Still no further promotion for this album? Like PV or something?

Anyway, so I watched the acoguissimo concert which was held in Budokan weeks ago, it's been a while I never watch her concert, and this time... wow. I seriously love Kibou no Wa now, lol. YOU GUYS MUST WATCH IT TOO!

I still can't get enough of how good when she performs her songs live, the way she plays the guitar, her stage presence... really. I think I found some new appreciation for her recent songs, most of her songs are very enjoyable when performed live. Hopefully this ONENESS album will give that vibe.

Have to agree with the acoguissimo concert as well. It was one epic performance, especially right at the end! Anyways, regarding further promotion...is this the same thing that Ayu's doing - lack of further significant promotion, especially television appearances?

Especially the fact that neither Ayu nor miwa isn't going to be in the upcoming three-hour Music Station spring special on April 3rd, only to the fact that both Ayu and miwa are relasing their albums on the following Wednesday (the 8th)! I have to wonder...what is TV Asahi thinking about? Why did they put Ayaka (she has an album on the 15th, the following week) but not Ayu or miwa, and instead get Kis-My-Ft2, NyaaKB, Southern All Stars, Tohoshinki, J Soul Brothers, Yuzu, and even Wagakki Band and BEGIN??? Why not Ayu or miwa???

Especially when these two are going to end up fighting for #1, why are neither Ayu nor miwa going to appear on Music Station?

This is a miwa thread, so I should keep my conversation down to miwa (sorry for the Ayu reference again), but yes, not including her on Music Station for promoting miwa's new album...that kind of sucks a bit. But, to be honest, the five new songs - how important are they? We know most of the songs are from past singles...

Of course there will be those radio promotions, but as far as TV concerned...that might happen in "second-tier" programs (such as Music Dragon or even CDTV). We already saw miwa on Music Station twice this year, but that was during the single releases windows earlier this winter.

And I also realize no new PV as well? Hmm...not even hearing the news of a PV of a new song from the ONENESS album...actually, that didn't even happen on her previous albums! (No, actually againxagain - from guitarium - had a PV. Also, the DVD on ONENESS has the arena tour concert series digest, not PVs...)

Artist (managements) decide if an artist goes on TV, not the station.

Okay, thanks. Let me change my wording: maybe she wasn't interested to appear on the Music Station special?

I've never seen any of her acoguissimo performances, but you people are making me want to change that. I think I saw a recording of her Delight tour last year and honestly, it was boring. But an acoustic performance might be a lot better; I remember watching my Delight bonus DVD and being really impressed with the teaser of her special live at Shimokitazawa Loft, where she performed alone with her guitar. Also, I'm a sucker for re-arrangements (and I want to hear any version of Kibou no Wa out there). I guess I'll add acoguissimo to my list of things to check out... whenever I have time, lol.

To tell you the truth, for me, I think most of her concerts are quite boring.

Not sure if it's probably because we usually watch ayu concerts (I'm saying this because we're in AHS) which has... grandiose things all over the place, compared to a little girl with her band, carrying a guitar...

It's just my 2cents, but still, at least, for a female singer-songwriter with a guitar in her hand (or maybe any band), her concerts are far more enjoyable, at least for me. No offense but I remember back then watching YUI concert and fell asleep after several minutes, and then one of Do As Infinity concert as well, and yeah I'm a big fan of those two, but lol it happened.

But yeah, I think acoguissimo is even more enjoyable because, it's just her and her guitar, nothing else. One of the performance, Kataomoi, it's just her without guitar, only her voice. It's awesome. I'm surprised how miwa pulled off her guitar skills (well, tbh, I can't play it) during the show, it's surprising and entertaining at the same time.

Anyway, maybe if you want to watch it, I think I should warn you about the MC, if you don't understand it will be very boring, because she has some signatures which only her radio listeners will understand, even though it's quite funny sometimes, but if you can't stand long MC... well, be careful.

Honestly, I don't like watching concerts, no matter what, I always get sleepy. Especially watching ayu.

I prefer short performaces of TV.

Well, the Ayu type of grandiose can be uninteresting as well... Her best performances are the ones where she's overflowing with intensity and not sharing the stage with too many people. My problem with the miwa live was not the lack of flash, but that for most of the concer, she seemed content just... standing there, surrounded by her band, smiling away, strumming her guitar, nothing else. No intensity (even in songs that really call for that), not much of a connection to the viewer. Boring.

