Shiki Miyoshino Is Set To Make Her Debut

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Shiki Miyoshino, who is an American-born singer, is a member of the PRISM Project and has announced she will be making her major debut with Sony Music Labels Inc. Miyoshino is a virtual YouTuber who is also an occultic inugami born from the wandering souls of dog owners who have lost their passion. She is lively and cheerful and deeply loves music, horror, and, of course, dogs. Within the virtual talent industry, she is known as a songstress who captivates audiences worldwide with her beautiful singing voice “hanahaki” will be released on July 12..

Her first single, titled “hanahaki”, delves into the theme of “Hanahaki Syndrome,” a fictional disease in which an individual suffering from unrequited love coughs up flower petals. This marks the beginning of her journey as a messenger of the occult. The music is composed by the enigmatic US-based composer known as “GHOST,” who boasts a subscriber count of over 400,000.

BE:FIRST Brings A Brand New Gift with Major Label Debut Single!

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Seven-member dance and vocal group BE:FIRST were born from THE FIRST, the million-dollar audition series created and funded by artist SKY-HI and his company BMSG.

Their pre-debut song “Shining One“ has exceeded 15 million views on YouTube since its August 16 release, despite coming before their official major-label debut. The track also topped two different rankings at once in the Oricon weekly charts, and spent two weeks at No.1 on Billboard Japan’s HOT BUZZ SONG chart. With all of this incredible momentum, it has been announced that BE:FIRST will make their official major-label debut with the release of new single “Gifted.” on November 3.

Comment from SKY-HI

“The title of the single ‘Gifted.’ literally means ‘to bear natural talent’, and it is a reference to the strong attitude of BE:FIRST’s members of feeling that they themselves are gifted, while also encompassing the message that ‘everyone is born gifted’. One year ago, all of the group’s members were completely unknown and unpolished as artists. Now, having honed their talents and proven their overwhelming performance ability, they have earned praise and been labeled as ‘gifted’ by the wider world, which makes the message of this song all the more convincing. It is also a positive song that can offer encouragement to those who are looking for a place to shine or to be themselves in these chaotic times.

“The period at the end of ‘Gifted.’ signifies that it is the final song in a series of four tracks from ‘THE FIRST’, each of which has been named after one of the four letters in BMSG, my company name. The title of each song in the series has also reflected the number of members in the group at that time: ‘Be Free’ and ‘Move On’ were each performed by six members and have six letters in their titles, while ‘Shining One’ featured 10 performers and has 10 letters. The period in ‘Gifted.’ allows us to have seven characters in the title, like the seven members in ‘BE:FIRST’, as an indication that the group have reached their final formation and are ready to go out into the world. So, this single is both a conclusion of the previous chapter and the start of a new one.”

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for “Shining One” along with the streaming like for the track here!

The Masterpieces of DREAMS COME TRUE are Recorded by a World-Famous Belgian ocarina player, Tom Vanopphem with 'Bittersweet'!

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World-famous ocarina player from Belgium, Tom Vanopphem announced that he will be teaming up with UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN with an official cover album of Bittersweet, September 22. Tom Vanopphem, who is an ocarina player from Belgium, loves Japan and Japanese culture.  He has become popular on social media by playing requested songs with the ocarina.  Speaking fluent Japanese, he has been attracting many followers.  The number of his TikTok followers counts over 330,000. 

After playing the ocarina around the world, Italy, Australia, Belgium, Greece, China, Taiwan, and Japan, he decided to stay in Japan where the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which Vanopphem is a fan of was born. It gave him an opportunity to get to know the ocarina.  The Japanese culture, economic strength, people’s kindness were additional factors that made him stay.

Vanopphem will releases his major label debut album, Bittersweet, which is a cover album from the band, DREAMS COME TRUE. The ocarina’s sensitive and lyrical sound perfectly matches with the melodies created by the extraordinary melody maker duo, Miwa Yoshida and Masato Nakamura, and enhances the beauty of the songs.

