■B’z Takahiro Matsumoto appears on VTR! “These guys don’t eat well (I thought).”
A 2-hour special of “with MUSIC” will be broadcast on Nippon Television from 7pm on October 12th.
■Performing artists/singing songs*Artist name in alphabetical order
Aqua Timez “Rainbow” “Hitosizuku”
new school leaders
KATSEYE “Touch”
GLAY “Temptation” “Survival” “Winter, again” “Spring lover” “Goodbye is gentle” “BRIGHTEN UP”
Daisuke Shima “Male Medal”
Hinatazaka46 “Absolute Sixth Sense”
LE SSERAFIM “CRAZY”
OneRepublic “Nobody”
GLAY, celebrating their 30th anniversary since their debut, performs for the first time with “with MUSIC”. We will deliver a special live performance of 6 gorgeous songs.
“Winter, again”, which won the Japan Record Award as a campaign song for “JR SKISKI”, is a rock medley of the famous song “Temptation”, which reached number 1 on the Oricon annual single ranking in 1998, and “Survival”, which was released in 1999. ” and performed a ballad medley of “Spring Love Person” released in 1996.
They will also perform “Sayonara wa Yasashii”, a new song to be released in 2024, which is themed around GLAY’s hometown of Hokkaido and whose lyrics and compositions were written by TAKURO, as well as their latest song “BRIGHTEN UP”.
A talk between MC Yumiko Udo and artist navigator Kohei Matsushita is also a must-see. This is the first time in nine years that all four members of GLAY have appeared on NTV. This time, 150 fans were invited to the studio to look back on the 30th anniversary of their debut.
First of all, let’s talk about the unprecedented 200,000-person concert that took place in Chiba’s Makuhari Messe parking lot in 1999, with a total production cost of 3 billion yen. When footage from the wide show at the time was introduced, such as “39 special trains in place” and “1,500 temporary toilets at the live venue,” TAKURO reflected, “If there was a torrential downpour, that would be the end of it.”
Next, we will introduce footage from the 1998 wide show. This is a report on the long lines that formed to get a glimpse of GLAY’s live radio appearance at a studio in Shibuya, Tokyo, competing for the first 200 spots, with some fans waiting for 30 hours.
However, GLAY himself has had to wait even longer than this. TAKURO reveals an episode related to his debut song.
In addition, B’z Takahiro Matsumoto, who has been friends with GLAY for many years, will appear on the VTR. The surprising relationship between two of Japan’s leading rock bands is revealed.
Matsumoto says, “TERU-kun and TAKURO-kun and I went out for dinner.I think we were still in our 20s at that time.”The dinner party started at a sushi restaurant where I thought, “These guys don’t eat well.” Looking back on the situation.
TAKURO then said, “If it wasn’t for B’z’s teachings, GLAY probably wouldn’t be here.” He also said, “If it wasn’t for B’z’s teachings, GLAY probably wouldn’t be here.” He also said, “There’s a lot of foreshadowing about B’z regarding GLAY’s song “Kanore ‘Modern…”. He also shares anecdotes such as “Recovery” and “At that time, I was pumping my fists in my heart.”
They also talked about their latest song “BRIGHTEN UP”. In fact, it’s a song he’s been developing for 30 years, and TAKURO looks back on when he was 19 years old and had a part-time job “standing in front of a construction site.”
Then, one day, there weren’t many trucks coming to the construction site, so he said, “I made it up in my head while standing (at the site), went into the public phone at the time, called my apartment, and put it on the answering machine.” Revealing the episode when the song was born.
■New school leaders will teach Udo & Matsushita their performances that are popular overseas!
The new school leaders will perform “Otona Blue”, “Fly High”, and their latest song “Change”.
The girls performed at Coachella Festival 2024, one of America’s largest outdoor music festivals, held in April, and are active in the world beyond Japan. In the talk, he looks back on the process leading up to his breakthrough.
And from the audience seats in the studio, First Summer Uika, who has been friends with the New School Leaders for a long time and has had the opportunity to play against them when he was involved in group activities, is watching, and he describes them as “comrades.”
In 2015, when they were all teenagers at the time, their innovative style of dancing in uniforms attracted attention, and they made their major debut in just two years. However, at the live performance, there were only three people in the audience. Through steady efforts, they gradually increased their audience, but in 2020, they were unable to produce any hit songs and their contract with a major label ended. “Otona Blue” was born during such a period.
“We put on lipstick ourselves and held glasses that we bought at 100 yen stores” (SUZUKA), “There are no shots of the four of us at once, because everyone is taking pictures of each other” (MIZYU). We look back at the jacket photo we took together and the ideas we used for the music video.
Then, in 2021, the performance video caught the attention of an American label and made its world debut. This time, on VTR, we have selected four “performances” by these girls who are active all over the world that will excite fans.
Following the “Ningen Taiko” and “Shoulder Car”, we will be introducing the “MIZYU Bike,” which uses MIZYU’s twin tails as handlebars, and is inspired by a large motorcycle, and the “belly pan.”
At the studio, Yudo and Matsushita will experience the “MIZYU bike” and “belly pan”. On “MIZYU Bike,” Udo, who is in “the position I always do” (SUZUKA), grabs MIZYU’s twin tails. How good is that performance? Also, in “Belly Pan”, Uika, who saw Udo & Matsushita in action, unexpectedly failed!
Also pay attention to the chorus of their latest song “Change”, which features SUZUKA’s “movement that makes it feel like he’s riding a horse.”
In addition, LE SSERAFIM performed their latest song “CRAZY” from Lotte World Aquarium, one of Korea’s largest aquariums located in Seoul, South Korea. OneRepublic, a global pop-rock band from America, will perform “Nobody,” which they wrote as the ending theme for the Japanese anime “Kaiju No. 8.”
Hinatazaka46 will perform their latest song “Zettai 6th Sense”, which was co-centered by 4th generation members Yoko Shogenji and Kaho Fujishima, whose 12th consecutive Oricon chart-topping debut has been achieved since their debut. Aqua Timez became a hot topic when it was announced that they would reunite in the summer of 2024 to celebrate their 20th anniversary. He will perform his latest song “Hitosizuku”.
Also, Daisuke Shima, who made his acting debut in 1981 and won the Male Newcomer Award at the 15th Japan Record Sales Awards, sang the theme song for the Nippon Television drama “Kyo Kara Ore wa!!” and sang the hit song of yesteryear. Singing “A Man’s Medal”. KATSEYE will perform her 2nd single “Touch”, which is a hot topic on SNS.
Program information
Nippon Television“with MUSIC” 2 hour special
10/12 (Sat) 19:00-20:54
MC: Yumiko Udo
Artist navigator: Kohei Matsushita
Performing artists (in alphabetical order): Aqua Timez New School Leaders KATSEYE GLAY Daisuke Shima Hinatazaka46 LE SSERAFIM OneRepublic
“with MUSIC” program site
https://www.ntv.co.jp/withmusic/
