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New Music for 2019- J-pop

Last year I did a couple of posts about new music for 2018. You can read them here:

Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-1.html

Part 2:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-2.html

 Now it's a new year again, so I'm sharing some some new music for 2019 in various genres! Starting with  Japanese pop. :)

Note: Avex videos are now blocked from being shown on third party applications. If you click on the videos you can watch them fine on YouTube. :)

Red Velvet- SAPPY

First up is Korean girl group Red Velvet, with  new Japanese release, SAPPY. It's a digital single (their 2nd original Japanese song) that was released on 6th January.

According to elite daily, SAPPY is about a "sappy" boy who can't make up his mind between two girls. Visit this post for an English translation: https://www.elitedaily.com/p/what-do-red-velvets-sappy-lyrics-mean-in-english-youll-relate-if-your-crush-needs-to-grow-up-15830813



Happiness- POWER GIRLS

Next is the girlband  Happiness who are part of the larger group E-girls and the collective.E.G. family. POWER GIRLS is their latest single/. the video uploaded on 15th Jan and I think the single was released the next day.

 I believe the song is a bit longer than the video as Avex (record label) doesn't always show full videos.



King & Prince- (Japanese Title)


Can't leave out the boys! Here are King & Prince a 6 member boyband who debuted last year. The members are Sho Hirano, Genki Iwahashi, Ren Nagase, Yuta Jinguji, Yuta Kishi and Kaito Takahashi. The group's formation was inspired by the success of popular Korean boyband BTS. *

King & Prince released their debut single Cinderella Girl in May 2018. This is their latest single which was uploaded on 10th January. I'm having trouble finding the English translation of the title online (possible "Sunshine" since that's a line in the song?), but will update as soon as I find out! :)

Update 3/5/19: The original video was removed and I'm having trouble finding it again, but I think it was Memorial.

Update 2, 9/10/19: 2nd video has been removed as well due to a copyright claim. You can find live performamce of Memorial here but they may be removed soon too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LePZ-NFUHY




As I've mentioned in the past, I don't know that many Japanese boybands as Korean ones, so it's cool to discover a new one. :)

For more on King & Prince visit this link: https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2157414/k-pop-fans-respond-bts-inspired-japanese-boy-band-king-prince


Hope you like the songs! Stay tuned for more new music for 2019. :) What are your favourite new releases? (In any genre).


J-pop fan? Check out these posts:

J-pop Round-up 2018: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/10/j-pop-round-up-2018.html

E-girls vs THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/10/girls-vs-boys-j-pop.html

BananaLemon- Beautiful: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-music-video_12.html

*These are Japanese names and the surname is first.
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