EMPiRE Pierces Fans Instincts with Latest Music Video!

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“HON-NO” Digital Jacket Cover

“HON-NO” Digital Jacket Cover

To hype up their upcoming single, six-member alt-idol group EMPiRE released the music video for their track “HON-NO” on their YouTube channel. Releasing as a double A-side single titled “HON-NO / IZA!!” on May 12, this will be the latest release done by the group since the digital single “ERROR” back in January and will be their fourth major label single overall. Released across all digital streaming platforms, the track is being used as the opening theme song for the Netflix original anime 天空侵犯 (High-Rise Invasion), and the girls look to match the intensity of the series in their own unique way.

The music video is directed by Kento Yamada of the band yahyel who is also in charge of video production at EMPiRE's live performance, and is a stylish video that captures EMPiRE's dance from various perspectives. The theme of the music video is "EXPLOSIVE MASQUERADES PENETRATE INSTINCTS REDEMPTIVE EVE". The acronym is EMPiRE which translates literally to "Atonement Eve, where an explosive masquerade pierces your instincts." To match the high energy levels, the music video will be featured in 5K.

The single will be released with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions. The first limited edition will feature a bonus DVD, the other will feature a bonus Blu-ray and cassette tape making it a must own for fans. Both the Blu-ray and DVD will include footage from their EMPiRE'S GREATEST PARTY -EAT SLEEP EMPiRE REPEAT- live concert the took place back in March.

Be sure to check out the music video in question, along with the pre-order links for “HON-NO / IZA!!” below, and the digital streaming link for the “HON-NO” here!

Standard edition

Limited DVD edition

Limited Blu-ray/Cassette edition

EMPiRE「HON-NO / IZA!!」

Cassette Tape/ CD

01. HON-NO

02. IZA!!

Blu-ray / DVD

・「EMPiRE'S GREATEST PARTY -EAT SLEEP EMPiRE REPEAT-」

"a-nation" – Japan's Largest Summer Music Festival Announces Five Stages to Stream Worldwide August 29. Star-Studded 2020 Lineup Includes ayumi hamasaki, Daichi Miura, KODA KUMI, And Many More!

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a-nation online 2020” will celebrate its 19th year by broadcasting worldwide on August 29, featuring over 50 Japanese and international artists including ayumi hamasaki, Daichi Miura, KODA KUMI, SUPER JUNIOR, BACK-ON, SuperM, The World Standard (Wasuta), FAKY, and more.

a-nation is the largest summer music festival in Japan and has amassed over 6.1 million festival-goers since beginning in 2002. This year's festival due to the ongoing crisis will shift online, featuring five stages from all over Asia. Performances from the "Blue Stage", "Green Stage", and "Yellow Stage" will be available to digital ticket holders, as well as free broadcasts from the "Purple Stage" and "White Stage" on Avex’s YouTube channel and LINE respectively.

a-nation 2020 full lineup: https://a-nation.net/ Comprising a star-studded lineup for each of the stages, audiences can tune into the spectacular one-day-only event to enjoy an experience that is uniquely and truly "a-nation". Tickets are now on sale.

a-nation "Purple Stage" teaser video

ARTIST LINEUP (in alphabetical order)

Blue Stage (Ticketed)

Amuyi (呂薔) / ayumi hamasaki / EMPiRE / FAKY / Fei (王霏霏) / Gemma (吳映潔) / GENIC / Kalen Anzai / KODA KUMI / Kohmi Hirose / MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN / Naomi (王菊) / Novelbright / SuperM / Sae Otsuka / VOGUE

Green Stage (Ticketed)

BACK-ON / BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE / BuZZ / Da-iCE / DA PUMP / HAO (石承鎬) / I Don't Like Mondays. / JADE / Julius (刘维) / lol /Daichi Miura / SKY-HI / STAMP / SUPER JUNIOR / Wayne Huang (黃偉晉)

Yellow Stage (Ticketed)

Beverly / Chou Tokimeki♡Sendenbu / EXO-SC / GENIN WA JIBUN NI ARU / HARAMIchan / James Lu (盧子 杰) / M!LK / Peter Fish / PIKOTARO / Red Velvet / SEAMO / Timo Feng (冯提莫) / TRF / Yoanna (孫尤 安)

Purple Stage (Free) @ avex YouTube Channel

Aina The End / GOLDEN BOMBER / HAN-KUN from SHONAN NO KAZE / macaroniempitsu / Mosawo / riria / Taisei Miyakawa

White Stage (Free) @ avex LINE Channel

AATA / Baby Kiy / EMIKO SUZUKI / Hiro Ishibashi (MC) / IKINIGE / kolme / Leola / MaRuRi to Ryuga / Project 88 / Rei©hi / RUN Girls, Run! / Sakuramen / The World Standard (Wasuta) / THREE1989 / Tomoko Matsumoto (dj mapi) / Yu. (張瑀)

a-nation online 2020 - August 29, 2020

• Streaming Doors Open 14:00 (JST)

• Streaming Start 16:00 (JST)

Performance Stages

• Blue Stage (Ticketed)

• Green Stage (Ticketed)

• Yellow Stage (Ticketed)

• Purple Stage (Free) *YouTube

• White Stage (Free) *LINE

-- Timetables will be released at a later date.

Each ticket is valid to stream all 3 ticketed stages (Blue, Green, and Yellow)

* On-demand / delayed viewing is not available.

Ticket Agent: Beyond LIVE (details in English)

-- Information also available in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, and Spanish)

https://www.vlive.tv/product/ds00u00u00000236?lang=en

Ticket inquiries: event@user-support.jp

EMPiRE Shows Off their Sound Once Again With Latest Release!

