Kenshi Yonezu Shows His Shade of Blue With Latest Music Video!

“Pale Blue” Jacket Cover

Ahead of his upcoming release, vocalist Kenshi Yonezu released the music video for his track “Pale Blue” on his YouTube channel. Set for release June 16, this will be the vocalist’s latest release since his very popular album STRAY SHEEP back in August of last year and will be his eleventh single overall. With this track currently being used as the theme song for the romance drama RicoKatsu, Yonezu looks to shake up the music industry once again with his unique style. The single will include three tracks and news zero’s new theme song “ゆめうつつ” (“Yumeutsutsu”) and “死神” (“Shinigami”). It will also come with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions lovingly called Puzzle edition and Ribbon edition. Puzzle edition will only come with special packaging and will be CD-only while Ribbon edition will come with a bonus DVD. The DVD will include several music videos from previous releases along with footage from Kenshi’s FORTNITE concert event STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE which took place last year.

Be sure to check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for “Pale Blue” below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition Puzzle

Limited edition Ribbon

Kenshi Yonezu Brings A New Shade of Blue With Upcoming Single!

Vocalist Kenshi Yonezu announced that he will be releasing a brand new single, “Pale Blue”, June 16. This will be the vocalist’s latest release since his very popular album STRAY SHEEP back in August of last year and will be his eleventh single overall. With this track currently being used as the theme song for the romance drama RicoKatsu, Yonezu looks to shake up the music industry once again with his unique style. The single is set for release with three tracks and will include news show news zero’s new theme song “ゆめうつつ” (“Yumeutsutsu”) and the track “死神” (“Shinigami”). It will also come with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions lovingly called Puzzle edition and Ribbon edition. Puzzle edition will only come with special packaging and will be CD-only while Ribbon edition will come with a bonus DVD. The DVD will include several music videos from previous releases along with footage from Kenshi’s FORTNITE concert event STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE which took place last year.

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for the track “Kanariya” along with the pre-order links for “Pale Blue” below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition Puzzle

Limited edition Ribbon

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“Pale Blue” Jacket Cover

Yonezu Kenshi「Pale Blue」

CD

01. Pale Blue

02. ゆめうつつ

03. 死神

Ribbon Limited Edition DVD

01. 「感電」 Music Video

02. 「カムパネルラ」 Music Video

03. 「カナリヤ」 Music Video

Yonezu Kenshi 2020 Event / STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE

04. 迷える羊

05. 感電

06. SPOT

Luna's Ongaku Go for August 2020!

Continuing from Ken’s lead, we at Ongaku to You would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music being featured on this site.

“Poison (feat NENE)” by Awich

With Awich making her major label debut with the album “Partition” on August 21st, it brought me back to her “Kujaku” album that released in January of this year. “Kujaku” has many stand out tracks, lately “Poison (feat. NENE)” has been catching my ear lately from its opening guitar moment to Awich and NENE showing off their rapping skills. Out of all of the tracks on “Kujaku”, this is one that still stands out the most due to the composition and I cannot get enough of this style. Awich and NENE blend their rap together with flawless vocal work, making for an everyday listen.

Check out Poison (feat. NENE) here along with the music video below!

“Turning Up” by ARASHI

Earlier this month, ARASHI released their latest digital single “IN THE SUMMER”, which brought me back to one of my favorite songs by them from last year “Turning Up” and it happened to be the first digital single of their career. This track is the perfect summer pop tune that makes you want to dance. It has a fun catchy beat and chorus that you not only want to dance to but you can’t get out of your head once you hear it. “Turning Up” has been a joy to listen to all month and has kept my spirits up with those funky Jpop beats.

Check out “Turning Up” here along with the music video below.

“Night D” by eill

“Night D” is the newest digital single by eill and it immediately caught my ear with its 80s vibe. The opening of this track reminds me of the montage scenes in 80s movies and I cannot get enough of it. It’s not just the music, it has a very catchy chorus as well. “Night D” has the perfect mixture of Japanese and English in its lyrics and eill pulls it off perfectly switching between both. This is a track I easily listen to in a loop as it flows from beginning to end superbly.

Check out “Night D” here along with the music video below!

“Campanella” by Kenshi Yonezu

With the release of Kenshi Yonezu’s latest album STRAY SHEEP earlier this month (and our Artist Spotlight episode on Kenshi), Campanella has caught my ear and moved up on my top Kenshi songs. I absolutely love how the opening of Campanella starts out as it draws you right in. Kenshi’s vocals flow excellently with the style and it adds a catchy chorus. Campanella is an interesting track and its difficult to express in words the uniqueness it holds for me.

Check out “Campanella” here along with the music video below!