But a completely solo live with only her and a guitar sounds perfect. Intimate setting, new arrangements, a whole different feeling... yes! And if she can pull off any songs like the Delight live version on 360°... yeeeeessss!

Totally agree with that though.

Yes! I'm not sure if I'm right, but I think when I watch her, she has a great stage presence, especially now with only acoustic guitar, you can just feel that. GO WATCH IT!

http://s26.postimg.org/6axcqxiad/CCE0ld_NUEAA158y.jpg

1. Masaharu Fukuyama - 68,758
2. miwa - 24,855
3. ayu - 20,025

#YouDidntTellUs!!! My gosh... Masaharu Fukuyama may have wiped out hopes of Ayu or miwa getting #1...

To be honest, I'm actually a bit disappointed with the album, both sales-wise and tracklist-wise. That sales numbers...I'm surprised how low this is - less than 25,000 on the first day alone. (Can someone get the 'Delight' album numbers?) But I'm gonna guess that much of the album is 'recycled' - that means there's too much of it are 'been there, done that' material (we've released it before). And, I think, this may have backfired miwa quite a bit.

Now, what I could complain about Masaharu Fukuyama is this: 'Tamariku' is an album where he sings various songs only by himself with the acoustic guitar. WHAT!? How in the world an album with NO NEW SONGS - just some old songs, re-released for 2015 in an acoustic guitar version - DOMINATE THE NUBMER ONE SPOT!?!?!?

I mean...that's not right. This kind of an album outselling both Ayu and miwa COMBINED, and it's not a studio album unlike Ayu or miwa??? :no

But I do have to agree partially with the sales numbers that I've been seeing. There's just simply too much of the recycled stuff. As for the new songs, 'Stress Free' is sometimes nothing but stressful - what in the world is this? This is one of those 'love or hate' affair about how miwa sings...this song, for some people, might call it 'one of the most annoying' (saw that on JPopsuki). Personally, my favorite is 'super heroine', but in all, the fact that 64% of the album (nine of the 14 songs in the tracklist) is recycled...that may be the reason why the sales numbers are lower than what I expect.

Any reviews of this album here would be greatly appreciated, because, I have a feeling the reviews that I might hear might not be positive, and it could reflect the sales numbers that we're seeing...

Delight sold approx. 25,500 copies on the first day, so her sales dropped less than 1k.

It isn't really surprising that Fukuyama Masaharu got #1, he is way more popular than Miwa and Ayu.
He could record himself singing in the shower and still sell more than them.

I gave the new album previews a try 'cause I haven't listened to her stuff in a while. I think they're nice, but not enough for me to actually want to hear the full thing.

Congrats on getting #2, though. Nice to see her doing well.

Fukuyama is super-popular, and he is in his 40's, I don't like his music but I admire him.

Basically miwa sells more than ayu because she did more promotion.

You know what happened?
miwa came into Tower Records to promote herself, plus other than signing CD with her autograph, she did a mini-live, singing some of her songs plus some Christmas songs (I see what you did there, girl.) which successfully gathered around hundred of people if I'm not mistaken.

Whatever it is, physical sales will always decrease from time to time now. This is digital era, if there's no good reason to sell physical copies (like AKB did), then it's pointless.

Anyway, speaking of the album, ONENESS itself the first track it's not bad, I like it. But the rest of new songs, lol. Philosopher and Stress Free are something like Taylor Swift would sing I think. Most of new tracks are 'American' sounding for me. Overall, meh album.

Thanks for clarifying. The hit wasn't as hard, but I'm a bit disappointed Masaharu Fukuyama stole miwa's thunder. It shows why the Japanese music race for Oricon #1 is way too congested, where today's #1 artists generally consists of male artists (whether it's Southern All Stars, Mr.Children, EXILE/EXILE TRIBE boybands or Johnny's boybands) and AKB48 (and related) idols today...

It's pretty tough if you're a female soloist. miwa may have tried her best, but Masaharu Fukuyama has a more proven track record than her...

It's not about the recent trends which the male are more popular, but do you know how long Masaharu Fukuyama has been around in entertainment industry? Not to mention he's not just a singer, but an actor as well, and so on.

Who is miwa? a female singer-songwriter debuted around 4 years ago and what else she's known for now other than that? I think you need to expand your mind and knowledge before thinking about sales competition.

She doesn't win anything with a No.1 album, lol. She just needs good sales to keep releasing music.

