0TU1 announced to release a new cd called "yeah yeah yeah". It will come with three tracks which haven't been announced so far. However it is only availible at their live and only at two specific lives. One in Osaka and one in Tokyo. That makes me incredible sad because I am sure I won't be able to get my hands on this. Thought on Twitter they wrote that it's a special cd jacket they sell there... so maybe they sell the cd with another jacket cover later. I am really not sure and kind of confussed but my hope is big. Whatever it turnes out to be like I do hope that there will be a music video for at least one of the new songs. I love these two a lot and wish the would get recognized a lot more.
Yesterday 0TU1 uploaded a solo song of Greg. 0TU1 is my favorite duo from Japan. Both Greg and KAZ have an amazing voice and release great music. However this is a solo by Greg and I would love if you could give it a listen. This is not going to be my favorite song of all time but it's decent and I like that it's fully in english. Check it out and tell me what you think.
There have been my awesome songs last year. In this Post I want to share my top 10 personal favorites of this year! These are pretty much the songs of 2016 that kept spinning in my head the most, I was/am addicted to them and some of them even have a special meaning for me!
#10 MAG!C PRINCE - Ittsu Love
Despite loving all their A-side songs this is by far my favorite B-side track of them. It's such a lovely song that calms me a lot.
#09 WANIMA - Tomoni
I already wrote about how much I love their single "Jucie Up" and Tomoni is the A-side track of this single. I had this song in repeat for hours already and didn't got bored or anything. As long as the volume is loud enough I will enjoy this song to the fullest.
I think I also wrote about this song before. KAZ is a singer without a lable or anything. I know he released a single that was only availible at his live but he is not regular appearing in lives. However he relesed the video for ONE DAY in his twitter account and by considence I came accross it and loved it. I still love it, all the time I start listening to it I can't stop myself from repeating the song at least a few times. His voice is so nice and the song so cute. I honestly hope he will make more music.
Since their videos are pretty much always only restricted to Japan I can't embed the original for you, however I found a short version I linked you. About the song I love it so much. It's a great debut song. It's super addicting and I like singing along to it when I listen to it. All of them have great voices and they harmonize very well. I wish them to get very succesful and release many awesome songs. #06 10JinActor - Kimi no Egao ni Sui Touto!
I got to know 10jinActor just last year but I already love them so much. Their music is always SO much fun. I am also deeply in love with their 2016 songs "Frontier" and "PhakChi Heaven". All of these song are very recommended. However "Kimi no Egao ni Sui Touto" kept spinning in my head a little more. I remember there was a time I started singing the song at work... luckily I work with kids and they didn't really care since I sing with them a lot at work anyway.
#05 X4 - obsession
This song is the only song of X4 I love. I love that it's so sexy. I already knew that Yuya can sing sexy songs. He released a handful while he was still solo. An example would be "Naked Night". However this one is even more sexy I think. Their vocals, the dance, the rythem everything is just so hot in this song/video. I just love it!
#04 PrizmaX - Up<Up Beat
I love PrizmaX a lot and follow them for so long now. I love how they always try something a little different but they keep their original style to it. Up>Up Beat always gets me in a good mood. It's such an uplifting song.
#03 Ame no Parade - Tokyo
I can't count how many times I repeated this song last year. It was my first song by Ame no Parade and will definitly not be my last. Even thought I have to admit their songs tend to be very similar sometimes. However Tokyo is really unique. You get so many emotions through the songs or at least I do. I will always love this song a lot.
#02 0TU1 - Family
I came accross 0TU1 this year only. I wish I would have known them before. Their music in generell is really good and their latest mini album is just perfect. Family is one song on it. It's my absolute favorite song of them. So damn beautiful. Also I saw them live at the end of last year and they sang this song and believe me guys this song is even more beautiful live.
#01 White Jam - Sakanaide
Sakanaide is definitly the best song of 2016 that I listend to. The vocals make me melt, Shiroses vocal skills are impressive and the other members are stunning too. There is nothing more to say about this song despite that it's perfect.
There have been a lot of amazing releases last year. Today I want to share my personal favorites. There are albums as well as singles in this list. These are the cds that stood out as a whole for me the most. I keept repeating all the songs for hours, that's why they are on this list. However let's start.
#05 Tokyo by Fiima
This is an addicting release of them. Being a fan of them for quite some time I was extremly excited when they announced this cd because it's the first you could buy in stores. However I ended up loving this release a lot because each of the four songs is so good. I did a small review of this single, look it up here. http://itsallaboutjmusic.blogspot.de/2016/08/review-of-tokyo-by-fiima.html
#04 Love Science by 0TU1
0TU1 released their third mini album at the end of august 2016 and I wish I would have known them before because their music is incredible. As the title suggest you will find love releated songs on this album. They are all more slower songs but it doesn't get boring at all. I am just amazed at how amazing their vocals are and all five songs on this album are so extremly beautiful. Here is a preview video for the album.
My favorite songs fo this album are definitly Family and Lean On Me. These songs are extremly beautiful as well as addicting and just perfect.
#03 Juice Up!! by WANIMA
This single starts of with "Tomoni". I love this song so much and all the time it pops up on my ipod I feel the need to rise up the volume to fully enjoy this incredible song. Definitly my all time favorite song of the band. Definitly check it out! Here is the music video to it.
