release will also feature covers of four songs including Peggie Lee’s "Sing a Rainbow" and "Imagination" and Randy Newman’s "Snow" and "Moon River", from the movie. Kaoru Inoue is in charge of arranging all the songs, with "Inner Peace" composed by Sho Ogawa and Chara and "Totemo Aishiteru" composed by Inoue and Chara.

Currently due to the special nature of the physical release there is no pre-order link at the time of reporting. In the meantime, however, check out her latest music video “楽しい蹴伸び” (“Tanoshi Kenobi”) below!

Chara「Inner Peace」

1. Sing a Rainbow

2. Imagination

3. Snow

4. Moon River

5. Inner Peace

6. とてもあいしてる

Chara and YUKI Team Up For New Mini Album!

Japanese music veterans Chara and YUKI are teaming up once again, this time for a mini-album titled echo which will be unleashed February 14! This will be the first time in 20 years since “Ai no Hi 3tsu Orange”, the last time Chara and YUKI had a collaboration.

Chara has been in the industry since 1991 and is most famous for her song “Swallowtail Butterfly -Ai no Uta-” which was used as the main theme for the movie Swallowtail, which Chara also starred in! Chara is known for her oddly toned voice and has inspired many famous Japanese artists such as Shiina Ringo, Bonnie Pink, and many more.

YUKI has been in the music industry for about as long as Chara. She began her career as the lead vocalist for the popular rock band JUDY AND MARY, which disbanded in 2001. After JUDY AND MARY disbanded, YUKI continued with a successful solo career and is most famous for her track “Sobakasu” which she did with JUDY AND MARY. It served as the theme song to the popular anime Rurouni Kenshin.

To promote their split mini-album echo, several of the songs will be debuting on Japanese radio and the video for “Tanoshii Kenobi” was released January 31! This track, the first lead track, was released in a limited vinyl edition and is special. It was the first music video that Chara and YUKI co-starred in since “Ai no HI 3tsu Orange” and is composed and produced by TENDRE. The other lead singles, “YOPPITE” and “Tori no Brooch”, debuted on FM802 and J-WAVE. “YOPPITE” debuted on February 3 while “Tori no Brooch” will debut later in February, so stay close to your radio to catch them!

echo will be released in two editions: a CD-only and a VINYL LP Limited Release! Both will include eight tracks, one of them being a 2020 version of their famous collaboration “Ai no Hi 3tsu Orange”! Due to how limited the VINYL LP was, it is currently sold out at most places including CDJapan. However, you can still grab the CD-only edition below!

Chara + YUKI/echo CD

echo CD-only

Track listing:

1. 愛の火 3つ オレンジ (2020version)

2. You! You! You!

3. ひとりかもねむ

4. 楽しい蹴伸び

5. YOPPITE

6. 鳥のブローチ

7. Night Track

8. echo