Agreed! Maybe I'm overlooking too much at this...

Anyways, miwa dropped down to #3 - by who? Southern All Stars. #3 yesterday (taking over Ayu), now #2...UGH. :eviltongu

(I'm not a fan of Keisuke Kuwata very much, personally... :headache)

Sorry for double-posting, but I don't think we're going to happy with this:

http://s26.postimg.org/p418oc3x1/201..._2015_04_0.jpg

miwa is #3. Who is #2? SOUTHERN ALL STARS. Again. :eviltongu

Ugh, not a great way to end the week. Southern All Stars have been making a bit of a charge in the late days, and that cost miwa #2. I'm disappointed that she doesn't get a top two.

Compared to Delight, which sold 69,066 in the first week, ONENESS only sold 50,255. A bit disappointing indeed. (>_<) Any reasons why?

^ I would say because Delight was a much better album overall and had the huge hit that was hikari e (+whistle, miracle which also did well) and album tracks were brilliant too (321, LOUD!, sparrow, Delight) sure this one had Faith which i LOVE but that's pretty much it the other singles were kinda meh :// I did like let me go from kimi ni deaeta kara tho but that's not on the album either so.. but that's just my opinion.. I think she can be glad to still have sold this much I expected worse

Btw what is her target audience? What gender what age are most of her fans? Also can anyone imagine her pulling a yui writing herself as MIWA and cutting her hair short and blonde singing under alias names in little venues without her management knowing and then coming back as band? lol sorry I can't help it

Her target audience is most likely youth in early 20, or maybe just students. Ever since she debuted, the lyrics is obvious pointed toward younger generation to tell them not to lose hope and stay strong, this can be seen in her debut single, all those 3 songs. Even megurogawa can be described as a graduation song imo.

She's labelled as a singer-songwriter with hard-working persona (because around that time she's still in the university, but now already graduated) and it can be seen in her second single. The third single has an anime tie-in, which was very popular among the youth, so yeah. Several weeks after the release of her third single, she invited some lucky fans to learn guitar together as a light band or something. Even her fifth single is a campaign song to the students whose are facing the exam or something, just like YUI's GLORIA.

All those proof mentioned above, I think it is a true sign that she's marketed towards the youth, if you watch her concerts, many youth can be spotted, both male and female, her radio show is also success, most of the fan letters are from youth in early twenties or late seventeens or so.

I don't think she won't pull that yui thing. I know yui's career is a sad one, really, like seriously. Basically because both are simply different. People who follow yui from the very beginning of the career knows that she's not from a good family, I mean, just like ayu, as far as I remember, yui's father left him or passed away I forgot, she grows up in a fatherless home, she doesn't have any memory of her father, while miwa, she's from a complete family, both of her parents are still present, both are good in music, they inspire miwa a lot, I heard miwa's father is a music producer as well, plus she has a little sister.

Another difference is this: education. yui, to chase her dream to become a singer, she left her hometown from Fukuoka to Tokyo, and she didn't finish her study, as far as I remember. But miwa? She's trying to become a singer, but she's still continue her study and even graduated.

I don't know what happened to yui, but she's been through a lot, what happened to her is really sad, I hope it won't happen to miwa anytime soon.

^Thanks for the info. I admire miwa, I mean working as a singer and study O__O
I can't imagine the stress.

Good point here. It's not that often you see someone who's good at music also does well academically (e.g. Arashi's Sho Sakurai, who attended Keio University, which miwa attended).

I don't want something bad happen to miwa either. :no

Now that you've mentioned it, miwa has graduated from Keio University as well, and I heard Keio University is #2 university in Japan?

No clue whatsoever what subject did she majoring in but I'm kinda curious, because she said before that her study was not related to music at all.

Thanks for pointing out. I forgot miwa went to Keio. I'm quite curious about what's her major...

just wnated to say that ONENESS is one of my favourite tracks atm!

I haven't listened to her album yet, lol.
I'm listening A ONE, after I'm going to listen WALK OF MY LIFE, then LOVE TRICKY and maybe ONENESS.

Carrying this over from the Shoko Nakagawa thread:

Which album did you mean? If ONENESS, then you can take it from here:
http://miusiq.tumblr.com/post/115780...ad-purchase-it

If I was kind of misunderstood and you want to try her music, I would recommend her third album, and you can take it from here:
http://miusiq.tumblr.com/post/897693...al-discography

I hate using that site tbh
Every time I try to download there my internet browser blows up with terrible spam. I don't ever get spam. But this is like a quasi virus. Same with alljapannews or whatever it's called.