“MY NAME” by CHANMINA

With the anticipated release of CHANMINA’s single “Angel” releasing on September 6th, I have been going back and revisiting all of her work. “MY NAME” is one of the tracks I always go back to as this is the song that got me to fall head over heals for her. CHANMINA’s rap is outstanding and shows how talented of a rapper she is along with being a vocalist. One of the other reasons I love this track is how theatrical the composition sounds at the beginning and when her rap comes in - it all fits together perfectly. This is also a great song to play in the car and the volume turned up.

Check out “MY NAME” here along with the music video below!

Ken's Ongaku Go for August 2020!

Another month down from 2020 and we at Ongaku to You would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music being featured on this site.

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“Blueberry” by Daichi Yamamoto

Missing that western R&B/ Rap music I get during my morning work, in-d was the initial step to Daichi Yamamoto. He had a lot of impressive tracks off of his latest EP Elephant in My Room but “Blueberry” scratched that itch that I needed for western style. It’s beautiful yet haunting composition is something that needs to be heard. Yamamoto’s rap skill is nothing to sneeze at and goes above Music Corner alum Sorane’s skill and I put him high in that regard in the Japanese music industry.  Yamamoto left a great first impression on his style and cadence from this track and I can’t wait to dive into the rest of his discography.

Check out “Blueberry” here along with the music video below!

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“Free” by Polkadot Stingray

While released back in July, I didn’t get a chance to listen to it during our whole ordeal with Kenshi, however, I had high expectations for this song due to their previous track “Stinging Spica” already being in the race for song of the year. While not reaching the top parse, it reaches that bite size goodness a solid pop-rock band needs to be. That one simple act will always make me go back to tracks like this all too often. 

Check out “Free” here along with its music video below!

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“Your Love” by SIRUP

Continuing from my R&B/ Hip-Hop trance that I was put into this month, SIRUP was an artist that I kept going back to. From my rotation last month, “Your Love” was always that second pick from his discography. The craft and skill SIRUP has shown in this song was just absolutely fantastic and shows that he’s enjoying every bit of it. From the high energy and simplistic composition to going above and beyond with his vocal range, it’s a track that needs to be heard.

Check out the music video for “Your Love” along with the track here!

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“Blue” by LUCKY TAPES feat. Kojikoji

I was absolutely ecstatic about this collaboration as I’ve been high on LUCKY TAPES for years since starting the podcast. Kojikoji was an up-and-coming vocalist that I’ve been keeping my eye on since the abundant of collaborations that she as already done with similar artists. One of the things that I just love about this track is that the vocalist Kai doesn’t do anything dance while the track keeps the composition simple and not overbearing. From that one simple act, it puts both his and Kojikoji’s vocals into the forefront and entices you to keep listening. The track had gone above and beyond my expectations and was the main reason I did a Music Corner about them in the first place. 

Check out the track here along with the lyric video below!

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 “Fireworks” by Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu

Due to our podcast doing an Artist Spotlight about Yonezu last month, one of his tracks was going to bleed over into my heavy rotation. “Fireworks” was one of the first songs I honestly fell in love with from Yonezu that I didn’t know it was from him originally. Its beautiful composition brings out the best of both vocalists. While the solo versions of the song were just ok, the original duet version is absolutely fantastic and in my opinion the best work that both Daoko and Yonezu have done.

Check out the music video along with the song here!

Kenshi Yonezu Shows He is No STRAY SHEEP With Upcoming Album!

Vocalist Kenshi Yonezu announced that he will be releasing a brand new album, STRAY SHEEP, August 5. This will be the latest album by the artist since his chart-topping hit BOOTLEG back in November 2017 and his fifth album overall. Not much information was given about the album as of now but it is known that it is to feature fifteen tracks total and will include his hit “Lemon”, a self-cover version of “Paprika”, and “馬と鹿” (“Uma to Shika”). The album will be available in four editions: a CD-only standard edition, a CD + Art Book + DVD/Blu-ray limited edition, and a CD + Key chain + Charm limited edition. Currently there is no additional information about what will be included on the DVD/Blu-ray but it is known that the Key chain + Charm limited edition will be encased in a specially designed box.

Pre-order all four editions of STAY SHEEP and check out Yonezu’s latest music video “Uma to Shika” below!

Standard edition

Limited DVD edition 

Limited Blu-ray edition 

Limited Box edition 

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Kenshi Yonezu「STRAY SHEEP」

・Lemon

・Flamingo

・TEENAGE RIOT

・海の幽霊

・馬と鹿

・パプリカ

・感電

Along with Additional Tracks Totaling 15 Tracks

Art book Attached DVD / Blu-ray Limited Edition 

Revealed at a later date