To celebrate his historic run in the Japanese music industry, lyricist Takashi Matsumoto announced that he will be releasing a tribute album in his honor on July 14th. Currently untitled, Matsumoto's 50th anniversary project started at the end of 2019, and the release of the tribute album was originally announced in December last year. Elaiza Ikeda, GLIM SPANKY, Daoko, Daichi Miura, and Hiroji Miyamoto have been selected as the first participating artists in this work. Each artist is nominated by Seiji Kameda, the producer of the album. Of these, Elaiza Ikeda was also revealed to cover Hiroko Yakushimaru's "Woman ‘W no Higeki Yori’”. Ikeda has released footage from her studio recording on Nippon Columbia’s YouTube channel. 

As we look forward to this memorable tribute album, be sure to check out Ikeda’s preview for "Woman ‘W no Higeki Yori’” below!