The album consists of ten masterpieces of DREAMS COME TRUE, “Mirai Yosouzu II”, “Suki, Kiminishika Kikoenai”, “Memai”, etc.  In addition, as a bonus track, “Green Hill Zone” from the game SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is included, which was composed by Masato Nakamura. Recently it was played at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.  This is actually the song that introduced DREAMS COME TRUE to Vanopphem. Vanopphem plays three octaves with triple ocarina, not the ordinary single ocarina. His ocarina makes you hear the words.  This album is a must-listen for music fans all over the world.

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out his cover of the popular track “Homura” along with the pre-order links for Bittersweet below!

Standard edition 

Tom Vanopphem「Bittersweet」

1. Mirai Yosouzu II   

2. Kiminishika Kikoenai   

3. Memai   

4. Suki   

5. Mikazuki   

6. Kohakuno Tsuki   

7. Oyasumino Uta   

8. NOCTURNE 001   

9. SNOW DANCE   

10. ETERNITY   

11. Green Hill Zone

NEE Makes Major Label Debut With Upcoming Album!

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Four-member rock band NEE announced that they will be making their major label debut with their upcoming self-titled album, NEE, September 1. This work, which will be NEE's first national distribution release, will include popular songs such as "不革命前夜” “Fukakumei Zenya”), “九鬼” (”Kuki”), and "歩く花" (“Aruku Hana”), as well as their latest song "Outburn," which is currently difficult to obtain. The album contains a total of 16 songs, nine of which new, and it will drop through a CD-only standard edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus DVD. The content of the DVD will be announced at a future date. 

As we look forward to the release be sure to check out the music video for “Kuki” along with the pre-order links for NEE below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

NEE「NEE」

01. 全校朝会

02. 第一次世界

03. アウトバーン

04. 下僕な僕チン

05. You are はっぴー

06. 九鬼

07. ボキは最強

08. 夜中の風船

09. 本当は泣きそうです。

10. 因果オウホウ

11. ぱくちー

12. 不革命前夜

13. ビリビリのーん

14. こたる

15. 歩く花

16. 帰りの会

ZOC Excites Fans With Release of Trailer for PvP and More!

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Five-member alt idol group ZOC released the trailer for their major label debut album PvP which is set to drop June 9! In the trailer video titled ZOC ‘PvP’ Zenkyoku Tsumamigui♡ TRAILER, you can listen to all the songs in a digest format. This trailer was produced by Seiko Oomori, who also is a member of ZOC. In addition to the release of the trailer for PvP, ZOC also unveiled the music video for their track “CUTTING EDGE” on Nippon Broadcasting System’s Myukomi VR and it will be featured on their upcoming debut album.

Check out ZOC ‘PvP’ Zenkyoku Tsumamigui♡ TRAILER and “CUTTING EDGE” along with the track listing and pre-order links for PvP below!

Standard edition

Limited DVD edition

Limited Blu-ray edition

ZOC「PvP」

CD

DISC 1

  1. CO LO s NA

  2. CUTTING EDGE

  3. family name PvP版

  4. DON'T TRUST TEENAGER PvP版

  5. GIRL'S GIRL PvP版

  6. LiBiDo FUSION

  7. 眼球にGO！

  8. 濃 厚 接 触

  9. FLY IN THE DEEPRIVER

  10. (1)(4)才

  11. A INNOCENCE PvP版

  12. AGE OF ZOC PvP版

DISC 2

  1. ZOC 序曲

  2. ZOC 実験室 PvP版

  3. SHINEMAGIC PvP版

  4. 断捨離彼氏 PvP版

  5. チュープリ PvP版

  6. ヒアルロンリーガール PvP版

  7. まろまろ浄土

  8. それな! 人生PARTY

  9. 紅のクオリア

  10. REPEAT THE END

Blu-ray/DVD

NEVER TRUST ZOC FINAL at NIPPON BUDOKAN

DON’T TRUST TEENAGER (blu-ray only)