Electric Bloom Webzine

INTERVIEW: "I never imagined there were so many people waiting for us". SPYAIR prepare for their first European tour in eight years with new vocalist YOSUKE. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @SPYAIRSTAFF #SPYAIR

DIR EN GREY fans are petitioning the band's management to end their AI deal with Cifer Studio, after its AR showed the members losing their arms to tank fire and its X account mocked critics. 🔗 electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #DIRENGREY

BTS and Stray Kids are sitting out the Grammys' first Asian pop award, but Japanese acts have more public campaigns than any other market, with Kenshi Yonezu, BABYMETAL, YOSHIKI, and BE:FIRST among those gunning for a nomination. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #GRAMMYs

Kenshi Yonezu's 'IRIS OUT' has been put forward for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2027 Grammys, where a nomination would be a historic first for Japanese anime. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @hachi_08 #KenshiYonezu #米津玄師 #IRISOUT #GRAMMYs

Crypton has asked fans to respect "each KAITO" after King & Prince’s Kaito Takahashi launched his solo career under the same name as its virtual singer. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #KAITO #VOCALOID #KingandPrince

DEVILOOF ended a 20-month wait for new music with 'GAMUROU' featuring Enterprise Earth’s Travis Worland, then Keisuke joined Lorna Shore for 'Prison of Flesh' in Tokyo that same night. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @_Deviloof_ #DEVILOOF #LornaShore

LIVE REPORT: Anime hitmaker LiSA ends her first Europe tour with a sold-out London debut, the finale of a wider 15th-anniversary tour that drew around 100,000 people over 16 dates. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… Photos by Viola Kam (V'z Twinkle) @LiSA_OLiVE #LiSA #LiSA15th

TuneCore Japan has passed ¥100 billion in payouts to independent artists and labels, as its overseas share tops 20% and CEO Iichiro Noda challenges the idea that streaming doesn't pay. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @TuneCoreJapan #TuneCore #TuneCoreJapan

Ten years in, RAZOR are saying 'I LOVE YOU' with a new single celebrating their 10th anniversary. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @RAZOR_official_ #RAZOR #visualkei

Hoshikuma Minami gets personal on heavy new single 'NOVA', featuring Kenta Koie and co-written with Crystal Lake guitarist YD. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @rakia_minami @KenCrossfaith @AFTERVOID_jp #星熊南巫 #HoshikumaMinami #KentaKoie

Kana Nishino, one of Japan's biggest J-pop stars, has gone independent after 18 years with Sony Music Artists and will launch her own management company. 🔗 electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @kanayanofficial #KanaNishino #西野カナ

Ado will release her cover of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman', which she first performed at SUMMER SONIC, on the second volume of her fan-request 'Utattemita Album' cover series. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #Ado #Metallica

Age Factory release music videos for 'Vein' and 'ERROR', directed by Anton Reva, the artist behind visuals for Post Malone and Tohji. 🔗 electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @AgeFactory_ @savemymindAL #AgeFactory

After years of being too cold and too hot, Koupen-chan finally gets a day that's just right in GOKUMON's new video 'CHOUDOII' 🐧 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @uchikubigokumon @k_r_r_l_l_ #GOKUMON #打首獄門同好会 #コウペンちゃん

BRAHMAN's TOSHI-LOW will undergo surgery for sigmoid colon cancer, with the band pulling out of two Tokyo shows in October while he recovers. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @tacticsrecords #BRAHMAN #TOSHILOW

Tsuzuku's solo project tzkwym enters a miniature gothic world with 'Liminal', a dark electropop track accompanied by the project's first music video. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @tzkwym #tzkwym

YOSHIKI says he "couldn’t stop crying" on the flight home from New York after severe weather cancelled Global Citizen Festival, promising fans: "New York, I will be back." 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @YoshikiOfficial #YOSHIKI

GACKT tells fans in Argentina "I've kept you waiting" as YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz confirm a September 2027 return to Latin America. 🔗 electricbloomwebzine.com/202… @GACKT #GACKT #YFCz

Ado's agency has warned of legal action over abusive posts amid backlash surrounding her appearance at K-pop event INKIGAYO LIVE in TOKYO, saying it may seek the names and addresses of anonymous posters. 🔗 electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #Ado #INKIGAYO #INKIGAYOLIVEINTOKYO

JoJo fans are demanding Netflix "change the outro" after Yuki Chiba's STEEL BALL RUN closer breaks the series' tradition of licensed Western endings. 🔗electricbloomwebzine.com/202… #SBR #JoJosBizarreAdventure