Buono! 1st Mini-Album Announced

Buono’s 1st mini-album, currently untitled, has been announced.

So far only one version has been confirmed and no other details are available apart from the release date, but I’m very surprised about the announcement since I only expected to see another Buono release this year, although I am very happy since that means we will see more Buono songs as well.

Their 12th single Natsu Dakara! will be released on 7/20, about a month before, so there should be quite a lot of Buono releases during August and September and hopefully more promotion so that both of them sell well (there hasn’t been that much promotion but we can only wait and see).

Since it is a mini-album I am curious as to how many tracks it will contain, we will most likely see about 5 or 6 since that is the regular amount of tracks that they usually have, but we will have to wait and see if they will contain instrumentals which might lower the amount of original tracks.

Despite that I am looking forward to finding out more about this release since a mini-album was completely unexpected and since this is their first I am excited to find out how many original tracks we will see and what kind of theme they will use for it (their recent more ballad driven sound or their earlier more rock and upbeat sound).

Hopefully fans reserve their copy of the mini-album after we get some more details since we might get a limited edition apart from the Regular as well.

It will be released on 8/10.

Shinseido Page For Buono’s Mini Album

Morning Musume – “Only You” PV Released

The full PV for Morning Musume’s 46th single titled Only You has been released.

The PV’s setting for both the 2 dance shots and the special scene where the girls are sitting in chairs surrounded by accessories take place in a same white room with many diamond pillars and a patterned floor, and I really like how they played with the lightning sometimes with the lights off since it adds a special touch to the PV.

The most notable scenes are: the 2 dance shot versions, the first red one where the camera is stable and the second white one where there is different camera angles, the close-up shot where the girls sing against a wonderful blue diamond that swirls with sparkles, a special shot where they are all sitting looking sad in chairs in the red-lighted room during the instrumental then singing their lines in a different camera angle with pink diamonds effects and candles next to them.

I have to say that there are many things that I like in the PV and song, most notably how Gaki-san stood out with her unique lines and her look, Sayu’s “Ah” as well as the overall setting that suits the song perfectly, along with the very nice moves in the dance shot (even though they are a bit repetitive, they sometimes fit the beat perfectly too such as 4:20).

Overall, I really like how the managed to balance the angelic theme of the white scene with the red and kind of mysterious look of the red scene since it complements the rythm of the song perfectly, and even though it might seem too much like Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game in terms of Ai & Reina lead, each member got enough screentime.

Hopefully everyone can watch it and support Morning Musume by reserving a copy.

The release date is set for 6/15.

Video uploaded by: morningmusumechannel