I advise you want to try using an ad blocker program...

Then I will just PM you the link to the album directly, hopefully it helps?

EDIT:
PM sent anyway.

Thanks for all the info I didn't know most of that

Almost 3 months has passed and this thread is basically dead. :laugh

After the release of ONENESS which is not as great as Delight in terms of sales, she's still around, and a new single coming soon.

Covers, Tracklist, Info

Sorry, too lazy to write lol.
Hazzie is a rapper-songwriter btw.
Feels like miwa is back, because the covers are SO GOOD.

Oh, and Stress-Free sure is a recut from ONENESS, that Taylor Swift song.
Even more surprising, she even make a PV for it, so special.

Looking forward to this new song, the little news preview sounded very sweet ^^

I'm looking forward to the new song. Hazzie... I'm more familiar with Sayuri Sugawara (THE SxPLAY) since both are in the same agency (Starray Entertainment, formerly New Style Vision - http://www.starray-e.com/)...

...but why in the world "Stress Free" - one of the most annoying songs that I've heard (and, admittedly, one of the most-played) - is being recut!? And, this time - it's going to get a PV!?

The covers are so cute! I hope for good things from this single. I'm glad there's a brand new b-side 'cause Stress-free... how does it even go? The only new tracks I remember from ONENESS are the title track (which was quite cool!) and Philosophy (which better remain an experiment never repeated...). That album...

Well, it's a good thing if many people looking forward to this new release, at least the hype is in!

But then I realized, I feel like I heard the B-side song title before... and then, I saw this again:
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...moiro-clover-z
The song title is indeed the same, but I don't know if it's going to be the same song or not.

FYI.
Momoiro Clover Z x miwa - Itsuka Kimi ga (Short)
Momoiro Clover Z - Itsuka Kimi ga

Itsuka Kimi ga is so catchy, I loved that song even with Momoclo, XD. I hope it's the same but with miwa only <3

I think i'm the only one who don't like the covers.

miwa at Rock in Japan fes 2015:

^Well, I just like one.

I like the one with real miwa in it also, lol.
The rest is just average, but still better than ONENESS for me.

More info for new single: Yozora feat. Hazzie


FYI, country restrictions, so use proxy.

EDIT:
It's a medium tempo song, a small part of rapping.
Maybe somewhere between Sayonara (from Delight) and Napa.

The rest of the video, lol.
Stress-Free is going to become her concert staple I believe.
With that choreography video as well.

stressfree takes her cutesy voice to a whole new level lol why does she use it so much on ONENESS. I prefer her vocals like they are in guitarissimo and Delight

The stress free pv is out :
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/miwa---...b08eeeb7378e26

It's only a concert pv -_-".

Because cutesy is a Japanese thing, so youthful or something. Whatever miwa, lol.

It's just like Ikutsu ni Natte mo PV then?

For me this single is so cheap, lol. A recut song, a song that she made for another group, she didn't make a PV for the new song and the other PV is a concert PV.

miwa what are you doing ?

Have to agree a bit...this is kind of weird. I don't expect Yozora to come on her fifth album. :no

And Stress Free "PV"...you call that a music video?! NO!!! You put in live concert footage, slapped in the studio version of the song...that is not proper PV! That doesn't make sense! :no

Unless Yozora is good when I listen to it, in my opinion...I'm sorry to say, but this isn't a single I'm looking forward to.

But she's doing so much better with her non-cutesy songs like Faith. Not only was the song great it also sold double of what 360° and these other cutesy singles sold. Her management is so bad...

Guys, she made her live footage as her PV as well before, it's Ikutsu ni Natte mo and to make things even worse, it's inside miwa clips vol. 1, so... yeah.

If you think that this single is cheap, she's being lazy or anything, I personally think that it's happened since ONENESS, I just simply don't like that release (I like some of the new songs tho.) and... lol. 9 songs from single? I mean seriously, not to mention that cover.

Delight is the album with least number of tracks and shortest in duration (50 minutes or so), but it's pretty solid, plus great covers as well, compared to previous 2 albums, some songs are like 'filler' but still better than ONENESS. You can see from the lyrics as well, Hikari e is probably the best effort from miwa when doing a songwriting, compared to Stress-Free, it's a break up song, but she made it fun.

