New (ish) J-pop Videos

It's been a while since I've featured some Japanese music (apart from MIREI's English music in a recent Weekly Music Video), so I thought it was time for some J-pop! I've called the post "New (ish) J-pop Videos because some songs are older. :)

FAKY- NEW AGE

First up is NEW AGE by girl group FAKY. It was released in November and was co-written by my favourite singer Koda Kumi!

If you click "Subtitles/Closed Captions" while viewing on YouTube you can see English subtitles. :)

Check out FAKY's latest release half-moon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqh8N_pt-I


Koda Kumi-  Bassline ~ 20th Year Special Full Ver ~

Speaking of Koda Kumi she is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut!  (I am actually a little confused because I've read that her debut single TAKE BACK  was released in December 2000, but the celebrations started last December. In this article it also states that the single came out in Dec 1999.  Regardless, it is around 20 years and Kumi held  a concert for her fan club on 6th December, the Koda Kumi 19th/ 20th Anniversary Event. She has also been releasing 20th anniversary versions of some of her music videos. They are full versions. (It's common with videos from her record company Avex Trax to only release short versions online so that you'll buy the music video DVD).

Here is the 20th year full version of the video for Bassline, my favourite song from Kumi's first double album release W FACE ~inside/W FACE ~outside (2017).  I did mention Bassline in another Koda post back in 2017 but at the time there was no video or audio online. The video was uploaded in March.

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

For more Kumi check out these posts:

More songs from W FACE ~inside/~ outside: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/10/new-koda-kumi-video-bonus-vid.html

Includes STRIP from re(CORD): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/10/j-pop-and-k-pop-round-up-2019-new-videos.html


CHERRSEE- Call me babe

This is Call me babe by CHERRSEE. They are a Japanese girl group, who were created by K-pop producer Brave Brothers. The group was formed in 2016 and currently consists of 5 members- leader Nene (full name Suzuki Nene), centre Miyu (Murashima Miyu), main rapper Lena (who is from Thailand), Yuma (full name Nagashima Yuma) and Airi (Maruyama Airi).* Former members are Sayuri and Hikaru (Iwai Hikaru). They graduated from the group in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

The group name comes from "cherry seeds" and the meaning is the girls blossoming and attracting lots of people. CHERSEE  were trained in South Korea with help from K-pop girlband AOA. They released their debut single Mystery in May 2016, their debut album Cherry Seeds in  November 2016 and the first mini album Melody in May 2018. To date thy have brought out 5 more singles-Shiroi Shirts, Cry again, Lady, BiBiDi BaBiDi boo and Call me babe.

Call me babe is their most recent single. The video came out in November and the single was released in December, I think.

For more on CHERRSEE visit these links:

Kprofile: https://kprofiles.com/cherrsee-members-profile/

Official site (Japanese/English): http://cherrsee.com/

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherrsee_jp/




TANAKA ALICE- Watch Out!

Something a bit different now!  Tananka Alice is a female rap artist and hip hop singer who started out in the music business at 15, and released her first single MAKE ME ALRIGHT in 2013.* Her singles include SPACE WOMAN, TOKIO, HELLO HELLO, Watch Out! and Miss Summer. To date she has released two mini albums, TOKYO GIRL(2013) TOKYO GIRL II (2014) and the studio album TOKYO CANDY (2015).

This is Watch Out! which came out in March last year. I've actually had it saved in my YouTube "Watch later" playlist for quite a while and it definitely belongs in the "New-ish" category! lol.

For more on Alice check out these links

Official site: http://tanakaalice.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanakaalice/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwn4gsgfhwS9WE9-p3hQObg


lol- blaaw

This is the latest single from mixed gender/co-ed group lol. It's called blaaw and is from their 3rd album lightning, which was released on 18th March. The video premiered in February.

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

 

THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE- INVISIBLE LOVE

Here is a new one by boyband THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE. I like the music and my fave part is the chorus. It was released on 30th March.

Note:  Avex videos are blocked from being shown on third party applications. Click on the video to watch on YouTube. :)

Hope you enjoyed the post. :) Happy Easter Weekend to those celebrating! (or just Happy Weekend!). It's nice weather here in the UK but unfortunately government guidance is still to stay home as much you can, due to the coronavirus. Hope everyone is staying safe. :)

Want more J-pop? Check out these posts:

J-pop and K-pop Round-up 2019 + New Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/10/j-pop-and-k-pop-round-up-2019-new-videos.html

Features E-girls' Easy come, Easy go: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html

MIREI- Lonely in Toyko music video (English): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video.html


*These are Japanese names with the surname/family name written fist.