But also the next song "Odoru Yoru" is more then statisfying. It's starts of with some awesome guitar skills and has a very fast pace. Love it too. The next one is called "Kitte no nai Okurimono". It's super addicting as well. The Last one on this single is "For You" and it's a little more paced down thought not really. It's perfection as well. You might think I am over reacting here but honestly this was one of the best investions for me in 2016 and gosh I bought a lot last year but this single is so worth it.
Listen to their album if you have the chance to.
#02 SHAKE THE WORLD by FlowBack
This is the first cd of FlowBack you could buy in stores. I bought it because I got interessted in them and wanted to check out their music. The album supprised me with how well it's done. The songs are pretty much all up beat and so much fun to listen to. It's different to usuel Jpop music. All the songs on this album are really good. Starting with "Wake Me Up", which got it's own music video, over "Shake The World" up to A.N.L! In total there are 5 songs on this mini album and I honestly recommend every single one. Here is a preview video of the album.
#01 5IGNAL by 5IGNAL
I bought this album only because I really like their song "Be With You" and wanted to own it on CD. So when I recieved the album I had absolutly no expactation of the quality. As soon as I started listening to it I got super excited because it is so good. It feels like an album of an american artist and since most of the songs are sung in english it feels like this even more. I really love japanese music but I love this as well and I think they did a brilliant job with the album. They are absolutly underrated and should get way more attention. I hope they will finally release something new again soon. Here is the official teaser for the album, sadly showing just two of the songs.
Not too long ago I wrote on this blog that I love 0TU1s new mini album and that besides Lean On Me, Family is my favorite song on this album but sadly it has no video to show you. However on the 1st november they actuelly uploaded a music video for Family. I am really happy 'cause now I can listen to the whole song and this album is definitly being on my to-buy-list. Gosh I really love this song. It's so good. Please listen to it yourself. The video is pretty plain, you only see KAZ singing. Not writing more, here is the video.
Since I like the song a LOT I wrote down the romaji for it so I can sing a long better. Maybe someone would like to see those as well, so here they are.
Yeah
Everytime you feel down
You fell alone
You can always Lean on me
I am always here for you
ねぇ何で泣いてるの / Nee Nande Nai Teru no
hey tell me whats going on
まだ頼りないけど / Mada Taiyorinai kedo
頼ってほしい / Taiyotte Hoshii
いつか君が道に迷ったら / Itsuka Kimi ga Michi ni Mayottara
二人で迷子になろうよ / Futari de Maigo ni narou yo
そして共に出口を探せばいい / Soshite Tomoni deguchi wo Sagaseba ii
Cuz I'm One call away
whenever you need a friend
ヒーローにはなれないけど / Hero ni wa narenai Kedo
飛んでいくよ /Tonde iku yo
Oh baby baby
Just lean on me
whenever you need a hand
疲れたら肩をかすから / Tsukaretara Kata wo Kasu kara
顔を上げて / Kao wo Agete
I’m one call away
君がもし元気なくしても / Kimi ga moshi genki nakushite mo
僕が強くいるから / Boku ga Tsuyoku Irukara
僕が代わりに戦い続けるから / Boku ga Kawari ni Tatakai Tsudzukeru Kara
もう心配しなくていいよ / Mou Shinpai Shinakute ii yo
でももし不安になったら / Demo Moshi fuan ni Nattara
いつでもこの腕に飛び込んでくればいい /Itsu demo Kono ude ni Tobikonde Kureba ii
Cuz I'm One call away
whenever you need a friend
ヒーローにはなれないけど / Hero ni wa narenai Kedo
飛んでいくよ /Tonde iku yo
Oh baby baby
Just lean on me
whenever you need a hand
疲れたら肩をかすから / Tsukaretara Kata wo Kasu kara
顔を上げて / Kao wo Agete
I’m one call away
everything will be alright
I’m always by your side
いつまでもyour not alone baby /Itsumademo your not alone baby
everything will be alright
I’m always by your side
どこにいてもそばにいるから / doko ni itemo soba ni irukara
everything will be alright
I’m always by your side
いつまでもyour not alone baby /itsumademo your not alone baby
I always enjoy doing these list because I get to know so many new artists each time, however I need to be in the mood for doing one, that's why I don't do them regular. Today I was in the mood so here is my top 10 list for last weeks releases.
#10 Burn by Flow
I like the soft intro and then there is the heavy gituar tune, love this. Just a really nice pop/rock song.
#09 Yamato Dancing by Boys and Men
I have a week spot for these guys because I like some of the members a LOT. Their shows are always most enjoyable but however this is about the song. It's a catchy one which from time to time stucks in my head and it's possible that I will start to sing the refrain out of no reason. I like the a little rough singing in some parts, thought I really like and enjoy the whole song.
#08 Riyuu by Noriyuki Makihara
Awesome song. The song somehow reminds me little of songs by Ken Hirai, thought just a very little bit. I like the tempo of this song a lot and the vocalist has a super nice voice. It's a fun song that makes me feel like dancing.
#07 Family by 0TU1
This is an advertising video for the whole mini album, Family is the first song so just start to play the video. There is no video for the song, if they upload one I will put it here. However Family is such a lovely and beautiful song. It gives of an amazing vibe. I absolutly enjoy it. Besides I really like the full mini album. So many good songs. If you have the time watch the whole video.
#06 Blue Star by Chise Kanna
So far this is the first and only song I heard of her. She really has a super beautiful voice and the song is full of emotions, that's something I especially love about the song. Even when you don't understand the lyrics you get the feeling that she is singing about something heartbreaking. Besides the song itself I really like that her voice is very clear. So beautful.