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Teasing their upcoming EP SUPER COOL EP, popular six-member idol group EMPiRE released the track “This is EMPiRE SOUND” on all digital music streaming platforms. This is the latest song released by the group since “SUPER FEELING GOOD” back in April and is the second digital release done in 2020 leading up to the newly released EP. Continuing the trend of using tracks that include the group’s name in the title, EMPiRE hopes “EMPiRE is COMiNG” and “EMPiRE original” become tracks that are great jumping points for new fans. The group has also released the music video on their YouTube channel. 

Super Cool EP is now available in three editions; a standard CD-only edition, a CD+DVD limited edition, and a cassette tape+Blu-ray limited edition. The DVD edition includes a clip of the GREAT PARTY EXCEPTION while the Blu-ray edition included both the GREAT PARTY EXCEPTION footage along with the GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM LiVE concerts that took place last year. Check out the music video for “This is EMPiRE SOUND” along with the track on all digital streaming platforms here and check out the links for SUPER COOL EP below!

EMPiRE Announces "Super Cool" EP

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Girl idol group EMPiRE revealed they will be releasing a brand new EP titled Super Cool EP which is set to be released August 5. The new EP will have seven total brand new songs, three of which written by MAYU EMPiRE, two by MAHO EMPiRE, and one by MiDORiKO EMPiRE.

Super Cool EP will drop in three editions including a standard CD-only edition, a CD+DVD limited edition, and a cassette tape+Blu-ray limited edition. With the DVD is included a clip of the GREAT PARTY EXCEPTION and the Blu-ray includes both the GREAT PARTY EXCEPTION footage along with the GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM LiVE concerts that took place last year. Pre-order links are here for anyone excited for the new release coming up.

Standard Edition

CD Plus DVD Edition

Cassette Tape Plus Blu-ray Edition

EMPiRE「SUPER COOL EP」

Cassette Tape Edition

SiDE A

01. This is EMPiRE SOUNDS

02. SUPER FEELiNG GOOD

03. Clumsy

04. I don't cry anymore

SiDE B

05. I have to go

06. Can you hear me?

07. ORDiNARY

Blu-ray

＜EMPiRE'S GREAT PARTY EXCEPTiON -SUPER COOL EGP-＞

・Tracks undecided

＜"the GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM" LiVE＞

01. Have it my way

02. WE ARE THE WORLD

03. A journey

04. きっと君と

05. NEW WORLD

06. 曲がりくねった道の

07. I have a chance!!

＜Music Video＞

・This is EMPiRE SOUNDS

・Making Movie

CD+DVD Edition

CD

01. This is EMPiRE SOUNDS

02. SUPER FEELiNG GOOD

03. Clumsy

04. I don't cry anymore

05. I have to go

06. Can you hear me?

07. ORDiNARY

DVD

＜EMPiRE'S GREAT PARTY EXCEPTiON -SUPER COOL EGP-＞

・Tracks undecided

Standard Edition

CD

01. This is EMPiRE SOUNDS

02. SUPER FEELiNG GOOD

03. Clumsy

04. I don't cry anymore

05. I have to go

06. Can you hear me?

07. ORDiNARY

EMPiRE shows the world who they are with latest music video!

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Six-member idol group EMPiRE dropped the music video for their track “WE ARE THE WORLD” on their official YouTube channel. “WE ARE THE WORLD” is the set to be the lead track for the group’s upcoming second album GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM, set for release December 18. Like several songs previously released by EMPiRE, “WE ARE THE WORLD” is produced by the amazing composition team SCRAMBLES with Kenta Matsukuma taking the composition work and JxSxK on lyrics.
Dropping with ten tracks total, GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM will manifest in three editions: a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and a Cassette + Blu-ray + CD + Photo book collector’s edition. Not much is different between the editions except that collector’s edition will feature an additional eleventh track and the DVD and Blu-ray will include the footage from their EVOLUTiON live tour from Mynavi BLITZ AKASAKA which took place back in July. For true fans of EMPiRE, the CD that is included with the collector’s edition will include a fifteen-track rip of the same live tour, with the Blu-ray also including several music videos that are featured on the album. Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM below!

Standard edition

Limited edition 

Collector edition


Track listing:

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EMPiRE「the GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM」

CD / CASSETTE TAPE

01. Have it my way

02. WE ARE THE WORLD

03. ピアス（the GREAT JOURNEY ver.）

04. A journey

05. RiGHT NOW

06. きっと君と

07. SUCCESS STORY

08. NEW WORLD

09. 曲がりくねった道の

10. I have a chance!!

11. SELFiSH PEOPLE（the GREAT JOURNEY ver.）※Bonus Track（Only for the Collector Editon）

Collector Edition Blu-ray

・2019.07.11 at Mynavi BLITZ AKASAKA NEW EMPiRE TOUR "EVOLUTiONS"

01. EMPiRE is COMiNG

02. SELFiSH PEOPLE

03. デッドバディ

04. Don't tell me why

05. EMPiRE originals

06. maybe blue

07. Talk about

08. TOKYO MOONLiGHT

09. Dope

10. コノ世界ノ片隅デ

11. ERASER HEAD

12. LiTTLE BOY

13. Black to the dreamlight

14. ピアス

15. アカルイミライ

16. FOR EXAMPLE??

17. SO i YA

18. S.O.S

19. Buttocks beat! beat!

20. MAD LOVE

21. SUCCESS STORY

・Music Video

「ピアス」「SUCCESS STORY」「RiGHT NOW」「Have it my way」ほか6収録予定

・Making Movie

Collector Edition CD

・2019.07.11 at Mynavi BLITZ AKASAKA NEW EMPiRE OUR"EVOLUTiONS"

Only fifteen tracks total

CD+DVD Limited Edition DVD

・2019.07.11 at Mynavi BLITZ AKASAKA NEW EMPiRE TOUR "EVOLUTiONS"