Yozora will be in the new album I believe, why a collaboration song? Because it's happening now! Ayu just pulled it, with a stranger boyband that its name can only heard on ayu release, moreover she made a PV and put it inside a mini-album, who knows miwa will release a mini-album as well? (FYI, ONENESS defeat A ONE in terms of sales.)

Plus Yozora has the miwa only version too, maybe that one worth in the album more.

I prefer not over-cutesy music as well, if it's in comparison with Faith, then Sparrow is my kind of music, I like that a lot. You know what is the most popular song from miwa in Japan? It's again x again, audience like will go nuts when she performs that song, just like ayu fans when they hear Boys & Girls or You & Me, something like that.

Which makes me think, probably miwa is popular because of the lyrics, easy to relate, very youthful. again x again got a PV because of the fan request, how awesome is that? I wish she did more something like that. The management is just doing things randomly now.

For some reason, I like this very much and I will put it in my signature. :laugh
That's quite long I suppose. :D

^that was kinda nuts to read?
"Ayu just pulled it..."? - because that was the first collaboration in music history.
And I presonally think ONENESS is better than Delight. She is not lazy, this realease is just close too the last album adn since when is a concert PV lazy? Its pretty common, especially among artist that release music to play live. I don't get your problem.

Agreed with all of this, lol. :laugh

I know this wasn't directed at me at all, but if it's all right, I'd still like to throw in my two cents since I've also had some problems with miwa's stuff this year. Not trying to speak for mellody (please elaborate on your views too if you feel like it, I love your posts!) or anyone else.

My problem is mostly that this single is yet another lacking release in a year when miwa has felt very off. All of her releases this year have been a little weird: fighting-Φ-girls was an unexpected genre departure that didn't really seem to fit her well, 360° felt like it was supposed to be a special single but still ended up on ONENESS, and that album was drowning in old material and definitely seemed less polished and well-planned than her previous albums. Now this single comes out with only one new song and just a concert PV which isn't even for the main track? Her management really seems to be into recycling this year, huh? It just feels weird, and when everything this year has felt weird and vaguely unsatisfying, it starts to add up. I understand if you feel differently, but I think there definitely has been stuff for fans to feel discontented about this year.

Also, I'm not saying this single is doomed to suck. I'm still looking forward to it, and I haven't heard Itsuka Kimi ga or the title track at all, so they could both turn out to be tracks I really love (Stress-free is definitely a lost cause though, what an annoying song). I hope she brings it!


Now I wanna say something positive to close off this mostly negative post... umm, I like ONENESS the song more and more every time I hear it? I bet this song would be awesome live, I think it might be the best throw-your-fist-in-the-air-and-shout-along anthem she's done yet. Also, happy to hear again x again is such a fan favourite, I love that song. :heart

Somehow I feel like they got a ton of CM offers for songs (most of the single songs have some sort of tie-in) and they didn't wanna turn any down (cash $$$$) so they made her release all these singles which became a big mess in the end. Kinda reminds me of JUJU's album Door, so many single releases on there and so many tie-ins.

And YES mellody Sparrow is awesome I love that song too.

Seeing 3 posts above me makes me really want to say a lot of things about miwa, so let's see if I can elaborate it :laugh

Once again, basically my disappointment towards ONENESS is still the same, probably will never change, and it's coming from a fan that already followed her even before she's debuting, and that's the reason why I'm being cynical over miwa today. I'm not trying to say that I'm a better fan, but I just wanna share what's inside my mind. I have a reason why I left this thread for almost 3 months.

I really never expect her to become so popular like now, but still, looking at her popularity recently, somehow makes me very happy, she gained more attention, many lives around, tie-ins, and so on. But, I don't know if she's just following trend, doing things she like, answering fan request, or expanding her music, or even anything. Some cynical Japanese people also stated the same thing for miwa: Where is she going? Which direction is she going to? (It's written on 2ch).

To put it simply, what miwa did to Delight fits her perfectly, so that it turned out very nice even there are only 11 tracks, but with ONENESS, it looks like she's trying new things too much or rather, experimenting with it, but if you like ONENESS as a whole, then miwa is succeeded, but if you don't, like me, you will feel that something is wrong with her, because usually she isn't like this. I wonder if miwa approved that album cover too, or decided by anyone. Why we call her lazy? Because of what I said before, maybe she's trying new things too much or never do a proper double check, so in the end she was like "Ok, let's just combined it together, I want to do this and also that, after that, this one, and then that one..." It's just my thought, so don't take it seriously.

