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Japanese Pop-R&B influenced band, DIOS, has announced the release of their latest single, ‘Bloom’. Taken off the band’s upcoming debut album, ‘Bloom’ is now all major digital streaming platforms. Celebrating their 1 year anniversary with their last single, a heavy weight, foreboding tune, ‘紙飛行機 (Paper Plane)’ in March 2022, ‘Bloom’ starts with guitarist Ichika Nito’s nimble guitar introduction, and blends…
This new project features EXILE TRIBE’s multi-talented artists and actors! The fourth installment of the highly successful comprehensive entertainment project, ‘PRINCE OF LEGEND’ from HI-AX, a joint-partnership between Japan’s supergroup artist management & entertainment company, LDH JAPAN, and NIPPON TV (NTV), Japan’s leading multi-platform champion broadcaster. Coming off from a highly successful reception with its previous TV and film series,…
HypnoticAsia holds an exclusive interview with Rising Japanese Pop-R&B influenced band, DIOS. The trio is made up of individual artists including rapper, vocalist and lyricist, Tanaka (some may know him as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi), Ichika Nito who is currently known as the best guitarist in Japan, as well as Sasanomaly who is a beatmaker and gaming music composer.…
In collaboration with KLKTN and MIYAVI, the music start-up and multi-faceted Japanese rockstar has released an NFT collection accompanied with the official music video for “Hush Hush” today on MIYAVI’s official YouTube channel. Presented by the NFT platform,KLKTN, which focuses on cultivating unique, artistic experiences between fans and their favorite artists, the music video has fans raving about the powerful…
Up and coming Japanese Pop-R&B influenced band, DIOS, has announced the release of their latest single, ‘Paper Plane’. The single will be made available on all major digital streaming platforms on 31 March 2022,Thursday. As the sixth single to be released collectively as the band, DIOS, ‘Paper Plane’ has the main theme of overcoming trauma. The lyrics describe a feeling…
Kinami is making a comeback with her 4th single, “Who” which will be off her 5-track EP set to release this Spring. The track will drop on March 4th, 2022. Kinami’s debut single, “Blue Sapphire“ has accumulated over 19,000 TikTok video creations and a song placement in over 17,000 convenience stores in Japan. Her fanbase is growing rapidly stirring attention from the…
Singaporean Chillwave artist-producer, Houg, has announced the release of his very first overseas collab single with Japanese City Jazz band, Fontana Folle. Titled, ’Excuse Me (What’s The Time?), the single will be made available on all major digital streaming platforms on 8 October 2021, Friday, and is taken off his upcoming debut album, ‘The Biting Tempo’. Faced with the difficulty of…
Tokimeki Records recruit Filipina artist, syd hartha for the remake of “Carnival” which is originally by The Cardigans. After gaining prominence with some notable pop classics, Japanese music project Tokimeki Records brings boogie and ‘80s retro sounds back to the dancefloor with a reimagining of The Cardigans’ “Carnival.” Featuring Filipina singer-songwriter syd hartha on vocals, the new version of “Carnival”…
New York-based, Japanese singer and songwriter Shihori has released a new single “Fire”, the second single from her upcoming album that will be released Summer 2021. “Fire” is an empowering EDM track full of booming beats, epic horns, and an irresistible melody mixed in with J-Pop and K-Pop elements, as an ode to Asian pop culture. Shihori fittingly showcases her…
Following the releases of outstanding cross-border collaborations including the single, ‘lo V er’ with Singaporean artist MARICELLE, ‘6000°C’ with Taiwanese Indie Pop band I Mean Us, as well as ‘invisible’ with Malaysian artist Froya, Japanese Pop Project UQiYO releases his fifth studio album, loom! UQiYO takes its name from the word ‘浮世’ (pronounced ‘ukiyo’) — a fleeting, transient world describing an urban lifestyle…