Tak Matsumoto News

Tak Matsumoto’s eleventh solo studio album 「enigma」 has officially been released today. To commemorate its release, Tak has released a message for his fans. Furthermore, 「enigma」 made its debut on the daily Oricon charts on no.3, having sold 10,006 copies on the day prior to official release.

Tak Matsumoto News

To wet your appetite for Tak Matsumoto’s upcoming new solo album, a digest of Tak’s previous solo tour in 2014 has been posted. The show will be available on DVD and Blu-ray that comes with the limited editions of 「enigma」.

Tak Matsumoto News

Details regarding the special campaign for Tak Matsumoto’s upcoming solo album 「enigma」 have been revealed. A show dubbed “Tak Matsumoto Special Live” will take place amidst his solo tour on May 2nd. The show takes place at “Mt.RAINIER HALL SHIBUYA PLEASURE PLEASURE” in Tokyo. People who buy his new album will find a special code within the package that allows them to enter a lottery for tickets for the special show.

Instructions on how to apply are written on the card that comes with the code. Application deadline is April 11th, so make sure you get your copy in time.

Tak Matsumoto News

During last week’s Music Station 3 hour special, it was revealed that Tak Matsumoto’s 「#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~」 will be replaced by his reworked version 「#1090 ~Million Dreams~」as the show’s theme. The latter song is also included in Tak’s upcoming album 「enigma」 as a bonus track.

While Tak’s new version of #1090 was played for the first time, a written comment by Tak himself was also read out. The comment read “I’m thankful and at the same time proud as a musician, that this track has served as the theme song for such a long time. This song was known for ‘Music Station’, and I believe a lot of people don’t know that this song has been made by me. 「#1090 ~Million Dreams~」 is a newly reworked version of this very song. Working on a track that the me from 24 years ago wrote was a very fun experience. I think it’s a great mix of a young person’s vigor and an adult’s laid-back kind of atmosphere. Sound-wise, the track has also improved quite a lot, which prompted me to rename the track from “~Thousand Dreams~” to “~Million Dreams~”. I am very satisfied with the result. I would be very delighted if my track was used as the show’s theme in the future as well.“

Tak Matsumoto News

The TV commercial for Tak’s upcoming solo album 「enigma」 has started airing from today. 「enigma」 is due for an April 6th release, with Tak’s solo tour 「Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage-」 kicking off a week later, on April 16th. The commercial seen above features the songs 「Ups and Downs」 as well as a reworked version of one of Tak’s classics called 「#1090 ~Million Dreams~」.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba has announced today that his new song 「YELLOW」 will be featured in KOSE’s new line of “Sports Beauty” commercials that advertise sun protection. The commercial (seen above) will be broadcasted nationwide in Japan from March 19th.

A release date for 「YELLOW」 has yet to be announced.