double post 4 important news!!!

The SWEET BLACK Music vol.3 is in the making! Only very little information is available right now. From what I have gathered, the new song in vol.3 is titled 「with…」and it’s going to be a tie-in with the story titled 「DAYS」(a novel?)! The theme for vol. 3 will revolved around 「DEARLY EVERYDAY」(<-weird Japanese English). And of course Maki will pen the lyrics too.

And in the last part of the small update, it is stated that the distribution of the music will be done in a new way this time, so as to reach a wider audience! OMG, did AVEX hear our pleas?? The details will be make available in April.
from gocchin.com.

FINALLY! From the looks of things it might be a ballad. Also since the music will be distributed differently this time...PHYSICAL RELEASE??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :spazzed :spazzed

Dark brown looks great on her.

EDIT: Hopeful for a physical release. We really need to have these songs!

When is her single set to be released...?

Well we will be getting more details in April but my guess for a release date would be mid-late May or June.

Wow new song! I'm glad they're going to switch up the means of release a bit :)

Wow, I am so happy with all of these releases lately!

Great news! Even though April is next week it seems so far away...I can't wait.

Episode 7 of unrecorded.

Maki visits an aquarium and then goes eating. It's cute :laugh

Also translations form gocchin.com

From Max's blog


Mail Magazine vol.5

I don't know if anyone ever posted the lyrics to Lady-Rise, but here they are:

恋するコト臆病に
なりかけてた　その時に
ガラス　越しに　視線　重なる

色を出さない彼だから
真面目な会話で終わりそう
焦る　アタシ　彼に　夢中！？

恋が恋で終わる前に
Lady-Rise！！（アタシは）
今よりもうちょっと　そう（アタシを）磨かなきゃ
Lady-Rise！！（楽しもうよ）（yeah yeah yeah）
彼にドキッとさせてみたい... yeah

予想もしてない展開
彼が年下だったなんて…
もっと　知りたい　そんな　素顔
未完成でも　いんじゃない？
口ベタだって　いんじゃない？
光る　モノを　一つ　見つけた

恋を愛に変換したい
Lady-Rise!!（アタシを）
特別な存在　そう（リアルに）してみせる
Lady-Rise！！（彼だけに）（yeah yeah yeah）
「ワガママだ」って叱られたい…yeah

I just want to tell what I feel.(Oh he’s…)
He’s the only one for me
アタシのが少し　年上だけど…
And I want to show how I feel.
He’s the only one I need
「キレイだね」よりも　
「可愛い」って言って欲しい Everytime…

Lady-Rise！！（アタシは）
今よりもうちょっと　そう（アタシを）磨かなきゃ
Lady-Rise！！（楽しもうよ）（yeah yeah yeah）
彼にドキッとさせてみたい... yeah
Lady-Rise!!（アタシを）
特別な存在　そう（リアルに）してみせる
Lady-Rise！！（彼だけに）（yeah yeah yeah）
「ワガママだ」って叱られたい…yeah

Lady-Rise is really a bad song! I really prefer fly away!

I don't find "Lady-Rise" bad but I agree that "Fly away" is better.
Maki needs to release something already. She was more active in H!P... XD

Maybe but I find that her H!P songs are not good. Personnaly, I prefer she take a lot of time to have a good music that she release 5 singles that are bad!

I think Fly Away and Lady-Rise are the beginning of a great album. =D *dreams*

^ Crossing fingers that Hear Me will find it's way on an album

I love "Lady Rise!" I haven't heard the other two songs you guys are talking about though... could someone please point me to download links for "Fly away" and "Hear Me" if they exist? Thanks so much!

Lady-rise has grown on me to the point I listen to it almost everyday! :D

I just want a release from her... like now xD;

fly away > lady rise, but lady rise pv > fly away pv!

i wonder how well her singles would do? her career had gotten kinda rocky but now that she's with avex, i think she'll do pretty good again

Fly Away PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptm8zBdawY0

Fly Away PV Rip: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mghtmmlgemg

Hear Me Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcQIg...eature=related

seconded! :)

new SB song? About time, hope it's released physically :yes

I actually like Fly Away a bit more because I want that hair cut hahaha.

She already have 3 amazing tracks she could release physically though. XD

I would love an album, but I doubt she would put out a full SWEET BLACK Album on her own.

^ Maybe she could if she called it SWEET BLACK.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned but the purse Maki wore at that fashion show a few weeks back was auctioned off.

The original value was around $150-200 and it sold for roughly $2000 USD. All the proceeds went to breast cancer :)
http://i39.tinypic.com/1j2mpg.jpg
^ the buyer also got this card
It’s a jewel clutch bag by designer Betsey Johnson. Maki bought it 4 years ago, during a trip to Hawaii. She spent 8 hours shopping and the bag was one of her great find. She commented that” Because I’m a girl, I love the glittering”. The bag is perfect for a night out clubbing, and it also small enough to fit into a bigger bag, so it is also great as a accessories bag!
- gocchin.com

Who let you know who outta Jail?

:bchuck

^ :mischief

On the subject of the other Mr. Goto though :innocent His music was weird and pretty bad. I'm glad he got fired from his agency :laugh

Maki has a brother who used to sing? and why did he get fired?

Yeah he used to be in a two person group called EE JUMP.

I actually don't mind this song...it's like a mix between j-pop, country music, and opera :shakehead

First he got suspended for underage drinking, then a few months later he was caught in a strip club and got fired permanently (he was like 15 at the time lmao..). Recently he is the ringleader of a gang and got caught trying to steal electronic cables or something. He's in jail for seven years lol.

^ Oh wow. All those scandals with him must have been embarrassing for Maki.

oh and that song was...unique :laugh

Goldeb luv is really good. I think it is better than Fly away^^

2000$ it's expensive!!

LOL! that is seriously the best thing i've read all day.

finally better quality video of her on the runway.

remember to click HD :yes

Her smile at the end...:love

:luv2

she looks fabulous but her walk is so ugly!

^
^
thanks! i hope we get HD video of her in the other outfit too. her walk is pretty bad lol...
:lmfao

I wish he joined JE or something...I feel like their brainwashing would make him behave. :D

I think I've heard about her brother a while ago but I didn't really know who Maki was so I didn't find it significant lol.

i did not know about MAKIS BROTHER.
but i think people shouldnt laugh at MAKIS BROTHER because it can be disrespectful. hes just having problems in his life and making jokes about it is just cruel.
i wonder if MAKI and HER BROTHER are close siblings i hope they both get through the hard times.

I'm not sure if Maki was really close with her brother. Probably just the average relationship siblings have with each other? I didn't wanna turn the story of her brother depressing or anything but the saddest part about it is around the time he got sent to jail his wife gave birth to their third child.
http://i42.tinypic.com/2wmgttu.jpg
^ his daughter :( (I think she is the first child)

some english articles if anyone wants to read more into it
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2008/...oto_yuki.shtml
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/12/12/index.shtml

the baby looks like MAKI GOTO , :P

My thoughts exactly! :yes

can you do a better model walk? i bet you have never even done a RUNWAY. so dont poke fun on MAKI when you cannot do the same.

^ maki should hire you as her personal body guard :yes :P

New pic of Maki from sweet black radio show
http://i44.tinypic.com/2rmnvuv.jpg
Good she still has dark hair...she was been changing it too much recently :laugh. i'm not sure who the guest is (it looks like sifow?) it seems to be a gyaru model though. Need to go ask in the gyaru thread.

http://ameblo.jp/fujitashiho/entry-10233340141.html
it's sifow

^omg omg omg!!!! ITS SIFOWWWW :thud:thud

and maki looks reaaally good on the catwalk :luv2

Omg his daughter is sooooooo cute! She looks so sad though ;_;

^ duuhh who wouldnt be with a father like that :P (jk jk >.>)

she;s really cute though :luv2 i love that thingy she;s wearing, so cute!!

Uh CHILL >.>
People here are pointing out an ugly model walk, nothing serious.

SHe has The goto family ears, like maki! LOL

she's pretty, she looks like she has a little bit of the goto eyes and nose :)

too bad everyone else said the walk was ugly. no one is even poking fun, stop trying to start trouble :D

Thank you tons!! :D

That is so wonderful!!! <3 She's great for doing that, seriously, that just makes me smile.

YESSS Sifow!!! I saw this on Sifow's blog and was like, "Wait a minute... that girl she's with looks really familiar..." :laugh

Cm for upcoming HOUSE NATION album. It includes a remix of Fly away

HOUSE NATION is awesome I can't wait to hear the entire album in full. Wasn't it supposed to be Hear Me they were remixing though? I thought we would finally get a studio version of it..:(

I thought they were remixing Hear Me also ~_~ Oh well Fly away is an amazing song and HOUSE NATION remixes are hot so I'm happy :heart

Liking the remix for the preview alone.

I love the remix! Can't wait for the full version <3

nope, just Fly away! :yes

wow, she looks so much like gocchin. :o cute as hell though :heart

Does anyone have a mp3 of this D:? It wasn't released physically, she just sang it for this show.

the song is so 80's..i love it

Awww she looks like she's really enjoying herself!

^ I love how she is smiling throughout the whole performance :love
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ztzywm1y0t
I'm pretty sure it's 320k quality too.

uhm yeah the song is okay I suppose lol. It sounds like the theme to some 80's anime. The engrish is fun :yes

Hey, did anyone ever get an HQ of Lady-Rise?

or a HQ version of Fly away...my versions always have really really low volume and it's annoying when i turn up the volume to hear it a little and the next song makes my eardrums bleed

My versions have really low sound also :irked that is one of the main reasons why I'm so desperate for a physical release that includes Fly away and Lady Rise. Oh well we were told that we would be getting news about her new release "with..." in April. So anytime now..

I have the same problem... although I'm almost use to it now.

Don't know why but listening to that 80s song brings Shouen Knife to mind.

I'm kinda used to the volume of the songs being low also. I would like better quality rips though *_*

and thank you Mr. Goto! :heart

Try this one: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...&highlight=fly

Quality is good!

PREVIEW OF WITH...!!!
http://www.gocchin.com/blog/

The song is okay. Very relaxing and refreshing, perfect for spring time. I hope the PV is released soon :D oh and "the song/ring tone is actually available free for download on Japan mobile site Chaka-Uta from today for a limited period!" so if that counts as the different distribution method I will be PISS :irked

it wasn't what i was expecting but it does sound really nice :yes

ugh i hope that's not the new method D:

Hmm they can do a 3A type thing with Fly away and Lady Rise. I'm hoping they do a SWEET BLACK mini album or something instead. Fly away, Lady Rise, With...(+ their 3 pvs), and 3-4 new songs + 1 new pv, something like that. I just want something physical so badly. It's nearly been one year since she has signed with avex :thud

^ I agree a SWEET BLACK mini album would be great. Then hopefully she can finally debut as just Maki Goto.

I love With... the perfect spring song. I can already tell the pv for this will be beautiful.

I was so excited when I got the MAKI GOTO MAIL MAGAZINE Vol. 06 in my email today ~ I am going to try to wait until the full version comes out to listen to it, but so far what y'all say sounds good

episode 6 of unrecorded :)

wahh we see a makeup-less Maki in the shots of her near the water...what a natural beauty :smitten We also get to see her many pets in this episode ;3

Loving the new track. :heart

Translation of the latest Mail Magazine


Also I found rare(?) pics of Yuki if anyone is interested. I've never seen a lot of them before.

damn him and Maki are like twins <_<. He must be getting treated very well in jail ;3

I've missed so much damn you school :weep

I love with...I was expecting different but I'm happy with what I hear so far :love

and Maki's pets *_* her dogs and cat are so cute. I wouldn't think she would be the type to have a pet lizard also O_O, that surprised me.

YUKI :heart and LOL :lmfao

I miss something ? I stoped myself with relese of Lady-Rise digital - Something more coming soon?

