Luna's Ongaku Go For November 2021!

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Picking up after Ken with another month down from 2021, we at OTY would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music featured on this site.

“PLAYBACK” by JUJU

With the release of JUJU’s newest single “KotaeAwase” coming out this month, I went back and listened to her whole discography. “PLAYBACK” has been my song of the month as it reminds me of summer memories and brings back the good days. “PLAYBACK” is an uptempo song that immediately grabs you with its beat and JUJU’s fun playful vocals. It gives you the swing feel vibe and is a track that makes you want to get up and dance. It’s catchy tune, upbeat pop tempo infused with jazz gives it a nice flair.

Check out “PLAYBACK” here and the music video below!

“My Dear” by BoA

“My Dear” is BoA’s 20th Anniversary Digital Single and I absolutely love it. BoA has come so far in the industry and this track shows off BoA’s new style of music. “My Dear” is a more R&B-pop track as it has the western feel in the composition, however, her vocal’s are still nice on the ears. The versus and chorus flow perfectly with the composition. “My Dear” is a mid-tempo track with beautifully smooth vocals that showcase BoA’s talent and versatility.

Check out “My Dear” here and the official audio video below!

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“stay with me” by Thelma Aoyama

Thelma Aoyama released her newest album Scorpion Moon in October last month and “stay with me” immediately caught my ear. I absolutely love Thelma’s ballads and “stay with me” hits everything I want in a ballad. The piano throughout the song is beautiful, Thelma’s vocals are smooth, strong, and soft right where they need to be. The lyrics are moving, making it the perfect ballad as the composition matches it perfectly. I love that Thelma is able to showcase her vocal range in “stay with me” and keeps it a simple and lovely ballad.

Check out “stay with me” here and the music video below!

“BETELGEUSE” by Yuuri

Music Corner alumni Yuuri has been an artist I have been following since his hit “Dry Flower” and has been continously releasing fanastic tracks, “BETELGEUSE” is no exception to that. I fell in love with this track on the first listen and have had it on repeat almost all month. Yuuri’s powerful vocals fit perfectly with his folk rock style that I adore. “BETELGEUSE” pulls you in with its beautiful arrangement and Yuuri’s powerful vocals and leads you through the track like a story. Its such a nice tune to listen and sing-a-long to as it has that easy listening style of music.

Check out “BETELGEUSE” here and the music video below!

“Natsugasumi” (THE FIRST TAKE) By Atarayo

I was not able to be on the episode featuring Music Corner alumni Atarayo, however, I absolutely fell in love with them. “Natsugasumi” is an absolutely beautiful track and THE FIRST TAKE version was what I heard first and was blown away by their vocals and music. The guitar, drums, and vocals all fit together perfectly. It’s the perfect pop-rock song as it has the touch of sadness which you hear in both Hitomi and MaaShii’s vocals as well as the lyrics themselves. The emotions that Atarayo express in their music seeps into your soul and that is exactly what “Natsugasumi” did to me.

Check out “Natsugasumi” here and the music video below!

JUJU Tells Her Story With All-time Best Album!

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Japanese popular R&B and jazz vocalist JUJU is dropping her first all-time best album YOUR STORY April 8. This album is JUJU’s third best album and her twenty-second album over her career. YOUR STORY will feature a total of 52 tracks spread over four discs with each disc featuring different themes. Some of these tracks were requested by fans at JUJU’s YOUR REQUEST TOUR held in 2019 and others were chosen from the period of her debut to present, including her latest single “Stayin’ Alive”. This album has a special meaning as each disc tells a story, one which each person can relate to, such as walking through the past into the future.

YOUR STORY is gracing fans with two editions, a 4-CD + DVD limited edition and a 4-CD regular edition. The 4-CD + DVD limited edition will include the following: a bonus DVD which features music videos for ten songs which have been newly shot just for this release, an interview, slipcase packaging, and a deluxe booklet! You can order pre-order your copy on CDJapan below; just make sure you read the shipping guidelines first. Don’t forget to check out the commercial and digest videos, track listing, and covers for YOUR STORY!

4-CD + DVD limited edition

4-CD regular edition

Track listing:

Disc 1:

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  1. [Theater RED] やさしさで溢れるように

  2. [Theater RED] ただいま

  3. [Theater RED] Eternally

  4. [Theater RED] 守ってあげたい

  5. [Theater RED] 願い

  6. [Theater RED] また明日...

