timelesz Satoshi Matsushima appears on the cover of “Depth EDITION 05”! Back cover is New School Leaders

The 5th edition of the music/entertainment magazine “Depth” (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) has decided to release “Depth EDITION 04” (pronunciation: Depth Edition Zero Four), and the cover and opening feature will feature timelesz Satoshi Matsushima’s first collaboration with a music magazine. They also announced that the back cover will be decorated with new school leaders.

■ Decorating the first cover of a music magazine! timelesz Satoshi Matsushima

On the cover and front page is Satoshi Matsushima of timelesz, who is currently holding an audition project called “timelesz project” commonly known as “type pro” to select additional members.

He says that he thinks about various things every day as he faces the candidates who are working hard to live the life of timelesz with Fuma Kikuchi, Katsushi Sato, and Matsushima. “Timelesz doesn’t just belong to us anymore. It belongs to everyone who supports us. Protecting that means protecting all of our fans.”

Just having Matsushima there makes the atmosphere very peaceful. His soft smile puts people at ease, and the kind words he speaks make people happy. There aren’t many beings who can change the atmosphere so drastically. Be more considerate of those around you than others, and consider others more than others. Sometimes, such great kindness and sense of responsibility eat away at oneself.

However, Matsushima still refuses to quit being “Idol Satoshi Matsushima.” Matsushima says that he always wants to cherish “the reason why I am who I am” and “something that only Satoshi Matsushima can do.” We asked Satoshi Matsushima about his current situation. A 17,000 character interview on the first cover of a music magazine.

■Back cover and special feature at the end of the book are new school leaders

The new school leaders are currently gaining support not only from Japan but also from overseas, such as appearing on stage at the world’s largest music festival “Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.”

2024 will be the second time in 2024, named “AG! Calling World Tour Part.I” and “AG! Calling WORLD TOUR Part.II”, following “ATARASHII GAKKO! THE SEISHUN TOUR” held in 2023. The overseas tour was a great success.

The girls continue to challenge the overseas fans who seek them out under the name “ATARASHII GAKKO!=AG” with performances that exceed their full potential, with their motto of “Youth Japan Representative” and “fitting in” in their hearts.

A 15,000-word interview about the charm of Japan that I saw for the first time when I left Japan for the world, and what I saw there, and the exclusive live report of the Los Angeles performance, a 24-page special feature at the end of the book.

■What are the highlights of “Depth EDITION 05”?

This issue is a special issue with the hidden theme of “Japanese artists who are active overseas.” All interviews are very in-depth long interviews. Live reports are detailed writing from a perspective unique to music magazines. We explore the artist’s commitment to entertainment and the reality of humanity. Details are below.

◎ONE OK ROCK

“This has nothing to do with live performances, but there are a lot of Japanese people working hard in LA right now. I’m proud to be a Japanese person. I sincerely support everyone’s efforts. I don’t know how many years it will take, but please never give up on what you are doing! Thank you very much for today!

TAKA’s “ONE OK ROCK 2024 PREMONITION WORLD TOUR” will begin at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on September 14th and 15th, 2024, and will hold 8 performances in 7 locations in Takao, Dusseldorf, Paris, London, Toronto, and Los Angeles. At the end of the Los Angeles performance, which was the final stop, he gave a message in Japanese and left the stage. It has been about 20 years since the band was formed in 2005. It’s been 10 years since we started our activities in earnest with overseas in mind, starting with the Los Angeles and New York performances in February 2014. This time, they led their largest-scale world tour ever to great success, with stadium venues in Asia and arena venues in North America and Europe. Everything about their world tour that brings them closer to their pride in shouting “from JAPAN” overseas. 20 pages of exclusive live reports from the Los Angeles performance.

◎XG

This group is the culmination of the “X-Galaxy” project, which was developed over a period of five years starting in 2017. From the beginning, the group has had their sights set on expanding overseas, and has been taking lessons every day with the goal of becoming a world-class dance and vocal unit. XG made their long-awaited debut after thoroughly preparing for not only layering, dancing, and vocals, but also language skills.

The music video for “SHOOTING STAR”, which was released in January of the year after its debut, ranked first in Japan, the UK, Canada, and third in the United States, ranking on the YouTube trending charts in 25 countries and regions around the world, and in June The released “GRL GVNG” debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard chart “Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter”, making them the first Japanese artist to achieve this feat.

The girls have started XG’s first 1st WORLD TOUR “The first HOWL” starting with a performance in Japan in May 2024. A live report from Los Angeles PEACOCK THEATER of an unimaginably large-scale tour that toured ASIA, NORTH AMERICA, UK&EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, and AUSTRALIA for the first time.

