13 - not bad...lucky number

b-side is also good! I love this single

165,000 fans flood mixi to chat with Shimizu Shota

http://i42.tinypic.com/34sff41.jpg

Over 165,000 fans logged into mixi on October 26 to participate in a real-time chat with singer-songwriter Shimizu Shota, despite just one day's notice!

The event was held to mark the release of his 11th single, "Mada Owaranai". Fans who came last year to Shota's mixi event in July said, "It was so fun last year so I want you to do it again!" and due to the demand, Shota announced the day before the event, "I want to get together with everyone on mixi, so let's chat! I'd like to reply to a lot of people!"

He proposed, "'Mada Owaranai' is a song for those people who are trying hard in their everyday lives, so I'd like to hear people's troubles. I will reply with something to cheer you up and cheer you on! Yes. Let's do it. It'll be fun!" Over 15,000 messages were sent to Shota in an hour, and he replied to numerous people. Likes and comments totaled over 42,000!

The new single, "Mada Owaranai" is a song to encourage those trying very hard right now, and features a new jack swing style, with a fresh melody. The video, which features a smiling Shota, is also a hot topic!

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/2960134.html

Thanks for sharing, I dont visit livejournal anymore

very cool!!
shota is very small person!

Shimizu Shota opens up about new release

http://i39.tinypic.com/29ton4.jpg

Lately Shimizu Shota has been captured by a genre of music called “new jack swing” and has included influences of that in his new single, “Mada Owaranai.” He talks about smashing his old image, and finding his potentiality with his own two hands through this new release.

Interviewer: “Mada Owaranai” is very easy to get into, someone might find his or herself humming it without even thinking. But this type of song is quite rare for you, isn’t it?

Shota: That’s true. For a long time I’ve loved new jack swing. In the beginning of the song I sing “Mada owaranai” and then drum kicks in. That kind of drum sound and rhythm is definitely a symbol of new jack swing. If you think about artists who represent that sound, definitely Bobby Brown, but there are Japanese 90s singers who also did this. But I think nowadays there’s no one doing it, so I though, ironically, it’d be fresh to do a song like this. However, I was a little hesitant to make the song into a single.

Interviewer: What do you mean?



Shota: There is an easy Shimizu Shota pattern that I could follow, but “Mada Owaranai” is totally different. “Shimizu Shota” the artist is a pretty big image that I typically follow. And it’s important for me to preserve that image, and I think it’s necessary for people to get a good feeling from my songs, but… I thought I’d get tired of doing this if I didn’t insert a song that was different from what I had been doing all along. For example, if I took the easy way and followed the pattern, even if I made 10 good songs, I’d be repeating the same image over and over, people would lose interest in Shimizu Shota’s music, and if there are songs that are the polar opposite of what I’m usually doing, the normal songs seem even better. So the timing was perfect for me to release this type of song.

Interviewer: This is a song one can enjoy with their entire body. When this is done live, it’ll certainly be fun, right?

Shota: I’ve really been into live music, and I’ve been doing a college campus tour lately, so I think this would be a great song to do with a live band. It seems like a song that I would’ve done before my debut… it’s a very free song. I made this without really thinking about it being a single, and with the feeling of stretching myself out to make a song that’s different from the others I’ve put out in the past, I feel that I’ve taken the stance of a challenger. Without protecting my image, I feel I’ve kind of become the challenger who smashes his current image. I think this feeling is very important, but I wonder if I’ve damaged the image I’ve created… I think if you listen to this suddenly, it’s quite strange… but I used the phrases that only I use, so if you carefully listen, you can hear the Shimizu Shota-ness of the song.

Interviewer: The message is very positive in the song. The progagonist, who continues on even if there are difficult times and keeps going forward, is quite amazing.

http://i42.tinypic.com/6xqkjk.jpg

Shota: This is a song for those who are currently trying hard in their daily lives. There are a lot of songs that support those people who are having hard times and who are depressed, but I thought there were no songs for those people who are in the midst of going for it and trying hard. So, if I could make a song like that, a melody and arrangement like a soft wind was necessary, and that, along with the new jack swing style in “Mada Owaranai” is just right, I think. New jack swing definitely has a certain style, with the kind of painful chord progression, but in the end it’s invigorating and happy. I think that’s the power of new jack swing, and I think it fit the theme of the song quite well.

Interviewer: Friendships, thinking about where you belong, the future… for each person it’s a different situation, but everyone has the experience mentioned in the song.

Shota: There are a lot of people who think the song is about me, but it’s actually about the image of a full-fledged adult in Japanese society. They enter society, and finally start to understand things little by little, but they also stumble and fall, and bad things come about. Without being able to look back, and even though they can’t see the goal, they continue forward. They might feel lonliness, but they go out in society, with friends, and though they might be frazzled and tired, they are happy. And I wrote this song wanting to hold those people and say “You gotta keep going!”

Interviewer: The song has a really strong message. It was important not to take it too seriously though, right?

Shota: Basically, if someone hears the music and the rhythm and they think “this feels great!” I will be happy. I want people to listen to this song, and start to groove while walking, and be fulfilled with the euphoria of the new jack swing style.

Interviewer: The coupling song has quite a floating, pleasant sound.

Shota: I want to do this song live too! While it’s simple, if you listen it’s a song with a really good feeling. I was really moving to the beat while
making this. It was really fun!

Interviewer: How did this song come about?

