Universal Music Updates: News and More The theme song for the NHK TV drama series “Anpan” is now available for streaming on RADWIMPS’s “Gifts” on Friday, April 18th! April 18, 2025 Hotei Tomoyasu’s latest album in the “GUITARHYTHM” series, “GUITARHYTHM VIII” will be on sale on Wednesday, April 16th! April 16, 2025 Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, “GNX” domestic CD will be released on Friday, April 11th! April 11, 2025 To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the character “Shaun the Sheep” character, “Fluffy Sleeping Goodnight Music” has begun streaming and CD release on Wednesday, May 7th! April 10, 2025 Eric Clapton’s early works, 4 titles of LPs in Japan and 9 titles of CDs on paper jackets, will be released on Wednesday, April 9th! April 9, 2025 Best soundtrack album for the Bridget Jones movie series will be on sale on Wednesday, April 9th! April 9, 2025 Ado’s 5th anniversary of his major debut, “Ado’s Best Adbum” will be on sale on Wednesday, April 9th! April 9, 2025 Naoto Intiraymi’s 11th album, “Intersection,” will be released on Monday, April 7th! April 7, 2025 Elton John and Brandy Carlisle collaborative album “Where is the Angel” will be released on Friday, April 4th! April 4, 2025 Uehara Hiromi’s Sonicwonder’s new album “OUT THERE” will be released on Friday, April 4th April 4, 2025 AKB48’s 65th single “Massive Confession” will be on sale on Wednesday, April 2nd! April 2, 2025 Maya Delaila’s debut album, “Long Way Round” will be on sale on Friday, March 28th! March 28, 2025 Mrs. GREEN APPLE, “MGA MAGICAL 10 YEARS LANDMARK IN HARAJUKU” POP-UP STORE will be held in Harajuku, Tokyo from Monday, March 24th to Sunday, April 6th! March 24, 2025 Music keychain “MUSIC TOUCH” is now available in a total of 25 colors, including 20 new colors! March 24, 2025 Decca Classics has announced an exclusive agreement with violinist Himari. The pre-single “Carmen Fantasy” will be streamed from Tuesday, March 18th! March 18, 2025 “Yakuza 8 Gaiden Pirates in Hawaii” original soundtrack now available from Universal Music VMG! March 17, 2025 “UM English Lab.” is a platform for English teachers using Western music, and is now open on Friday, March 14th! March 14, 2025 Tokunaga Yuki’s new song “Wings to Tomorrow” will be on sale on Wednesday, March 12th! March 12, 2025 The theme song for “Love for the Heir is Too Much” by King & Prince, “HEART”, will be on sale on Wednesday, March 12th! March 12, 2025 The ultimate classical and jazz catalog series, “Everything Classics” and “Everything Jazz,” have begun, and the first release will be released in May! March 10, 2025 Lady Gaga’s first new album in about five years, “MAYHEM” will be released on Friday, March 7th! March 7, 2025 FANATICS and COMPLEX announce the 2025 MLB Tokyo series limited edition collection “Murakami Takashi x MLB” and will hold a pop-up event in Harajuku, Tokyo from Saturday, March 8th to Friday, March 21st! March 6, 2025 Travis Japan’s first double A-side CD single, “Say I do / Tokyo Crazy Night” will be on sale on Wednesday, March 5th! March 5, 2025 Original soundtrack for the movie “Wicked: Two Witches” will be on sale on Wednesday, March 5th! March 5, 2025 Chick Korea Trio’s unreleased live album “Trilogy 3” will be on sale on Friday, February 28th! February 28, 2025 The original Japanese soundtrack CD deluxe version of the movie “Moana and the Legendary Sea 2” will be on sale on Friday, February 28th! February 28, 2025 Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s youngest stadium tour in band history, “Zenjin Missing and Vertraum ~An inscription Edition~” Blu-ray/DVD on sale on Wednesday, February 26th! February 26, 2025 The theme song for the movie “35th Year Love Letter” by Hata Motohiro, “A Love Song I’ve Always Made” will be available for advance streaming on Wednesday, February 26th! February 26, 2025 AI’s 25th Anniversary Best Album “25th THE BEST – ALIVE” will be on sale on Wednesday, February 26th! February 25, 2025 Keropon’s “Chuzaburou,” the first installment of the “KIDS MUSIC PARK,” a music project for raising children in Reiwa, created with moms from all over the country, will be on sale on Wednesday, February 19th! February 19, 2025 Ah! group, 1st ALBUM “DNA” will be on sale on Tuesday, February 18th! February 18, 2025 Announcement of the acquisition of A-Sketch Co., Ltd. February 14, 2025 Sabrina Carpenter’s latest album, “Short and Sweet,” will be released on Friday, February 14th! February 14, 2025 Iwata Takanori’s first single from Virgin Music, “Phone Number,” will be released on Wednesday, February 12th! February 12, 2025 The popular Pins Capsule Toy series “THE ARTIST COLLECTION” will be appearing as the first domestic artist, BOØWY will be on sale from Friday, February 14th! February 12, 2025 Pianist Alice Sara Otto’s new album, “Field: Complete Works of Nocturne” will be released on Friday, February 7th! February 7, 2025 1 2 ›
Release TOPIC TUNES Scratches, “R/E/D/” music video and new photo of the album are now available! The release of the first album, “The Rain More than Paradise” on December 10th!
LIVE-TOPIC TOPIC TUNES Four new rock festival “Nakatsugawa WILD WOOD 2025” announced the second artists including Dragon Ash and Nothing’s Carved In Stone!
Release TOPIC TUNES EVANESCENCE releases music video for the new song “Afterlife” written by the Netflix series “Devil May Cry”!
LIVE-TOPIC TOPIC TUNES The second appearance of the “Kyoto Daishun 2025” hosted by 10-FEET, including Man With, Ken Yokoyama, ELLEGARDEN, SHADOWS, KUZIRA, NUBO and others!
ARTIST TOPIC TUNES Jiemei has decided to make her major debut and new visuals announced! The lead track “We are…” music video will be released in advance from the EP “RADIATER” which will be streaming tomorrow, April 19th!
Release TOPIC TUNES LANDMVRKS releases the music video for “Blood Red” from its new album “The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been” on April 25th!
LIVE-TOPIC TOPIC TUNES Appearing in SHANK, Rotton, Age Factory, Susashi and more! “NEW HORIZON FEST presents CLASH FRONT TOUR” will be held in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka in July!