I'm totally agree to what Kacku and Ryusei said as well.

Is it her fault? Who knows, perhaps?
Is it her management fault? Who knows, perhaps?

Also, Mika Nakashima STAR album, only have 3 new tracks, the rest are singles, it was her old release tho, but it's so funny to remember.

I really still have a lot of things to say and I almost post like 6-7 paragraphs but then I realized this isn't a paper :laugh

EDIT:
Forgot to say, her changing-direction has been stated before in a song called Sparrow.

oh wow that's interesting. How come you followed her before debut?

@mellody: I did not mean to offend you, I should start to think and swollow my words before participating in forums. I just became so overall annyoed with J-Pop boards over the years that - when I post - I always seem to attack a certain person. I'm sorry.

It's jsut..um well how do I put it. I get what you want to say- I'm not a miwa stan or anything but I think ctiticising a singer based on recent activities is just a bit too fast. Just wait and see where she developes. As a fan of J-pop, you and everyone else should know that it is very different music-business from what is know form an American/Europen music scene. Japan is not just about good music but rather about pleasing the crowed and I think it is kind of unfair to judge an artist in this buisness for that. Same goes for the try of developing a new sounds which can take 1-5 albums depending on the vision an artist has.

My last post was manily about the fact that some said a Concert-MV is lazy which I just found to be rude and stupid, especially in the context of the artist miwa portraits. sorry again.

Well, thinkingoutloud89, I didn't feel that way though, I got your point, so no worries :laugh
I understand the situation that you're trying too explain, but.. I just wanna say, I'm not new into Japanese music, that's why things like this are somehow not normal for me, but maybe it's just me who didn't get used to things nowadays perhaps. Again, I'm also sorry :yes

Good thing that I want to say is at least we have a discussion now, it's fun even though not many people around :laugh Most of miwa threads or forums out there are so quiet, which ended up being closed, but somehow she's still popular, even more.

About how I followed her before debut, it's a pure coincidence, and not really 'before debut' just one week or one month earlier, I forgot. Afraid will be TL;DR, then I will just put it under the Spoiler tag :D



Anyway, about that concert PV (Stress Free), like I said before, miwa did that before (Ikutsu ni Natte mo), so actually no surprise there. An album with some unique genres inside? guitarium had it, remember Merry Go Round? It's an auto-tune.

Btw, the lyrics for new single is here, how is that even possible? :mischief

^I love that True Color performance...I even have a mp3 somewhere

I watched that performance again, and I'm nostalgic.

aaah I love that performance too, her voice fits it very nicely. + Kana is my fave female japanese singer, so I'm even happier about this performance. I'm always here for discussing miwa haha. That being said Yozora is AWESOME. I love it. Their voices match really well and miwa doesn't sing in that overly cute voice. So glad miwa is back with such a good song.

I'd never seen that performance before, but wow it was good!

Also, I know this is so last week, but I really agree with mellody about ONENESS feeling directionless with everything just mashed together. :yes

I'm loving Yozora too! I did not expect such a dramatic song with a rapper featuring on it, but I'm happy to be surprised. :) That chorus is monstrously catchy, I could remember it after hearing it once and it's been playing in my head since yesterday.

Glad to hear everyone enjoying Yozora, I'm looking forward to it!

Actually there's a PV for the song, it was shot on the green screen...

Remember the country restriction!

They are saving it for miwa clips vol. 2 I guess, but how many videos are there in that vol. 2?

...and the Short ver. PV is here.

Again, country restriction.

Short version for making? Not usual I would hear that. But then again, **** you Sony on restricting such videos on YouTube to Japan only...

Using Hola isn't very useful for me, I think I will wait for another link.

Yozora is really nice. But I don't like Itsuka Kimi ga.

Agreed, Yozora is really nice.
Stress Free is annoying as hell (still haven't listened to ONENESS, I'm a bit late..)
Itsuka Kimi ga is ok, nothing interesting.

Has the solo version of Yozora leaked yet?

^There is a solo version?

The full pv is on Jpopsuki :
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/miwa---...d55584d837f420

supposedly on the limited edition of the single? I'm not sure but that's what I thought I saw.

What you saw is correct.

Hasn't leaked yet though.

