I don't mind autotune but for Shota to keep on using it constantly the last 2 years since I miss you -refrain- , it's an overkill :x

Some of his best songs be it solo or collaboration songs , have little if not no autotune to begin with

Shota really should restrain in using autotune so much & focus more on singing and not on rapping

Tokyo PV

http://www.jpopasia.com/shotashimizu...s/63273/tokyo/

The cover for FLY is the same for both versions

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/sh...u/discography/

Would have been nice if different photos were used instead even though I'm not expecting so much from Shota on this :x

^only because he has just one cover which is quite normal for any artist on the planet except for J-Pop and I'm kinda glad it slowly stops.

Shota will appear on NHK SONGS tomorrow with AI which both of them will sing Beauty and the Beast together

https://img.barks.jp/image/review/1000142637/003.jpg

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000142637

Sorry Not Sorry & Tokyo were both released digitally last Wed

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/sh...zu/info/482530

【清水翔太LIVE TOUR 2017 "FLY" ~prologue~】

東　京 2017年6月12日(月) Zepp DiverCity open 18:00 / start 19:00
2017年6月13日(火) Zepp DiverCity open 18:00 / start 19:00

北海道 2017年6月16日(金) Zepp Sapporo open 18:00 / start 19:00

福　岡 2017年6月19日(月) 福岡サンパレス open 18:00 / start 19:00
2017年6月20日(火) 福岡サンパレス open 18:00 / start 19:00

愛　知 2017年6月26日(月) Zepp Nagoya open 18:00 / start 19:00

大　阪 2017年6月27日(火) Zepp Osaka Bayside open 18:00 / start 19:00

【清水翔太LIVE TOUR 2017 "FLY"】

広　島 2017年7月4日(火) 上野学園ホール open 18:00 / start 19:00
　
島　根 2017年7月7日(金)　島根県民会館 大ホール open 18:00 / start 19:00
　
鹿児島 2017年7月9日(日)　鹿児島市民文化ホール 第1ホール 　open 17:00 / start 18:00
　　
宮　城 2017年7月14日(金)　仙台サンプラザホール 　open 18:00 / start 19:00
　
愛　媛 2017年7月17日(月祝)　松山市民会館 大ホール　open 17:00 / start 18:00
　
静　岡 2017年7月22日(土) 静岡市民文化会館 大ホール　open 17:00 / start 18:00
　　
三　重 2017年7月23日(日) 桑名市民会館 open 17:00 / start 18:00
　　
岩　手 2017年7月27日(木) 盛岡市民文化ホール 大ホール　open 18:00 / start 19:00
　　
石　川 2017年8月2日(水) 本多の森ホール open 18:00 / start 19:00
　　
長　野 2017年8月4日(金) キッセイ文化ホール 大ホール　open 18:00 / start 19:00
　　
東　京 2017年8月12日(土) 日本武道館 　open 17:00 / start 18:00
2017年8月13日(日) 日本武道館 　open 16:00 / start 17:00
　
大　阪 2017年8月20日(日) 大阪城ホール open 17:00 / start 18:00

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/sh...zu/info/482636

Concert goods for both FLY tours

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB25R8HUwAAHRQy.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...58149283975168

In Tokyo's Zepp DiverCity today where fans queued up to buy the goods

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCGYm6nUwAE2IkY.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...47616354844672

Fans probably skip school or work to buy the goods LOL

July '17 issue of Gekkan Songs is out today & they've published a 4 paged interview on Shota whom he talked about FLY

Some photos

https://s7.postimg.org/p1fr2vh57/9857.jpg

https://s7.postimg.org/zcs3vj8uj/9885.jpg

http://www.songsnet.jp/06_shimizu201707.html

Some of Shota's recent PVs have been uploaded in full via his YouTube Vevo account

https://www.youtube.com/user/SHOTASHIMIZUVEVO/videos

Surprised they also uploaded the PV for his very 1st single , HOME . Shota changed a lot over the years

Because of you was released digitally yesterday

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/sh...zu/info/483019

Less than a week before FLY gets released

Another FLY promo pic

https://image.ibb.co/eNCSHk/E1498455149494_dfea_2.jpg

http://www.excite.co.jp/News/emusic/...455149494.html

Shota is currently using it as his Twitter profile pic

And Sony Taiwan wrote on Facebook that they've made FLY and they will release it in early July

TSUTAYA Shibuya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDU1lyXV0AAdrR_.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/shibutsuta_tr/st...68243308269568

All songs in FLY are now made available on iTunes Japan

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/fly/id1240670164

FLY has been uploaded

http://alljpop.co/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4...A-fly-mp3-rar/

FLY 1st day position - #9

From what I heard so far , FLY is OK . Autotune usage has been cut quite significantly from PROUD but it's still not as good as Shota's past albums (like COLOURS & ENCORE)

It's a real shame that speechless is way too short cos that's 1 rare standout track in FLY & let alone it's a ballad

Gave the album a quick run through! The songs with little to no autotune were nice.

But the fact that I would've legitimately liked some of the other songs on the album so much more if only he had not used autotune on them really irritates me.

Like, does Shota strive to be a vocaloid? Why does he keep insisting on ruining what would otherwise be nice songs?? I don't understand :confused :confused :confused

I want to get back into him but he makes it so irritating to do so lol :grumpy

Shota's last single that he didn't had autotune in it was 2014's SNOW SMILE

I don't understand why in recent times Shota starts going overboard with autotune , it's real annoying especially since his voice's nice to begin with

I mean , Shota didn't use any if not little of it in his older works and also when he duet with Kato Miliyah & DOUBLE so I don't get it :no

Also , Shota's recent image/promo shots really don't suit him , the whole hip hop + wearing sunglasses look turns me off :x

Sony Taiwan will release FLY on 11th July and they've made the CD + DVD version

https://www.facebook.com/sonymusicjp...891337/?type=3

FLY 1st week position/sales - #11 ; 10,678

Tokyo PV has been uploaded on Sony Taiwan's YouTube , with Chinese subtitles



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnupSuBAhbY