Popular singer-songwriter and voice actress Maaya Sakamoto has announced the release of a new concept album titled Duets that will release on March 17, 2021! Duets is Maaya’s fourth concept album, first duet album, and second album release during her celebration of her 25th Anniversary in the music industry. The new album follows up her Single Collection+ Achikochi which released on July 15, 2020.

This is a special album as twenty-five years ago, Maaya collaborated with Hiroki Wada on her debut single, “Yakusoku wa Nai,” that was used for the popular anime, “The Vision of Escaflowne.” Now in Duets, she will collaborate with him once again. Duets will include the artists Yoshio Inoue, Tomomi Uchimura (la la larks), Kyoko Koizumi, for a total of seven artists and tracks. In addition to the lyrics provided by the duet artists, Maaya herself also wrote several songs on here, along with TENDRE, Shoko Suzuki, Ryo Eguchi, and Yuho Iwasato.

Duets will come in a CD-only standard edition and will include a total of seven tracks. Currently CDJapan is offering a special bonus for early purchases: they are offering a random coaster selected from one of four kinds. Check out the pre-order link, a tentative track listing, and latest music video “独白 (Dokuhaku)” below!

Standard Edition

Maaya Sakamoto「Duets」

CD:

・Duet! / Maaya Sakamoto×Hiroki Wada
［Written：Maaya Sakamoto /Composer・Arrangement：h-wonder］

・Hito Kuchikaga？ / Maaya Sakamoto×Asako Toki
［Written：Asako Toki/ Composer・Arrangment：TENDRE］

・Anata Jyanakereba / Maaya Sakamoto×Kohei Dojima
［Written・Composer・Arrangement：Kohei Dojima］

・sync / Maaya Sakamoto×Tomomi Uchimura（la la larks）
［Written：Tomomi Uchimura・Maaya Sakamoto / Composer・Arrangement：Ryo Eguchi］

・Demo / Maaya Sakamoto×Masakazu Hara（the band apart）
［Written：Yuho Iwasato/ Composer・Arrangement：Masakazu Hara］

・Hoshi to Hoshi no Aida / Maaya Sakamoto×Yoshio Inoue
［Written・Composer：Maaya Sakamoto / Arrangement：Ryuji Yamamoto］

・Hitotsu Yane no Shita / Maaya Sakamoto×Kyoko Koizumi
［Written：Maaya Sakamoto / Composer：Shoko Suzumi / Arrangement：Ryuji Yamamoto］