EDIT:
Umm, well... The miwa only version is basically "miwa only" without Hazzie, if you expect her to sing Hazzie part, then prepare to be disappointed. It becomes weird for me.

Here you go.

miwa ends up #8 in a competition that is so stiff, with the top five selling no less than 74,000 (once again, Masaharu Fukuyama beats miwa AGAIN, while Morning Musume gets a #2, which was a bit of a surprise to some of us).

And something doesn't seem to be right...

http://s26.postimg.org/5gncskdat/201..._2015_08_1.jpg

Is it just me...or why did LEO IEIRI, a girl who is four and a half years younger than miwa, sold more than miwa? This certainly seemed so odd. miwa vs. Leo Ieiri for the first time, and miwa ends up losing to her...

Maybe because of the comments of the single that we made here in this thread? What about Stress Free - isn't that a song recut from the ONENESS album back in April? (well, obviously)

Story time! Last night, I was at a barbeque night we, the language students' guild at my university, had arranged for our new freshmen. Halfway through the night, a whole bunch (~15) of visiting Japanese students showed up to do some socialising of their own. I went to talk to them, eager to try out my limited Japanese skills. I ended up chatting for a while with one girl, and we bonded over liking miwa, she was way more excited about miwa than any other artist I said I liked. :laugh Her favourite song was 441, I named Delight and Hikari e as mine, we both agreed we had made good picks. It was nice. :D

Leo Ieiri is already popular since she was debuting, I would say she's even more popular than miwa, because she gained much from international fanbase as well if I'm not mistaken.

Haha, It's fun to know that another Japanese is into her and stating that her favorite songs are those popular ones!

Anyway, her DVD & Blu-ray release is coming soon, acoguissimo 3 in budoukan one.

miwa is paying Hazzie back for the favor and collaborating with him again! The new song is called 記念日。 feat. miwa (Kinenbi; Anniversary) and will be released on October 7th.

Along with Kinenbi, another new single is coming on November 11th.

The title is another long one since her 2nd single B-Side:


I think it's translated as "If you can embrace and be here" or something like that.
Tie-in announced, a drama called "Kounodori" (Stork) which will be airing on 16th October. No idea what is the drama about, but if you check the official site, you might understand what is it about, and it seems this will be another ballad.

According to the info stated in Sony Music, there's another song called "Hajimari wa Owarijanai" (from guitarium? Friday magic single?) will be used as a promo song or whatever for NHK Program called "On My Way" which is weird because it's an old song. I'm just hoping that it won't become the B-side for this single.

Hmm, probably another romantic themed song like Yozora, hopefully it will be as good as her previous single.

Great, another new single coming up...

I like the new single but IMO it's not as good as yozora..
Also I watched her Budokan live (the most recent concert release) and was really surprised when I saw that it's just her and her guitars. Really made her voice shine

The covers for the new single are out. They're one of her best covers :luv2:luv2

limited
http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/12q...2qyy_large.jpg


Regular
http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/12q...2qyz_large.jpg

I love how the four seasons are represented

wow..the cover is so lovely

The covers are so pretty !!!

YEAH, awesome covers this time.

If you guys want to watch full PV, use this my GDrive link.
miwa - Anata ga Koko ni Ite Dakishimeru Koto ga Dekiru Nara

EDIT:
-New single is :heart maybe a bit generic for many but I love it.
-B.O.Y. is nice, it's like an upbeat version of Hikari e + Delight, but some parts are weird + strange ending.
-New mix for 3rd track, it's good. The song is basically nice, now this version is like a new flavor.

I also like this single overall! Anata ga blah blah is not her most memorable ballad, but it's a good one, very season-appropriate too. :P However, this single is all about B.O.Y. for me, what a great piece of pop candy! The arrangement is :heart Hajimari wa Owari ja nai is nice, but I don't think this is my favourite version of the song.

Yeah, I don't know why I keep playing B.O.Y pretty often recently... (in addition with some Shion Miyawaki song)

miwa just announced her first compilation album, 'miwa ballad collection ~graduation~'. Any thoughts?

http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000121836
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2062787/full/
http://tokyopopline.com/archives/52530

Wut? Every news sound so random recently..

The release date is spring so... it's targeted to young people, schoolboys, schoolgirls... It's like: let's sing miwa song for our graduation!

20 songs, bundled... and how is it like? Please do some cover songs gurl, like Tsubasa wo Kudasai or Sotsugyou Shashin.

really random.... why does everyone release a best album after 4 albums IMO that's too early... And then it's a ballad collection so does that mean no rock songs??