  7. [Theater RED] 明日がくるなら original duet version (with JAY'ED)

  8. [Theater RED] sign

  9. [Theater RED] 東京

  10. [Theater RED] YOU

  11. [Theater RED] I

  12. [Theater RED] ありがとう

  13. [Theater RED] あざみ

Disc 2:

  1. [Theater PURPLE] この夜を止めてよ

  2. [Theater PURPLE] ラストシーン

  3. [Theater PURPLE] つよがり

  4. [Theater PURPLE] 予感

  5. [Theater PURPLE] くちづけ

  6. [Theater PURPLE] いいわけ

  7. [Theater PURPLE] My Life

  8. [Theater PURPLE] If

  9. [Theater PURPLE] 君がついた嘘なら

  10. [Theater PURPLE] さよならの代わりに

  11. [Theater PURPLE] Distance

  12. [Theater PURPLE] あなたがくれたもの

  13. [Theater PURPLE] Woman In Love

Disc 3:

  1. [Theater PINK] 素直になれたら (feat.Spontania)

  2. [Theater PINK] 桜雨

  3. [Theater PINK] ナツノハナ

  4. [Theater PINK] 星月夜

  5. [Theater PINK] believe believe

  6. [Theater PINK] 甜い罠

  7. [Theater PINK] PLAYBACK

  8. [Theater PINK] READY FOR LOVE

  9. [Theater PINK] 始まりはいつも突然に

  10. [Theater PINK] READ MY LIPS

  11. [Theater PINK] Hold me, Hold you

  12. [Theater PINK] Trust In You

  13. [Theater PINK] Stop Motion

Disc 4:

  1. [Theater BLUE] 奇跡を望むなら...

  2. [Theater BLUE] Dreamer

  3. [Theater BLUE] Hot Stuff

  4. [Theater BLUE] What You Want

  5. [Theater BLUE] Voice

  6. [Theater BLUE] Door

  7. [Theater BLUE] ミライ

  8. [Theater BLUE] 空

  9. [Theater BLUE] ANTIQUE

  10. [Theater BLUE] PRESENT

  11. [Theater BLUE] かわいそうだよね (with HITSUJI)

  12. [Theater BLUE] メトロ

  13. [Theater BLUE] STAYIN' ALIVE

DVD:

  1. PLAYBACK

  2. What You Want

  3. believe believe

  4. いいわけ

  5. 東京

  6. かわいそうだよね (with HITSUJI)

  7. メトロ

  8. ミライ

  9. READ MY LIPS

  10. STAYIN' ALIVE

  11. Special Interview "MY STORY"

JUJU will also be having her “JUJU Arena Tour 2020 -YOUR STORY-” to celebrate the release of YOUR STORY from September until November. Tour dates and Venues listed below. You don’t want to miss seeing her live!

JUJU ARENA TOUR 2020 「YOUR STORY」

9/5(土) 北海道・北海道立総合体育センター 北海きたえーる

9/12(土) 愛知・愛知県国際展示場 AICHI Sky Expo

9/19(土) 福岡・マリンメッセ福岡 9/22(祝・火) 宮城・セキスイハイムスーパ−アリーナ

10/3(土) 大阪・大阪城ホール 10/4(日) 大阪・大阪城ホール

10/10(土) 埼玉・さいたまスーパーアリーナ

10/11(日) 埼玉・さいたまスーパーアリーナ

10/24(土) 愛媛・愛媛県武道館 11/7(土) 富山・富山市総合体育館

11/21(土) 広島・広島サンプラザホール

JUJU Gets Busy in 2020

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Artist JUJU has revealed she is going to have a very busy 2020 starting off with a brand-new single that is set to drop on February 26 titled “Stayin’ Alive”.

“Stayin’ Alive” is going to be used for the medical drama Top Knife. “Stayin’ Alive” is being released in two editions. One will be a standard CD-only edition and the other will be a limited edition that will come with both CD and DVD. The DVD features eight live tracks from her performance at Nippon Budokan, which was part of her JUJU TOUR 2018: "I". Pre-orders are up and will be posted at the bottom of the article.

On top of all of that is the announcement that she will be dropping her greatest hits album in the spring of 2020. The announcement came at the final performance of her -15th ANNIVERSARY- JUJU HALL TOUR 2019: “YOUR REQUEST,” which was held on October 10 at Tokyo International Forum Hall A. JUJU went on to say, “I will continue to sing songs that will not stop!” 

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

JUJU has new single drop

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If you are unfamiliar with JUJU, she is a Japanese jazz, R&B, and J-pop artist. Back on March 6 she released a new single titled “Mirai”. “Mirai” was released with two editions, a standard edition and a limited edition including a DVD. Currently the music video isn’t available outside of Japan but you can check out “Mirai” below from JUJU’s official YouTube channel. The track listings for both the standard and limited edition are posted below.

If you are interested in ordering your copy of the single please do so at these links:

Standard

Limited Edition

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STANDARD

1) MIRAI

2) READ MY LIPS

3) DATTE SHOUGANAIJANAI

4) MIRAI (Instrumental)

Limited Edition DVD

1) *

2) ASHITAGA KURUNARA

3) TOKYO

4) ANATAGAKURETAMONO

JUJU Announces New Jazz Album!

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Vocalist JUJU announced today her next album in the DELICIOUS Jazz Album Series, with DELICIOUS ～JUJU's JAZZ 3rd Dish～, being released on December 5. The songs being covered in the album revealed at a later date.

DELICIOUS will continue on the trend of having Peanuts characters with JUJU on the cover of the album as seen below.

Also announced, JUJU will be returning to the BLUE NOTE TOKYO, for JUJU JAZZ LIVE 2018, starting on August 13 and running till the 23 of the same month. For those who do not know the BLUE NOTE is a very famous jazz club chain. So for those who are in Tokyo  during that time and want to listen to JUJU’s dulcet jazz style, please check it out!

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