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ONE OK ROCK return with Ed Sheeran co-written anthem “Renegades”—watch
Today, ONE OK ROCK issued a rallying cry with their new single “Renegades” and its accompanying music video. Co-written alongside Ed Sheeran, the anthemic track will serve as the theme song for the live-action, manga-adapted film, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, which drops April 23. The highly-anticipated release marks the band’s first since their 2019 album, […]
10 Japanese pop-punk bands who are prominent forces in the genre
You don’t have to look back at the Hot Topic crowd’s fixation with Hello Kitty to see the influence of Japanese culture on the alternative scene. The music speaks for itself. We’ve already taken you around the Western world—from Canada to the U.K. and even out to Australia—in our examination of new, prominent forces in pop-punk music. Now, it’s time to set our […]
See the chilling first trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Grudge’ prequel series
If you weren’t the biggest fan of The Grudge 2020 reboot, then Netflix might have just the ticket to get you loving the horror franchise once more. Netflix has unveiled Ju-On: Origins will be hitting the small screen this July. The new series will be a Japanese original series based on the original Ju-On franchise. Read More: Hear the Pretty Reckless […]
Ariana Grande is over people judging her horribly misspelled tattoo
Ariana Grande is fed up with people reminding her about her incorrectly-translated tattoo. Yesterday, the pop star quoted a story from TMZ, which stated that someone offered to pay $1 million to remove her disastrous hand tattoo. If you recall, Grande originally intended to tattoo “7 rings” on her hand in Japanese to commemorate her […]
Ariana Grande's new tattoo doesn't mean what she thought
Getting a tattoo can sometimes be a hit or miss affair. Especially if one’s aiming to emblazon their body with words in another language. Unfortunately, it looks like our beloved Ariana Grande just fell into that tattoo trap. Because the singer got a new kanji palm tat to celebrate her latest hit single, “7 rings.” […]
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo releasing album in Japanese—listen
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is once again teaming up with Allister's Scott Murphy to release a Japanese-language album, according to Pitchfork. ニマイメ will be released exclusively in Japan April 12 via Sony Music Japan International. Read more: 20 Facts You May Not Know About Weezer's Blue Album The duo are named Scott & Rivers, and […]
Rage Against The Machine lyrics sound like "break the chicken nuggets, daddy" in Japanese
The always-bizarre Dangerous Minds blog has dug up this footage of a Japanese game show that concluded Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” lyric “And now you do what they told ya,” sounds like “Break the chicken nuggets, daddy,” when spoken in Japanese. Seriously, what would we do without the internet? Read more: Falling […]
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