◎Travis Japan

From late March 2022, all members of Travis Japan have been studying abroad in Los Angeles, California, USA, and while participating in local auditions, they have been attending language school on weekday mornings and taking dance lessons and voice training in the afternoon. .

They successfully completed their first world tour, “Travis Japan World Tour 2024 Road to A,” visiting 6 cities around the world. What are Travis Japan’s thoughts on Los Angeles, his second hometown, and his thoughts on the road to “Travis Japan World Tour 2024 Road to A”?

We will deliver the time and place they spent in Los Angeles.

◎AYA SATO

AYA SATO has now moved his headquarters to Los Angeles and is energetically pursuing[the entertainment called AYA SATO]in order to spark a new “AYA SATO world.”

She is active as a choreographer and dancer for artists such as Madonna and Ringo Shiina, and is supported by many artists. She is currently training Mini MONSTRO and MONSTRO in order to pass on her original expression genes. There are many people who admire her and imitate her.

But you’ll never be able to imitate everything she does. This is because the incredible delicacy that dwells in her dance is not only her sensibility, but also the very essence of her humanity, including her way of thinking and personality.

We take a closer look at AYA SATO, a person with immeasurable charm.

◎Megan the Stallion

Born in Houston, Texas, USA in 1995, while studying health management at university, she came into the limelight after posting rap songs on social media.Since then, she has been in the spotlight about gender, race, sexuality, independence, and body positivity. Megan the Stallion continues to spread the word and is gaining a lot of support.

Featuring Japanese artist Yuki Chiba, it attracted a lot of attention with its mix of English and Japanese raps with respect for Japanese, such as “I make money, I’m a star, star, star, star” and “I’m cute and have a nice body.” “Mamushi” became a big hit after a dance video posted on TikTok by Japanese dancer MONA, and dance videos using the same song were posted all over the world (“Mamushi (Remix) feat. TWICE”) TWICE also participated).

What is her true intention as she continues to promote gender, race, sex, independence, and body positivity through her works? And what is the Japan she loves?

◎Olivia Rodrigo

It was also the Japan tour of the “GUTS WORLD TOUR” with the hugely successful 2nd album “GUTS”, and many Livies (the name for fans of OLIVIA RODRIGO) gathered at the venue, looking forward to meeting Olivia. Ta.

The majority of the Livies were from the same generation as Olivia, mostly in their teens to 20s, and it was clear that they admired her way of life and everything about her.

Although they are from different countries, they lived in the same era, and the feelings of OLIVIA, who openly express in song the anxieties, doubts, conflicts, and opposition that one feels at that age, seem to be reaching us directly. A report on the entertainment of Olivia Rodrigo, a heroine who lived and was chosen in this era.

◎Sebastian Masuda

Sebastian Masuda successfully held his first solo exhibition in LA, “Yes, Kawaii is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-” at Japan House in Los Angeles, USA for about 6 months from May 2nd to November 3rd, 2024. .

Two years have passed since Sebastian Masuda moved to New York. How does he currently analyze “KAWAII” from overseas?

What is the current state of Japan’s “KAWAII” culture that Sebastian Masuda tells the world?

Now, we hear again about his thoughts that made him want to become an artist: “I want to change this society,” “I want to change the times,” and “I want to use art to move the world.”

◎YOYOKA

He started playing drums at the age of one and a half, started performing live at the age of four, and at the age of eight his cover video of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” was featured on NBC, NPR, Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard in the US. YOYOKA became a drummer who received attention from all over the world.

It has been two years since I moved to the United States from Hokkaido in September 2022. She turned 15 when she moved to Los Angeles. In October (11th), which was his birthday month, he released his first album “For Teen”, which was produced with the participation of many musicians and famous producers, and the expectations of those around him are even higher. . What is she thinking now and what kind of future is she envisioning as she leaves Japan, where she is accustomed, to take on the world?

◎Joey Carbone

Joey Carbone, who was in charge of the music for the movie “Satomi Hakkenden”, has also appeared on stage as a musician himself, and has experience accompanying Eikichi Yazawa and the Doobie Brothers as a keyboardist on their Japan tour.

This led him to provide many songs to the J-Pop world, including artists such as Junichi Inagaki and Akina Nakamori, who created the foundation of Japanese popular songs, Shonentai, SMAP, Arashi, NEWS, and SUPER EIGHT. , KAT-TUN, Hey! Say! JUMP, timelesz, King & Prince, SixTONES, and many other songs by leading artists in the entertainment world, as well as musicals and stage music.

As someone who is involved in entertainment around the world and produces music from various angles, how does he feel about the changing personalities of entertainment?