My Top 15 releases of September 2017

I am not happy with the september releases. There are a few good songs and I love the album AKLO and JAY'ED released together but despite these I didn't like a lot of the new releases. However not every month can be awesome, so here are the 15 songs I like this month.

#15 L.A.U - FAKER

#14 TaeHoon - Tell Me What To Do

#13 256 - Hoshi no Kazu dake

#12 RefRise - challenger 

#11 Happiness - GOLD

FlowBack released short version for We Are!

Today FlowBack released the short version of their new music video "WE ARE!". It's a good song and I really love the concept for this single. The dark, badass theme suites them so well. Despite Judai's new hairstyle I like everything about the new concept. Yes even the skirt of Masaharu. XD However I can't denie that I am not so much about the song this time. So far it doesn't get me excited. They used some kind of technoligy to make their voices sound hollow?! I can't explain that well... I hope you still know what I mean. Well I just don't like this. Besides that the song is no addicting at all but maybe it's going to grow on my later. At least for now I am not so excited about the song. Here is the video, check it out yourself.

What do you think about the song?

FlowBack released image pictures for new single

Today FlowBack uploaded the new image pictures for their 3rd major single "BOOYAH!". Above is the group picture and here are the solo pictures.

I didn't expect the image to be so dark. BOOYAH! sounds like a party song to me so I kinde expected something more colorful but now I am even more excited to see/listen what the song and new music video will be like. Ihope it doesn't take to long for them to release it.

What do you think about it?

My Top 5 JPop releases of 2016

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.



What are your favorite releases of 2016?

FlowBack released dance version MV for Heartbreaker

Just recently FlowBacks Heartbreaker music video reached over 1 milion views on youtube. Celebrating this achievment they uploaded the dance version of the music video on to youtube. I love the dance version. It's so well done and I like the choreography a lot. Also I love the song so it's one more reason to listen to it! Take a look yourself.

What do you think about it? 

About FlowBack

I've been asked to do a profile post for FlowBack a while ago so here I am finally writing one. They have a website and other social media you can check out to get to know them better. Here you will find pretty much only basic information. If you have any questions about them don't hestitate to ask me.

[Their History]

The members meat each other in 2013 at various additions they were competing in and in the same year formed the group FlowBack. In 2014 they took place in the "Line Audition" and were able to make it to the final round. Through this they gained a lot of attention and their fanbase grew. They stand out even more because they are doing everything themself like the choregraphies, the music, their fashion and their goods design. They started selling their first CD at their lives in august 2014. The cd is titles "FlowBack 1st Demo CD". It came with the songs "crush on you", "baby" and "puzzle". On the 26.02.2015 they opened up their line blog and they held their first one man live on the 14.03.2015. In the beginning of January 2016 they released their first mini album which is called "SHAKE THE WORLD" and it was sold in stores. In Mai of the same year they released their second indie single called "After Rain". Later this year they announced that they got under contract with Ki/oon Music, a sub-lable of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Their major debut single "Come a long way" was released in September 2016 and in December of the same year they already released their 2nd major single called "Heartbreaker". As for the music video for Heartbreaker, they did something special. Depending on the number of view the video got it's story changed. Their 3rd major single will be released in March 2017.

Tatsuki

Leader

In charge for the choreographies.

Birthday: 21.02.1994

He started dancing in 3rd grade, since then he aimed to be a professional dancer.

He is also singing.

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Reiji

In charge for the goods design.

Birthday: 28.04.1994

Half filipino.

He is said to be a mood maker.

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Masaharu

In charge for music (composing and lyrics).

Birthday: 20.05.1991

He likes Whitney Housten, Chris Brown, Brian McKnight and JOE.

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Mark

In charge for lyrics and styling.

Birthday: 15.05.1994

Half filipino.

He is said to have the strongest voice among them.

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Judai

Rapper of the group.

Birthday: 01.04.1996

The youngest of the group.

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FlowBack announced 3rd major single

FlowBack announced the release of their third major single. The single will be called "BOOYAH!" and will come in as a dvd version and a regular version. The release date is the 22nd March 2017. I am super happy for the announcment because I love the music of these boys a lot and can't wait to listen to this new song and the b-side tracks on the single. They are doing very well and I am super proud of them. I bet the song will be awesome. If I get more information I will write it here.

What do you think about these news?

FlowBack to release 2nd single in November

Today FlowBack announced that they will release their second single on the 7th november december this year. The single will be called "Heartbreaker" and will be released in two versions, a regular and dvd one. The second track for the single will be "Turn Around" and the dvd will come with the dance version music video for "Come a long Way" and "FlowBack behind the scenes vol 2". The pictire above is already the new image picture for the new single and it makes me really currious what the single will be like. The picture above reminds me of G-Dragons Heartbreaker and even a tiny bit of Sekai no Owaris Mr. Heartache. 

What do you think about these news?

FlowBack released MV for Come a long Way

Today FlowBack released the dance version of their music video for Come a long Way. I am so happy this was uploaded to Youtube because I am still waiting to watch their AfterRain music video. However this song and video is really good. Since it's a dance version that is pretty much all you see in the video but their dancing is really good and the camera work is super nice too. And then their is the song. It's SO good. I did expect them to do good but this is even better then I thought it would be. The song is really addicting. All their vocals are so nice and their voices go along so well and Judai's rap is very good too. It's an song I absolutly enjoy and can't wait to own on cd. Take a look yourself.

What do you think about the song and video?

