Hot off the heels of TWICE's latest music video release of "MORE & MORE", TWICE's Japanese Youtube channel has released a new music video titled "Fanfare". This upbeat song's release date was speculated to originally coincide with the 2020 Tokyo Olympic which has been postponed due to the global pandemic.

Regardless, the new single will be released on July 8th, 2020. In the meantime, check out the new video!

Superstar Hikaru Utada has been streaming her "Ask Hikaru Paisen--Home-quarantine Edition" on Instagram Live for the past two Sundays and on this upcoming Sunday, the 17th, will feature ONE OK ROCK's very own TAKA.

Aina Suzuki, best known for her voice as Mari Ohara in Love Live! Sunshine!!, made her solo debut with the release of "Hikariiro no Uta". Written by singer and songwriter ZAQ, the song is also featured as the ending theme song for the anime, HATENA☆ILLUSION. Aina also voices the heroine of series as Kana Hoshisato. Additionally, Aina released her first solo album titled ring A ring on January 22, 2020.

Check out Aina's message regarding her new solo release.

First five photos courtesy AWR Music Productions

Last three photos, all photo editing: Brian Lee

As I write this article, I'm actually on a flight back home. It's been a wild two nights and I'm a far way from home. I had traded the pleasantly sunny skies of California for the snowy streets of Chicago for the weekend. "Why?" you might ask. A very good reason: the premiere of the Nier: Orchestra Concert re:12018 tour. 

Multitalented Shoko Nakagawa is best known as a singer, voice actor, and television personality has released her 5th full album RGB~True Color~. Songs on the album include anime tie-ins from series including Pokemon, and Zoids Wild. The album also includes the song "Aruhi Dokokade" originally unfinished by Shoko's late father and album illustration drawn by Shoko herself.

Japanese band FLOW has just announced a world tour for 2020. Enterprising individuals had found the dates at their local venues early on Friday and just a few hours ago the band made an official announcement.

It's been a while since DIR EN GREY was in America but they'll be making a tour of it in the usual places come December. The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Regent Theater followed by Sacramento's Ace of Spades before heading east to Colorado, Chicago, and beyond. After reaching New York they will loop back towards Texas before making a final stop in Mexico City, Mexico.