Rock ballad might be possible, but then again I remember she didn't have one.
Possible songs:
-megurogawa (Compulsory for this release)
-Bokura no Mirai
-Dear days
-friend
-Mata ne
-Samenai Yume (Not really sure)
-Tsuyoku Naritai
-Whistle

I can't think any except from that list, that's why 20 songs seems weird.

^ Where does it say there's gonna be 20 songs, I haven't noticed it anywhere? All I see about the tracklist is that the last two singles are gonna be on it. Aside from them, and the songs you listed, I bet Nukumori, Kibou no Wa, and maybe Gesshoku ~winter moon~ will be included. Some cover songs would be great! I hope the covers will look nice. :)

Now that you mentioned it, I also forgot, I think I read the 'still rumor' news, because it said about 2CD+DVD as well, but the official ones are different so, yeah.

I didn't include Nukumori because it's for motherly love or something, Gesshoku maybe included though, but let's see how things will do. Sony news seems mentioning that the recent single and Yozora will be included.

Yeah, I think it's dedicated to her mother (which is why I accidentally called it Mother originally... oops :P), but I don't think that makes it any less likely to be included. They might not include it for some other reason, I'm starting to feel less certain about it for some reason. Kibou no Wa, Otoshimono and Kataomoi are a sure thing though. I wonder if they'll include the ballad version of Delight or record ballad versions of some other songs?

kibou no wa and gesshoku are like the most boring songs she's ever made IMO, not a fan of those... ^ I LOVE the ballad version of delight it's so beautiful. I'm more than curious about the tracklist, hope they release it rather soon even though the release date is still far away

I think Kibou no Wa is boring, until I watch the performance in Budokan (acoguissimo3), you should watch it too!

Family-related songs might be included, because well, it's related to graduation I think, I'm totally curious about the tracklist, I really hope she will do at least one cover song like this one.


I think this song is quie popular for graduation? No?

EDIT
From her blog: http://ameblo.jp/miwa-guitar/entry-12099125925.html
She will be promoting this album with a tour. Compilation album with a tour, well..
Also, she mentioned that other than graduation-related songs, she will pick some songs related to encounter and farewell, relocation and moving, and anything related to those. So we have a clear idea about the songs now. (Which means, probably no new song at all.)

^ I started that concert once but didn't get through it for some reason maybe I was impatient that day. The tour is quite long.. I'd be happy with a new song too maybe one to directly promote the album additionally?
Also she'll be at kouhaku this year as well yay ^^ I hope she'll sing yozora

Not surprised she's in the Kouhaku again.

It's her third time now so let's looking forward to it.
What's the theme this year? I don't think she will sing her new song this year.

(Hopefully not the well-acclaimed... Stress-Free)

She is under Sony, right ?
Jesus, Sony loves releasing meh best albums, just look at Kana, Mika, etc.

She's managed under Tristone Entertainment but she records under the Sony Records label, so technically she's under Sony.

We're getting close to 500 posts already...but I realized the first post in this thread was back in February of 2012. WHOA! It took that long just to get 500 posts - over three and a half years!?

...and you just realized that?
There are too many reasons, one of them is 'lack of discussion' as I said before, but well, it doesn't really important after all, as long as the thread updated frequently with some members it's more than enough I think. So you should prepare for a new thread then.

I just realized this, but what you said is really true. So I guess we shouldn't expect much from this, it's just a standard compilation album.

Is it possible to get a new PV from the songs chosen? At least one.

YUI's best albums didn't have ANY new content so.. We'll see how this comes out. By this time I'm just waiting for ieiri leo's first best album as she has 4 albums now lol Avex and Sony both seem to do a lot of those unnecessary releases to get cash in or whatever the purpose of those releases are

YUI's B-side album compilation (MY SHORT STORIES) has a new song in it. (Sony)
Superfly BEST album has 2 new songs in each disc respectively. (Warner Music Japan)
Kalafina 2 BEST albums have 2 new songs. (Technically only one, since one of them is just a freaking less-than-a-minute intro). Sony.
Morning Musume... okay, so many other to list.

Other than avex and Sony, who is releasing a compilation album with some bonus material?

EDIT:
500th POST!

Ok, so no more changing thread now, mine was deleted and... nobody gives any warning?
Honestly, after read the guidelines and everything, I still don't understand how things work.