ARTISTS FEATURED: BE:FIRST, Girls2, Charisma.com, ELSEE, muque (feat. CLAN QUEEN), Suisei Hoshimachi, Lilas Ikuta, aimi, I Don’t Like Mondays., HANA, ohayoumadayarou (feat. lilbesh ramko), FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE
BE:FIRST – Gaitou
A festive song with gospel base to warm your heart. Composed by Chiaki Zulu (who also composed Sailing and Bye-Good-Bye), Satoru Kurihara of Jazzin’park, Atsushi Inoue of showmore, and SKY-HI the CEO himself.
Girls2 – Unmelting Snow
The other A-side from their 20th single. Unlike Snowflakes which is an emotional ballad, Unmelting Snow is a wintery dance pop tune. Unfortunately no MV (as of yet).
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Charisma.com – Christmas.com
Ngl I like this hot mess of a Christmas song 🤣 That title is genius and the track itself is pretty damn catchy. Reminds me of FEMM.
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ELSEE – Wondrous (from Wondrous EP)
The MV came out in October but the full single was just released last week! Newest girlgroup from Sony Music Artists Japan. One of the members was a Nizi Project finalist. Composed by TeddyLoid & Giga (which you might remember from ACT feat. Daoko I posted a few months ago). If you’re into girl crush concept, they might be right up your alley.
muque – Dancing in my bad life (feat. CLAN QUEEN)
A rock song in collab with CLAN QUEEN. I’m still a bit side-eyeing muque for using AI to create an MV for Level up, but judging from the credit list this one seems to be human made.
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Suisei Hoshimachi – Suisei
Suisei is one of the biggest vtubers in Japan, and has worked with many well-known composers/artists like Yoko Shimomura, Enon Kawatani, Tatsuya Kitani, Haruno and many more. This song was written and composed by tuki. who’s been garnering attention in singer-songwriter scene.
Lilas Ikuta – Latata (from Laugh)
Solo second album from YOASOBI vocalist. You might remember her from Hyakka Ryoran which was The Apothecary Diaries OP.
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aimi – In The Memories (from Tell Me You Love Me Too EP)
Newest EP from R&B singer aimi, consists of her previously released digital singles. Two new songs In The Memories and Lost With You are also mellow R&B tracks, perfect for winter time.
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I Don’t Like Mondays. – Setsunai Love Song wa Iranai
A winter track from IDLM. The retro/city pop sound always works wonders for me.
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HANA – NON STOP
Personally not a fan of the song, but they look great as always and the cameo from other BMSG artists + CHANMINA herself was nice.
ohayoumadayarou – A Merry Christmas Just For Us (feat. lilbesh ramko)
A simple and warm Christmas song. This is a solo project by Rachel of chelmico, a hiphop duo.
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FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE – Zutto Zutto
A ballad from FANTA, used as a theme song for Romantic Killer starring Sota Nakajima. The MV is only available until end of January 2026 for a probably stupid reason like licensing (since it contains a few scenes from the movie). Click HERE for boring lyrics version in case the MV’s gone.
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Previous Posts:
[Spoiler (click to open)]2024: [February]2/14, 2/21, 2/28 | [March]3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27 | [April]4/3, 4/10 (+Hikki’s SCIENCE FICTION), 4/17, 4/24 | [May]5/1, 5/8, 5/16, 5/22, 5/29 | [June]6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26 | [July]7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31 | [August]8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/24 | [September]9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 | [October]10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 | [November]11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27 | [December]12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 12/25
2025: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 | 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26 | 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 | 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30 | 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 | 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25 | 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 | 8/6, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27 | 9/3, 9/17, 9/24 | 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 | 11/5, 11/12-12/3
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