The Wonderful World of Japanese Music(J-Pop, etc.)

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M!lk has released their newest single, "Bakuretsu Ai Shiteru":




Mr. Children has released their newest song, "Saturday." Their newest album comes out on 3/25.

 

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Snow Man has released the MV for their new song, "Odorouze!"

 

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Here's a February 2024 article by Savvy Tokyo's Jane Pipkin on visual kei's popularity.

Visual Kei: Tokyo Fashion Subculture - Savvy Tokyo

The popularity of the music genre, Visual Kei, went on to influence the start of a new fashion subculture with the same name.

savvytokyo.com

 

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Legendary J-Pop boy group, Arashi has released their final song together, called "Five." After doing some concerts in May, the group members will go their separate ways. Here's the MV:

 

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NiziU has released the MV for their cover of the Kana Nishino song, "Dear...."

 

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CIRRA has released the MV for their new song, "Always." Their debut EP comes out tomorrow.

 

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Happy birthday to Malice Mizer guitarist and Moi dix Mois bandleader Mana and here's a throwback of one of the former band's concerts in 1998 which had him riding around the stage on a bike.

 

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King & Prince have released the MV for their new song, "Waltz for Lilly." The single of the same name is also out:




Snow Man has released the MV for their new song, "BANG!!." It's the theme song for the live-action movie, Sakamoto Days, which member Ren Meguro plays the main role:

 

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Being one of their seven top ten hit singles in the Oricon Charts, Shazna's 1998 hit "Love is Alive" is more remembered for its music video inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula with lead singer Izam as a vampire.

 

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NiziU released the MV for their new song, "Too Bad." Their 2nd EP, Good Girl But Not For You is now out.

 

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Babymetal will be releasing their Iive video album Live at Intuit Dome on June 17.

 

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Dir En Grey released their twelfth album Mortal Downer earlier this month and here's the lead single, which is "The Devil in Me" that came out two years ago.

 

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Number_i are set to record their American debut album as they've signed a record deal with Atlantic Records.

J-pop Trio Number_i Signs With Atlantic Records, Working on New Music Out Later This Year

The group continues to top the chars in Japan and have begun making an international push through U.S. festivals and a recent signing with WME.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

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Kana Nishino has released the MV for her new song, "LOVE BEAT." It features the popular girl group, NiziU:




Hikaru Utada has released her new song, "Pappaparadise." This is the current ending theme for the long-running anime series, Chibi Maruko-chan:

 

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Here's the commercial for Arashi's final concert on 5/31:

 

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Japanese all-female rock band Scandal have released their new album  Echo and here's the music video from the lead single "Girl is Ghost".

 

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Kenshi Yonezu has released the MV for his new song, "Crow," which is the theme song for NHK's coverage of the World Cup.

 

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Ado has signed with WME for global representation all areas outside her native Japan.

Ado, Chart-Topping Japanese Singer, Signs With WME (Exclusive)

The singer, who shot to the top of Japanese music charts as a teenager and has never publicly revealed her identity, released her first live-action music video earlier this year, shown in shadow or from the side.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

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Morning Musume(or rather, Morning Musume '26) has released the MV for their new song, "Lonely...But not Alone." This is part of a double-A side, with the single CD release planned for 9/9. This is also the last single for 12th generation member Maria Makino, as she graduated from the group this week. The MV also marks the appearance of 18th generation member, Meisa Sugihara.