Ken will perform at next week's MUSIC FAIR & he will do 2 songs :

- Boku no Kokoro o Tsukutte yo
- Orthodox

https://twitter.com/MUSICFAIR_Fuji/s...35606644330496

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...35766556381190

At last something else from Anata ni Narita Katta & coincidentally or not , both songs are side by side together in the album tracklist wise

Ken will be featured on next Thurs' NHK SONGS

Songs wise , Ken will perform Non Fiction & 1995

https://ogre.natalie.mu/media/news/m...pg?imwidth=750

https://natalie.mu/music/news/429434

Voice actor Miyano Mamoru will perform a cover song of Ken in next week's Utacon

For now it's not mentioned which Ken song Miyano will do but most probably it's Hitomi wo Tojite

https://twitter.com/nhk_musicjp/stat...60524773736453

Today's MUSIC FAIR performances

Boku no Kokoro o Tsukutte yo

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...66498428358658

Orthodox

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...70114300088321

Taken backstage of MUSIC FAIR

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2i4nSaV...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/KEN_HIRAI_staff/...72321120526341

I was never a big fan of Ken Hirai. I like a few songs and admire his unarguably talent, but his last album totally hit me! Beautiful ballads and cool and unique upbeat songs. I'm loving it!

It's never too late to get into Ken's music

His music catalogue is real extensive but his 2 Utabaka best albums are a good place to start

For the 4 CDs version of Utabaka 2 , the 1st 3 CDs consolidates 42nd singles of Ken ie. til Non Fiction while the 4th CD could have been a standalone Ken studio album as 10 different artistes contribute their personal music expertise & made it a great listen

I was a bit surprised when Ken included Boku no Kokoro o Tsukutte yo & Non Fiction in Anata ni Narita Katta as they were already in Utabaka 2

But I like both songs & Non Fiction is 1 of Ken's most personal songs he wrote to date , alongside with others like PAUL & Shashin

Yeah had a hard time getting into him too, but THE STILL LIFE and its singles got me.

Spaceshower TV aired a repeat broadcast of V.I.P. ―Hirai Ken― on Sat , the show was 1st aired 2 Sat's ago

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uB4y1u738

For V.I.P. , chef Hirano Remi cooked together with Ken & taught him how to prepare 3 dishes

The 3 dishes are :

- Scallops
- Fluffy garlic chives
- Prawn cutlet

All 3 dishes go well together with sake x)

And I really like the apron that Ken wore , xD xD

https://urajp.se/%e5%b9%b3%e4%ba%95%...hd-2021-05-29/

So my guess is wrong , voice actor Miyano Mamoru instead will perform Ken's POP STAR on this week's Utacon

https://twitter.com/nhk_musicjp/stat...89547033358337

This I have to see as I know Mamoru can dance really well

Wonder if the 2 POP STAR PV mascots will make an appearance xD

NHK SONGS commentary featuring Ken

https://twitter.com/nhk_musicjp/stat...74485560270852

Miyano Mamoru's POP STAR cover performance from this week's Utacon

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...88861236662274

xD

Thank you very much for your suggestions.

Stills from tonight / this week's NHK SONGS featuring Ken as guest

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E28w7uwX...jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E28w8B1X...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/nhk_songs/status...91820782223364

I haven't finished watching the whole thing yet but Cooking with Ken needs to be a thing. This is top quality comedy and I'm loving every second of it.

Yeah the comical aspects of V.I.P. ―Hirai Ken― is unexpected but so downright hilarious :roflmao

Up to now some still view Ken as boring but in reality he's very funny without coming as though he try hard being funny

This week's NHK SONGS featuring Ken as the guest

Performances

Non Fiction

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...43878252802049

1995

https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...44549836300289

Always have liked the stage set up's for NHK SONGS when comes to the performances the artiste(s) do on the show

Anyone have lyrics from his latest album + Koe (or Uta?) from utabaka 2 disk 3? Jpopasia doesn't have a complete lyrics, so hard to find.

Sony Taiwan will release Anata ni Narita Katta next Fri & they've made the CD + DVD version

http://www.5music.com.tw/CDList-C.asp?cdno=442435678734

Woo stoked & a bit surprised they were able to get permission from Sony Japan to make the CD + DVD version unlike what happened to JAPANESE SINGER & THE STILL LIFE

No bonus item will be given away but that's ok for me x)

I already have the entire Ken Hirai 25th Anniversary Special !! Ken's Bar -ONLINE- & 2019's Christmas Eve held KEN HIRAI Ken’s Bar Special!! In SHANGHAI footages that WOWOW aired but it will be nice to watch Ken`s Bar -ONLINE- without the inclusion of the WOWOW watermark in the file

Sony Taiwan finally confirmed on Facebook the Taiwan press release of Anata ni Narita Katta tomorrow

https://www.facebook.com/19364355633...4748397241337/

Took them long enough but better late than never

My copy of Anata ni Narita Katta just came from 5music Taiwan :heart

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4srJOcV...jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4srJs8V...jpg&name=small

Quite surprised about it as 5music mailed out my parcel on Mon :O

Also in a 1st , there's no DVD region code for Ken's which's really unusual cos for Sony , they will include it unlike Universal

A bit unfortunate for the CD booklet , none of the pictures show Ken's face :s

Guess that's to play up the same with the album covers too