Shota: I actually made this song about two years ago. I really love making tracks, no matter what the genre is. I do a lot of stuff that would be a pretty radical departure from what “Shimizu Shota the artist” is. I make a lot of songs without really thinking. From hardcore hip-hop to bossa nova, and once I was in the middle of making something and I wanted to include a bit of electronica and house. So I was able to make this really feel-good track. Basically, I don’t remember where the theme and message came from, haha. I think now I’m doing really great things. Right now, I definitely couldn’t say the words in this song, it’s too embarrassing. But at that time, I was thinking something in my own special way, and I wrote it, and I think the catchiness is great, so I released it without changing a thing from two years ago.

Interviewer: It’s definitely a sweet song, and it gives the impression of being in love with love.

Shota: Haha, this is an analysis that I’ve made now that I’m older and have a more cool mindset, but I think it’s a song about being foolish. Having an unrequited love is certainly a delusional time, right? For example, imagining yourself in a cozy situation with the one you like… thinking about that a lot is pretty stupid right? Haha. So this song has a lot of wild delusions in it, and of course those delusional times see high tension. And this song is the personification of those foolish times.

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.co...inment+News%29

multi-lemonia lists a new single to be released on December 21st.

^Really?! that's fast!!! he never release something that has winter feels on it...looking forward to his winter release

that's awesome! i hope it'll be true. :)

DVD cover for Shota's COLOURS TOUR 2011 DVD

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2310/srxl22.jpg

Setlist

1. OPENING
2. flower
3. GOODBYE
4. YOU&I
5. 空 ; Sora
6. 君が暮らす街 ; Kimi ga Kurasu Machi
7. Forget-me-not
8. HOME
9. love
10. Party All Night
11. So Good
12. Summer Time
13. Eclipse
14. Tears
15. CREAM
16. Midnight Flight
17. 君が好き ; Kimi ga Suki
18. ENDING

Nice that he sang a lot of album tracks from COLOURS , especially since I feel the new tracks on the album are somewhat so much more experimental if not brillant/entertaining than the singles x)

Really really like flower & Midnight Flight so much ;_;

Well of course he would sing a lot of COLORS songs, this tour is for promoting the album lol...

YAY!!! my boy shota!!! can't wait

he's a very sexy person :mischief

^hahaha...i said that because the table looks so huge compare to him..he looks like elementary school children playing with computer...hahaha

LOL

Oricon Weekly - Singles (25/10~31/10/2011)

*1 1,300,482 1,300,482 AKB48 - Kaze wa Fuiteiru
*2 *,*42,624 *,*42,624 MBLAQ - Baby U!
*3 *,*35,019 *,198,400 BUMP OF CHICKEN - Zero
*4 *,*27,737 *,*27,737 Ashida Mana - Suteki na Nichiyoubi~Gyu Gyu Good Day!
*5 *,*16,639 *,282,074 NMB48 - Oh My God!
*6 *,*15,415 *,*93,563 KARA - Winter Magic
*7 *,*14,902 *,*14,902 sphere - HIGH POWERED
*8 *,*13,948 *,*13,948 Sakamoto Maaya - Okaerinasai
*9 *,*12,188 *,*12,188 SuG - Toy Soldier
10 *,*11,146 *,*11,146 Tomodachi Tsukuritai – Zannen Kei Rinjin Bu ★★☆ (Hoshi Futatsu Han)

11~30:

11 *,**8,214 Nakajima Miyuki - Kouya yori
12 *,**6,963 Aoi Eir - MEMORIA
13 *,**6,888 Acid Black Cherry - Shangrila
14 *,**6,483 Takahashi Yu – Dare mo Inai Daidokoro
15 *,**6,231 L’Arc~en~Ciel - X X X
16 *,**6,171 Kiryu - Kyosei NEW
17 *,**5,995 Shimizu Shota - Mada Owaranai
18 *,**5,524 Hikawa Kiyoshi - Jounetsu no Mariacchi
19 *,**5,162 CNBLUE - In My Head
20 *,**4,627 Kaoru to Tomoki, tama ni Mukku. - Maru Maru Mori Mori!
21 *,**4,426 AKB48 – Flying Get
22 *,**4,255 Nakajima Megumi - Kamisama no Itazura
23 *,**4,018 Tommy heavenly6 - monochrome rainbow
24 *,**3,906 Sakamoto Maaya - Buddy
25 *,**3,850 LGMonkees – 3090 ~Ai no Uta~
26 *,**3,529 Chihara Minori - TERMINATED
27 *,**3,485 Teikoku Yousei – Kuusou Mesorogii
28 *,**3,465 Sonar Pocket – 365 Nichi no Love Story.
29 *,**3,387 CHOUCHO – Authentic symphony
30 *,**3,121 MONKEY MAJIK – Headlight

^6k...not so good...C'mon Japan support him!!!

Nice Setlist but where is My Treasure T-T I love it when he sings that song live. But yay for CREAM. I really hope that he has done the little dance moves like last year in the Journey Tour.

SRCL-7840
Shota Shimizu/New Single (Title is to be announced)[w/ DVD, Limited Edition] CDA
1500 yen US$19/78.1 Release Date:2011/12/21
Description:Single release from Shota Shimizu featuring a winter love song. Comes with a bonus DVD with a music video of "Mada Owaranai." *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=SRCL-7840

*********************************************

SRCL-7842
Shota Shimizu/New Single (Title is to be announced)[Regular Edition] CDA
1165 yen US$15/78.1 Release Date:2011/12/21
Description:Single release from Shota Shimizu featuring a winter love song.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=SRCL-7842

:banana1 :banana2 :banana1 :banana2

Woot a winter love song , this's going to be Shota's 1st winter inspired no. <3

nice! it should be lovely. :)

btw, i also read something about this new single being part of a two month single release? so this single in december & another single in like...january/february? and then a new album. but i'm not so sure.

winter...i want winter ballad!!!