While her upcoming tenth single "Kira Kira Killer" has been announced for June 11, Japanese J-Pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu revealed that her new album Pikapika Fantasian (or Pikapika Fantajin in Japanese) will be released on July 9.

After her second album Nanda Collection, Kyary didn't wait to attack with new singles, starting with "Mottai Night Land" last November. Early 2014, she unveiled her life-story with "Yume no Hajima Ring Ring" (whose we made a post in March). In April, "Family Party" shows on a video a kind of game between Kyary and a robot - controled by Kyary herself, with 4 big arms.


About two weeks ago, Kyary announced her 10th single, "Kira Kira Killer", out June 11th, whose a video should be released in the coming days. And, on May 18th, unBORDE (Warner Music Japan) revealed on Twitter the title and the artwork for the third album, with two tours in Japan :
- Hall Tour : from July 27 to Sept 22
- Arena Tour : from Oct 18 to Nov 9

On May 30, Harajuku Kawaii Style revealed tracklist and three covers for the album. Pikapika Fantasian includes 12 songs, whose the four last singles plus "Sungoi Aura", included in Mottai Night Land single.



Tracklist of the album


1. Pika Pika Fantajin
2. Kira Kira Killer
3. Yume no Hajima Ring Ring
4. Mottai Night Land
5. Serious Hitomi
6. Do Do Pi Do (Capsule Cover)
7. Family Party
8. Ring a Bell
9. Tokyo Highway
10. Koi Koi Koi
11. Sungoi Aura
12. Explorer

Sources : Twitter, Harakuju Kawaii !! Style...

Phillip Taylor, Josh Swinney and Ryan Drever from rock band Paws announced their dates for their UK Tour this February, plus a second album which will be released in May.

For their UK Tour, 9 dates have been announced whose London, Glasgow and Leeds. The February UK Tour Poster posted on Facebook also revealed a "Secret Show Filming" on February 19 ; a video could be unveiled soon then.

February 6 : Dundee, GB - Beat Generator
February 7 : Glasgow, GB - Mono
February 12 : Sheffield, GB - Harley
February 13 : London, GB - Shacklewell Arms
February 14 : Cardiff, GB - Dempsey’s Bar
February 15 : Bristol, GB - Start The Bus
February 17 : Brighton, GB - Sticky Mikes
February 20 : Liverpool, GB - Maguires Pizza
February 21 : Leeds, GB - Belgrave Music Hall

Paws also announced that their second album (after Cokefloat! in 2012), recorded in New York, will be released on May 2014 at FatCat Records. The band could reveal new songs from the album during their tour. By the way, tickets for UK Tour are available here.



Sources : Facebook and Paws Official Website

UPDATE : Paws revealed on January 22 their performance at KEXP Studio at Seattle. 4 songs have been revealed : "Catherine 1956" from the album Cokefloat! and "Tongues", "Let's All Let Go" & "Owls Talons Clenching My Heart" from the new album out May 2014.
Watch the full performance here (YouTube) : http://tinyurl.com/lyrgy73...

Warner Music Japan Inc. announced that "100%KPP World Tour 2013" official documentary about Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's World Tour will be released on Blu-Ray Disc and on DVD.

You probably don't know who she is. But Japan knows her well : Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer, became internationally known with her first single "Pon Pon Pon" released in 2011. And in just three years, she became one of the queens of J-Pop, releasing several singles ("CANDY CANDY", "Fashion Monster", "Mottai Night Land") and two albums, Pamyu Pamyu Revolution and Nanda Collection. A third album is to be announced in the next weeks.

The documentary about "100%KPP World Tour" includes videos of Kyary's concerts in Belgium, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, U.S. and Singapore. It will be released on DVD on January 29 and on Blu-Ray Disc on February 12.
You can order the documentary in english at the web store "CDJapan.co.jp" :
- DVD Format : http://tinyurl.com/ko5c3b9
- Blu-Ray Disc : http://tinyurl.com/pl68ql9

Watch Kyary Pamyu Pamyu video "CANDY CANDY" (released in 2012) :



Source : Facebook

UPDATE : Kyary announced lately that her 8th single "Yume no Hajimarinrin" will be out February 26. The cover for the single, in the theme of the "Dream World", has been revealed in Harajuku Kawaii website. The single could be on Kyary's third album with "Mottai Night Land".
More info : asbs.jp/english/news.php?id=867 ...