King & Prince Wants to Know Your Name With Latest Music Video!

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Ahead of their upcoming album, popular five-member Johnny’s boy group King & Prince released the music video for their track “Namae Oshiete” on their YouTube channel. "Namae Oshiete" is a full-length English song recorded for the group’s upcoming third album Re: Sense which will be released July 21. Produced by American singer-songwriter/music producer Babyface, the recording took place in his private studio in Los Angeles which the unit studied at in 2019. The music video depicts King & Prince dressed as theater stars, with one guy searching for a woman he fell in love with at first sight in the theater lobby. The crew performs a sharp dance on a stage set reminiscent of Broadway.

As previously reported, the album will include sixteen tracks and three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions, Types A & B. Both limited editions will come with a bonus DVD, with Type A including the music video for “Bokura no Great Journey” along with the making-of for the album overall. Type B will include the music video for “Namae Oshiete” along with a “Dance version” of the video, and also a mini-documentary of the group’s time in LA for the track. Not to be left out, the standard edition will come with a bonus seventeenth track exclusive to its edition.

Be sure to check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for all three editions of Re:Sense including a bonus bundle edition below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundle edition

King & Prince Comes Back to Their Senses With Upcoming Album!

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Popular five-member Johnny’s boy group King & Prince announced that they will be releasing a brand new album, Re:Sense, July 21. This will be their latest album since L& back in September of last year and will be their third album overall. Included in this work will be previously released singles “I promise”, “Magic Touch”, and “Beating Hearts”, along with the refreshing youth song “僕らのGreat Journey” (“Bokura no Great Journey”) and “Namae Oshiete”, which was recorded in Los Angeles back in 2019. 

The album will include sixteen tracks and three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions, Types A & B. Both limited editions will come with a bonus DVD, with Type A including the music video for “Bokura no Great Journey” along with the making-of for the album overall. Type B will include the music video for “Namae Oshiete” along with a “Dance version” of the video, and also a mini documentary of the group’s time in LA for the track. Not to be left out, the standard edition will come with a bonus seventeenth track exclusive to its edition.

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for “Magic Touch” along with the pre-order links for all three editions of Re:Sense along with a bonus bundle edition below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundle edition

King & Prince「Re:Sense」

Standard Edition 

CD

・僕らのGreat Journey

・Namae Oshiete

・I promise

・Magic Touch

・Beating Hearts

Along with Other Totaling to 17 Tracks

Limited Edition Type A

CD

・僕らのGreat Journey

・Namae Oshiete

・I promise

・Magic Touch

・Beating Hearts

Along with Other Totaling to 16 Tracks

DVD

・「僕らのGreat Journey」Music Video

・「僕らのGreat Journey」Music Video Making

・「僕らのGreat Journey」Music Video 番外編

・Making of「Re:Sense」

Limited Edition Type B

CD

・僕らのGreat Journey

・Namae Oshiete

・I promise

・Magic Touch

・Beating Hearts

Along with Other Totaling to 16 Tracks

DVD

・「Namae Oshiete」Music Video

・「Namae Oshiete」Music Video -Dance ver.-

・「Namae Oshiete」Music Video Making

・「Namae Oshiete」レコーディングドキュメンタリー in LA

To Celebrate Third Anniversary, King & Prince Announce Varied Social Media Presence!

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To celebrate the third year anniversary of their debut single “Cinderella Girl”, popular five-member Johnny’s male idol group King & Prince announced that they will be branching out via social media by having an official Youtube channel, Twitter, and Instagram account. This is the second Johnny’s Entertainment group to feature a full social media presence since their older brother group ARASHI two years prior. In commemoration of this, their YouTube channel dropped a YouTube edit version of a released single’s music video everyday until May 30. They got the ball rolling by dropping the music video for their debut single "Cinderella Girl”. King & Prince also performed via Instagram on May 30 (Sunday).

Be sure to check out the music video “Cinderella Girl” below!

King & Prince Brings the Magic Touch With Upcoming Release!

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Five-member Johnny’s boy group King & Prince divulged more information about their upcoming single. finally titled “Magic Touch/ Beating Hearts” which will be released May 19. This will be the latest release from the group since “I promise” back in December of last year and will be their seventh single overall. The theme of this work is simply "dance". "Magic Touch" is a cool hip-hop number choreographed by Melvin Tim Tim, who has won the world championship of hip-hop dance.

The single, like those previously released, will feature two tracks and three editions including a standard CD-only edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. Each edition will include a different B-side track, with the standard featuring an additional third track. The DVD contents will also be different, as Type B is to include a the full music video of “Beating Hearts” along with a behind-the-scenes making-of for it. Type A’s DVD, on the other hand, will feature the music video for “Magic Touch” along with a behind-the-scenes making-of for it.

But as we look forward to the upcoming release, be sure to check out the preview of the music video for “Beating Hearts”, along with the pre-order links for the single—including an exclusive bundle edition!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundle edition

King & Prince「Magic Touch/ Beating Hearts」

Standard Edition

CD

・Beating Hearts

・Magic Touch

Limited edition Type A

CD

・Beating Hearts

・Magic Touch

DVD

・「Magic Touch」Music Video

・「Magic Touch」Music Video Making

Limited edition Type B

CD

・Beating Hearts

・Magic Touch

DVD

・「Beating Hearts」Music Video

・「Beating Hearts」Music Video Making

Genki Iwahashi Announces Departure from King & Prince!

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We have the unfortunate news that Member Genki Iwahashi, of the popular boy group King & Prince, announced that he will be withdrawing from the group indefinitely on March 31. Iwahashi made his debut as a member of King & Prince in May 2018 but had suspended his activities in November of that year to concentrate on the treatment of a panic disorder. Although he did continued activities in February 2019, he didn’t fully return to the group. According to the announcement on the official website of Johnny's Entertainment, he has tried to overcome the difficult condition, but after such a period of rest, Iwahashi learned about the difficulty of overcoming panic disorder and the pressure of talent activities.  Iwahashi has reconsidered his future life based on his own condition and decided to end group activities and leave Johnny’s Entertainment as a whole. The other members heard Iwahashi's thoughts and released the following statement: "Because we are important friends to Iwahashi, we should send out all of our positive thoughts.” The group has decided to continue the with five people.

We at OTY would like to thank Iwahashi for all his work in the music industry and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.