A live report of "AWA NEXT STAGE LIVE vol.1," AWA's first live event featuring V-artists, has been released.

The live report released this time delivers the first-ever live event hosted by AWA’s V-artists, featuring a total of 10 popular artists and AWA streamers. The excitement of the day is brought back to life with the writing and live photos by Moriyama de Lo, a writer who serves as the sub-MC of the AWA Lounge’s official program “Awaste.” AWA is also releasing a playlist featuring the artists who performed at the event. Please enjoy it along with the live report.

■ Live report (partial publication)
AWA NEXT STAGE LIVE vol.1, a virtual artist real-life live show hosted by the flat-rate music streaming service AWA, will be held at Akihabara Entas on Sunday, May 12, 2024. AWA NEXT STAGE LIVE will feature Meguri Shikibu, who serves as the sub-MC of the program Awaste on AWA’s audio distribution service AWA Lounge, as well as Enogu, Kyonshi Ci-chan, ChumuNote, Houma Ruri, Matsunaga Iori, and 10 other artists who won the event to compete for the right to perform in a real live show, including Yohira, EMUNEKO, Hibiki Hoshi Raika, and Kotonoha Mikuro. We will bring you a look at the memorable first AWA NEXT STAGE LIVE vol.1, which featured a wide variety of genres, including cover songs, original songs, songs that were performed live for the first time, and more.

▼Featured artists appearing in “AWA NEXT STAGE LIVE vol.1”
https://mf.awa.fm/4dvpCyR

■App Overview
AWA is a subscription-based music streaming service provided by AWA Inc., a joint venture between CyberAgent Inc. and Avex Fan Marketing Inc. The service was launched in May 2015 and offers 150 million songs and approximately 13 million playlists created by celebrities and users. In addition to the Standard Plan, which offers full access to all features for a monthly fee of 980 yen (tax included), the Free Plan, which offers all features free of charge except for offline playback, the Student Plan, which is for junior high school students and above and offers full access to all features for a monthly fee of 480 yen (tax included), and the Artist Plan, which offers unlimited listening to selected artists for a monthly fee of 270 yen (tax included). AWA is compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, PCs, TVs, car navigation systems, wearable devices, and smart speakers. Since its launch, the service has expanded to include a variety of plans and features to meet the needs of users and their viewing environments, such as “LYRIC DIVE,” a feature that beautifully animates lyrics in real time to match the music, and “LOUNGE,” an online space where users can enjoy the same music in the same space in real time with live audio streaming and gifting features, and has grown into one of Japan’s largest music streaming services.

Name: “AWA”https://awa.fm/
Recommended environment: iOS 14.0 or later, Android 10.0 or later
Windows 10 (32/64bit), Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later
Google Chrome (latest version), Microsoft Edge (latest version), Safari (latest version)
Price: STANDARD plan (980 yen/month including tax) / FREE plan (free/month) / Student plan (480 yen/month including tax) / Artist plan (270 yen/month including tax *unlimited listening to one specific artist)
Available from: May 27, 2015

■URL
AWA:https://awa.fm/
App Store:https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id980578855
Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.awa.liverpool
Desktop app:https://awa.fm/download/
AWA LOUNGE Browser version:https://app.awa.fm/lounge/
AWA latest information:https://news.awa.fm/
AWA Official Twitter:https://twitter.com/awa_official?lang=ja
AWA Official LINE:https://lin.ee/21w3f0k

■Company Profile
Company name: AWA Co., Ltd. (pronounced: awa)
Address: Sumitomo Real Estate Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Akimi Togashi, CEO
Business description: Music streaming services, etc.
Established: December 1, 2014

■ Contact Information
AWA Public Relations: press@awa.fm