FlowBack to have major debut in September

FlowBack is doing really good with their lives and so far released cds. Today they announced that they will have their major debut in September. I am really happy for them and hope they will do good with the new single so the major label will give them lots of chances to show their amazing talent.

So far I don't know under which label they will be but I am really curious.

However the new single will be called "Come A Long Way" and is going to be released on the 07.09.2016. This time there will be an only cd version as well as a dvd version. I am super excited for the dvd version because it will come with both the music video for Wake Me Up and AfterRain. And I wasn't able to watch the full version of AfterRain so far. Can't wait for this!! 

Between the picture above is already the theme picture. Their outfits are pretty cool despite these terrible pants of Mark and Haru. >-<

What do you think about it?

How to get in contact with japanese artists...

You ever wanted to tell your favorite artist how much you like him/her/them? Now you have a chance to tell them. Do you guys know TwitCasting (or short TwitCas)? It's a streaming website connected to Twitter, which quite a few japanese artists use. Of course only the ones that actuelly have twitter, so you will not find any Johnny's artist on TwitCas and so far I couldn't discover any LDH artist as well but to be honest I didn't really search for them anyway. However there are lot's of new artists and groups that use TwitCas. As for me I love to get to know new artists and being able to write them that I know them and like their music is awesome.

But let's start with how it works. First of it's recommended you get the App for your smart phone and then you can subscribe to all the people you want, as for me my list is loooooong. After that you will always get a notifictaion when someone on your list started a TwitCas. Then you can either watch the TwitCas on your smat phone or on your PC, whatever you like better.

While the live stream is going on you can write comments. If you're good with japanese I would recommend you to write in japanese. If you, like me, are not so good with japanese, you can also write in english. As for english it really depends on the artists how they react. Some just ignore it, some are kinde shy and you can only see  cute little smile  and some actually react very cute and say something in japanese or even better in english. Like e.g. I just today saw a TwitCas of LCA!!! and wrote "I love Nuff Respect, it's so good." in the comments. They read it out loud and replyed with "Thank You" "Yeah" We love You" and similar. These are reactions I honestly love the most and these make a band even more special to me! ^0^

Also there are some bands mostly telling about a live or some news but don't interact much with their fans and then their are bands that interact a lot with their fans like e.g. LCA!!! or Taiyo. Taiyo even sang Happy Birthday to one of his fans in one TwitCas. So lovely!

That made you suspicious, go on twitter and search for the artist you like, maybe they use TwitCas. If you don't know any artists that use TwitCas but would like to discover some. Here are some of my personal favorites.

Taiyo

Amazo Night (do streams nearly everyday)

Yasu (WAVE)

Yuki (UNIONE)

Masaki (3WAG)

FlowBack

UNIONE

Jin (UNIONE)

WAVE

What do you think about TwitCas?

Flowback preview for new MV and live performance of AfterRain

FlowBack released their new single just recently and here is the preview for the MV.

FlowBack
1st Single "AfterRain"
Music Video大公開!!!#FlowBack_AfterRain pic.twitter.com/PugKTdnUiL

— FlowBack (@FlowBack05) 30. Mai 2016

Sadly it's like really short but it sounds very nice and is absolutly their typical music style. I love the song already. And here is a clip they posted to days ago on twitter. It shows them performing the song on stage. I like the performance but the outifts are meh. Well whatever the song is good that madders.

【本日のイベント】

FlowBack、ミニライブなう！カッコイイ！！（ジョージ） pic.twitter.com/SXqxTyVUQ1

— タワーレコード吉祥寺店 (@TOWER_Kichijoji) 2. Juni 2016

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Happy Birthday Mark (FlowBack)

A day to late but better late then never. I wish him all the best for his birthday. He shared a few pictures on twitter of celebrating with his bandmates. He is such a cutiepie and I really wish him all the best, though the most a bright future with FlowBack. The fans sang Happy Birthday for him at the live event. Here is a video. It's really cute and besides the weird noices are from Reiji not Mark. XD

今日は誕生日お祝いしてくれて
ありがとうございました！！！！！

本当に幸せな1日でした😭✨

ライブには来れなくても
リプくれたりした子も
本当に本当にありがとう！！！

FlowBackに関わる
全ての人に感謝です！ pic.twitter.com/HAZRA52l6D

— MARK(FlowBack) (@FlowBack_MARK) 15. Mai 2016

Isn'tit cute how they pronounce his name "Marku" and it's so cute that they even gave him a birthday cake. So CUTE!

What do you think?

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Flowback released new profil pictures

FlowBack will release their first single at the end of may (I think I wrote about this before). Some while ago they released new profil pictures with the theme for the first single. Here they are.

I love the new profile pictures and I honestly hope the single will look similar!!!

What do you think?

FlowBack releases first music video + announces first single

FlowBack is a band I came accross shortly before they released their first mini album, and therefor first cd. I ordered the mini album because I liked the previews they showed in a video and I wasn't disapointed after I got the cd. Actuelly this is one of the best mini albums I listend to in a while. All the songs on it are really good. However it is just a few days ago that they released their first music video. It's very simple but I like it and I am super happy they actuelly released one.

Wake Up is one of the songs on their mini album. If I could choose I would wish them to release a video for every song on the mini album because all their song deserve to be promoted more. In case you are curious bout their other songs, here is the preview video I wrote about before.




Despite the music video they also announced to release a 1st single at the last day of May 2016. There are no information about it being revealed so far. I am super happy for this announcement and I am very much looking forward to this release.

Tell me how you like their music?!

Thanks a lot for reading!