Yep, she has another SWEET BLACK song called "with" coming out, it's a ballad-type.

with is so pretty, ive been waiting for the spring ballads to come! usually people start making summer music now :no

wow.. yuki and maki really look alike :OO
i love how with sounds :luv2
waa~she has a lizard XDD thats so funny :laugh
I LOVE HER HAIR SO MUCHHH I WANT ITTTT :thud

wow i usually don't like much of her slower songs but 'with' sounds very nice! i love the music

I actually like "with..." more than Lady-Rise.

New pics of Maki from SWEET BLACK radio show



http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8...0163588661.jpg
:love:love:love:love:love:love:love:love:love:love :yes:smitten
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4...0163243076.jpg

Also kaito from JPM kindly made this picspam of every guest @ sweet black. "aka ~*Maki's hairstyle diary*~" :laugh


current is my favorite :luv2

she looks great with long hair and black

So many hairstyle and color!
I want her to go back to short! Just like it was in the movie premiere she attended!

i really love the black hair :luv2

Gosh, she's such a natural beauty <3

o.m.g maki looks simply STUNNING :love i prefer her with long hair the best :D

That's how I stand in front my mirror when getting ready.

^ :lech

So the house nation album was released a few days ago and we still don't have the Fly away remix :(. I ordered the album but it's still listed as "In Shipping Process " why do you do this to me CDJ :weep I should get the album in like a week + a few days so if we still don't have a hq rip of it I will make one.

^ Thanks in advance for the rip.
Guessing a lot people wouldn't really care for the house nation cd so no one decided to upload? :shrug

^ yeah I've been trying to even find the older house nation albums for download but still no luck. With those older albums the limited edition is always sold out (@ cdJapan, YesAsia, HMVjapan)...so they are being bought. i guess you are right with the owners of the album thinking not a lot of people would be interested.

OMG.. is that... SIFOW?

yep! :yes

and Mr. Goto, thanks a lot, can't wait to hear the Fly away remix. :)

OMG this post is really well designed and i had a blast reading it :yes

She is really nice!!

Got the MAKI GOTO MAIL MAGAZINE Vol.07 in my email today. I don't have time to translate the whole thing, but I'll just post some important points:

She talks about how hanami season is ending, and it's gotten a lot warmer.

She also talks about how she thinks where she wants to go in her off time.

She mentions her chihuahua Da-chan, and how they went for their first walk ~

She then abruptly changes the topic and talks about her SWEET BLACK stuff, and mentions her new song "with..." and how she took a lot of mixi messages into consideration and used them (not sure about that part).

She said her tuesday filming scene was a certain metropolitan place ~

She said it also seems there is more SWEET BLACK projects to come, so look forward to it.

She'll also be participating in the house nation tour (House Nation - Ruby), where she'll be singing at clubs in 8 cities:
5/15 (金)　名古屋　CANARIA
5/17 (日)　京都　WORLD
5/29 (金)　仙台　yankee court
5/30 (土)　大阪　Live & Bar 11 -Onzieme-
6/05 (金)　福岡　HAZE
6/20 (土)　札幌　alife
6/26 (金)　横浜　BAYSIDE YOKOHAMA
7/11 (土)　渋谷　Camelot

The "with..." PV will air on the avex youtube channel at 3:00 pm on 4/27, and people on their cell phones (in Japan) can download a 45 second extract ~

"with..." is free on chaku-uta until 4/21

Sorry for giving such a rough translation, but those are the important parts of the mail. I am so excited for the PV + full song at the end of this month!

thanks for your efforts :yes

^you did a good job thanks for TRYING! :yes gocchin.com should have a translation up soon.

im so excited 2 see her perform in the clubs. i hope avex puts at least one perf on their channel like GOLDEN LUV. April 27th is really far too i can't wait :weep

Does this mean that she's still not going to be releasing anything as just "Maki Goto" for a while? :P

What is she going to do with all these SWEET BLACK tracks? Release a mini-album called "SWEET BLACK feat. Maki Goto" or something?

i hope she continues the sweet black stuff for a while because every song so far has been amazing

When is "with..."
Going to be released because I haven't heard it yet :(

^ Right now, there's a suspension of a digital single but nothing's really concrete.

I really like Maki Goto, like, really. She seems so down to earth and really sweet! I really like "With..."!