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J-Pop Artist of the Week #79 [Rock/Alternative] - Bump of Chicken (Nov. 25th - Dec. 1st)

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The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!


All spaces are full for 2014! Thanks to everyone who recommended artists! Requests will reopen towards the end of December so you may request artists for January/February 2015.


AOTW will now be posted on OH's new blog as well! Please check it out and leave a comment here!


This Week's Artist:

BUMP OF CHICKEN


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BUMP OF CHICKEN is a rock band from Sakura City, Chiba under the TOY'S FACTORY label and managed by LONGFELLOW. The band's members originally met in Kindergarden and were classmates all throughout school. They were formed by members Masu Hideo and Fujiwara Motoo at the age of 14 and their first performance was in 1994, during their 9th grade cultural festival, where they played a cover of The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout". The band continued to play in several music competitions (96TMF and Beat Rush 1996) and won. In October of 1998, they released their first limited CD, "BUMP OF CHICKEN", and the next year they released their first indie album FLAME VEIN. BUMP OF CHICKEN got their first major successful release after they transferred to Toy's Factory and released the single "Tentai Kansoku" in 2001, landing in the top 10 on the Oricon charts.


Most of the band's songs and almost all lyrics are written by member Fujiwara Motoo.


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Music


LAMP

Diamond

 

Harujion (Small Daisy)

Snow Smile

Lost Man

 

Arue

Only Lonley Glory

Sharin no Uta (Wheel Song)

Planetarium

Supernova

Karma

Namida no Furusato (The Hometown of Tears

Hana no Na(The Name of the Flower)

Mayday

 

 

 

Mahou no Ryouri ~Kimi Kara Kimi e~ (Magical Cooking ~From You to You~)

 

 


Recent Releases


[Album] Ray

Release Date: March 12th, 2014

Editions: CD-Only, CD+DVD


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1. WILL

2.

3.

4. Southern Cross

5. Last One

6. morning glow

7.

8. Torch

9. Smile

10. firefly

11. white note

12.

13. (please) forgive

14. Good Luck


[Digital Single] You were here

Release Date: August 1st, 2014


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Upcoming Releases


[Digital Single] Fighter

Release Date: November 28th, 2014


[Digital Single] Parade

Release Date: November 29th, 2014


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Websites and Social Media


Official Website

Official Toy's Factory Profile

Official Youtube Channel


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As always, please make sure to check out the K-Pop and C-Pop Artists of the week!

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Sounds great!  :stare:

 

That name though....

 

The name is honestly kind of amusing once you know the story behind it.  To give you the abridged version, they were trying to translate a certain phrase ("Okubyoumono no Ichigeki") into English; that phrase actually means "The Coward's Hit" or "The Coward's Attack".  They wanted to express that they'd accomplish their goals even through crippling fear.  However, their English wasn't the best at the time, and "Attack/Hit" became "Bump" and "Coward" became "Chicken".  Hence "Bump of Chicken" - terrible translation, but the name stuck, and is oddly fitting as a result.

 

Oh, and "Fighter" released digitally today (and is already atop iTunes)!  Song sounds sublime in HQ.

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Parade at #2, as well. The difference in download numbers is interesting. Does Fighter have a tie-in?

 

Fighter is billed as the theme song to the manga (yes the manga) "Sangatsu no Lion" - it's being sold digitally or physically with a copy of the manga (which also comes with a way to access its full PV).  I expect that Parade's numbers will increase as the day goes on and particularly into the weekend given that it's attached to the Parasyte movie that just opened today.

 

As to why Fighter's doing better right now though, it's generally been the better received song both musically and lyrically in particular (it's apparently a perfect fit for the manga), plus Parade has a full PV uploaded to their channel.

 

Speaking of which, full Parade PV and the Short Version of the Fighter PV:

 

 

 

 

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Fighter is billed as the theme song to the manga (yes the manga) "Sangatsu no Lion" - it's being sold digitally or physically with a copy of the manga (which also comes with a way to access its full PV). I expect that Parade's numbers will increase as the day goes on and particularly into the weekend given that it's attached to the Parasyte movie that just opened today.

 

As to why Fighter's doing better right now though, it's generally been the better received song both musically and lyrically in particular (it's apparently a perfect fit for the manga), plus Parade has a full PV uploaded to their channel.

 

Speaking of which, full Parade PV and the Short Version of the Fighter PV:

 

 

 

 

A manga or a book having a theme song doesn't surprise me. I've seen it a few times within the last year already. :lol: I actually like the idea. It's something different. Though most of the time the song is bundled with the book, so the only way to get it is to buy the book. This is the first time I've seen it available on iTunes, too.

 

Ah, I didn't know Parade had a tie-in, too. That makes more sense, then. I'll be curious to see which does better in the long run.

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The name is honestly kind of amusing once you know the story behind it.  To give you the abridged version, they were trying to translate a certain phrase ("Okubyoumono no Ichigeki") into English; that phrase actually means "The Coward's Hit" or "The Coward's Attack".  They wanted to express that they'd accomplish their goals even through crippling fear.  However, their English wasn't the best at the time, and "Attack/Hit" became "Bump" and "Coward" became "Chicken".  Hence "Bump of Chicken" - terrible translation, but the name stuck, and is oddly fitting as a result.

 

Oh, and "Fighter" released digitally today (and is already atop iTunes)!  Song sounds sublime in HQ.

 

This story always cracks me up...I just can't. But I adore them and cannot think of them with any other name now.

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