ARTISTS FEATURED: indigo la End, Daichi Miura, Fukumoto Nao, f5ve & Utaha, mahiru, aimi, KID PHENOMENON, Mirei Touyama, MONKEY MAJIK x Takumi Kawanishi (JO1), Kenshi Yonezu, Rol3ert, Akino Arai
indigo la End – Whirlpool (from violet, brimming over)
Title track from an alternative rock band’s 9th full album. Very cinematic MV (and LESBIANS!!).
Daichi Miura – Crave
Mr. Dancing Machine is back! This sexy R&B track is a pre-release single for his upcoming EP “I know I don’t know”, to be released on September 2.
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Fukumoto Nao – Gojiyuni (from Goodbye goodbye EP)
Second EP by an indie singer-songwriter from Okinawa. Jazzy vibe, very easy listening. Her voice is so pretty.
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BACARDI RECORDS – Tropical Paradise (3am girls) [feat. f5ve, Utaha]
Cute summery track! Bummer there’s no MV or even a lyric video though. You probably already know who f5ve are, and Utaha is the vocalist from Wednesday Campanella.
mahiru – Teenage Blue (from Cinema)
First major EP from a pop singer-songwriter. Her music kinda reminds me of female soloists during late 00s-early 2010s.
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aimi – Foolish
New release by an R&B songstress.
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KID PHENOMENON – KIDS (from KIDS00’s)
Title track from their second full album. Like the album name suggests, this song has an old school boombap sound like the 00’s. And yes these kids were all born in 00s lol
Mirei Touyama – TOUCH (feat. Liu Xuanting)
An R&B pop song featuring Chinese rapper Liu Xuanting.
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MONKEY MAJIK x Takumi Kawanishi (JO1) – Unstoppable
Pre-release for their 15th album “Frequency”, out September 2.
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Kenshi Yonezu – Karasu
Newest single from one of the hottest artists in J-music scene. Quite bright and hopeful track, as it is a theme song for 2026 NHK soccer.
Rol3ert – Kodoku (from Kodoku EP)
Second EP from a singer-songwriter. You might remember him from a collab song with Maya a few posts ago. Alternative rock vibe.
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Akino Arai – Tale of Blue (from Akinosphere)
From her 40th anniversary album “Akinophere” which is unfortunately not on any streaming platform right now. Both the song and the animation are absolutely beautiful. T_T
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Previous Post: 06/10
Big post because of so many amazing releases this week! Hope you enjoy these as much as I did. Also, good news for Hikki fans — they have released remastered version of both English albums! Now you can listen to absolute poetry of lyrics so clean so clear now.
