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Haute Couture (EP)
''Haute Couture'' is the second extended play by MiSaMo, a sub-unit of girl group Twice. It was released by Warner Music Japan on November 6, 2024. The EP contains seven tracks, including the lead single, "Identity", and "New Look", a cover of Namie Amuro's song of the same name. Each member of MiSaMo also has a solo song, available as bonus tracks on some editions of the EP. Background and release On July 30, 2024, JYP Entertainment announced that MiSaMo would release their second EP on October 30. On September 12, the release date was changed to November 6 due to production issues. They also announced a Japanese dome tour in support of the EP. On September 16, a trailer prologue video, "MiSaMo's Atelier", was released on YouTube, revealing the EP's title and theme, centering around "the stylish idea of how '' haute couture'' dresses are made by the hands of fashion masters". The EP has six editions: a standard edition, limited deluxe edition, Once Japan limited edition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiSaMo
MiSaMo (; stylized in all caps) is the first sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Twice formed by JYP Entertainment. The group consists of Twice's Japanese members, Momo, Sana, and Mina. They debuted in 2023 with the extended play ''Masterpiece''. Name The subunit's name, MiSaMo, is a portmanteau of the names of members Mina, Sana, and Momo. Prior to the subunit's formation, the members often used the term "MiSaMo" to refer to themselves. History In 2012, Sana and Momo were originally planned to debut in a four-member girl group in Japan; however, JYP suspended the plan due to the deterioration of the Korean-Japanese relationship following the Liancourt Rocks dispute. In 2015, the members participated in Mnet's '' Sixteen'', a competition survival show to decide Twice's lineup. In February 2023, JYP announced that MiSaMo would debut with an extended play on July 26, with the track list including "Bouquet", originally released for TV Asahi's '' Liaison: Kodomo no Kokoro Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Arts And Sciences
The City of Arts and Sciences (, ) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is situated at the southeast end of the former riverbed of the river Turia (river), Turia, which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic 1957 Valencia flood, flood in 1957. The old riverbed was turned into a picturesque sunken park. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the project began the first stages of construction in July 1996, and was inaugurated on 16 April 1998 with the opening of L'Hemisfèric. The last major component of the City of Arts and Sciences, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, was inaugurated on 9 October 2005, Valencian Community Day. The most recent building in the complex, L'Àgora, was opened in 2009. Originally budgeted at €300 million in 1991 for three structures, addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Holland
Edward James Holland Jr. (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is brother to Brian Holland. Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Although he was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hit singles such as "Jamie", he started working behind the scenes due to stage fright. He was a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team responsible for much of the Motown Sound and hit records by Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers, among others. He has written or co-written 143 hits in the US charts and 80 in the UK. Holland served as the team's lyricist, and also worked with producer Norman Whitfield on lyrics for the songs he produced for the Marvelettes and the Temptations, like " Too Many Fish in the Sea" and " Beauty Is Only Skin Deep". Later life Holland also composed songs for the '' First Wives Club'' musical. Holland has been involved in severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Wakisaka
is a singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist based in Tokyo, Japan. Mayu grew up in Osaka, Japan, and studied law at Kyoto University. In 2007, she quit law school to pursue her career as a singer-songwriter and moved to Los Angeles. While studying music at LA Music Academy, Mayu self-produced her first EP "Stars Won't Fall", from which "24 Hours" got featured in Sony Walkman as a preload song, attracting an international fanbase. In 2011, she recorded her second EP "Into the Wild" with an L.A. based producer, John Avila. An acoustic tune "Once" won the first prize in International Acoustic Music Award Open Category and made it to the final of Great American Songwriting Contest. Also, the piano ballad "What I See in Love" made it to the final of UK Songwriting Contest and Australian Songwriting Contest. Later, this song was featured as a sub theme song in '' In the Name of Love'', a TV Drama aired in Singapore and Malaysia. In 2014, she released "Halfway to You", a compilatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ernest Weeks
Willie Weeks (born 5 August 1986) is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer. One of his songs with Matt Redman reached No. 1 in the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Christian Albums chart in 2013, and he has since worked with and contributed music for Stray Kids, BTS, Monsta X, Cravity, Taeyeon, SF9, TVXQ, Mark & Xiumin, Oh My Girl and Newton Faulkner. Career His first achievement came in 2013, writing for Matt Redman's '' Your Grace Finds Me''. Weeks has since been involved in other songs for Redman's albums, including ''These Christmas Lights'', Unbroken Praise and ''Glory Song''. He was also a part of writing " 27 Million", a song by Matt Redman and LZ7, who released it with the intention to raise awareness for the A21 Campaign, with the aim to abolish modern day slavery. The song reached No. 12 in the UK official singles chart. He wrote the Kpop song, "Wishing on a Star" for BTS's ''Youth'' album in 2016. Since then, Weeks has written and produced several songs whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Kayne
Willow Katherine Kayne is a British singer. She won an Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2021. She is a member of Loud LDN. Early life Willow Katherine Kayne was born to Toploader's ''Dancing in the Moonlight''. Her sister makes classical music, and her mother, Emma, was a teaching assistant at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Corsham, who had previously produced music videos by The Prodigy, Nick Cave, and Erasure. In 2011, the Wiltshire Times noted that a "ten-year-old" Willow and a classmate had addressed Wiltshire Council, following threats to withdraw the subsidised bus she was travelling to St. Patrick's from; the same article noted that she travelled there "from Melksham". She also attended Wiltshire College & University Centre. When she was fifteen, she temporarily lost the sight in her left eye, and permanently in her right; she had contracted acanthamoeba, which ate three out of four layers of her cornea. At the time, she was interested in a career in graphics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemino
is a Japanese video on demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service operated by NTT Docomo. From its establishment in 2011 until 2022, it was owned 70% by Avex Inc., Avex. It operated as a Subscription business model, subscription video on demand (SVOD) service under the name from 2011 to 2013, from 2013 to 2015, and dTV from 2015 to 2023, before becoming partially an Online advertising, ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service. In 2016, it had the largest market share of 24.1% in Japan, but in 2022, its share had decreased to 4.2%. In addition to Lemino, Docomo operates a sister service called d-anime Store, which is a SVOD service specializing in anime content. It has 2.5 million subscribers. History In April 2009, Avex Inc., Avex Entertainment and NTT Docomo announced the launch of a mobile phone exclusive broadcasting station called BeeTV for Docomo users, which was set to start broadcasting on May 1, 2009. This project was annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome." Construction Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to Korakuen Stadium and the Koishikawa-Kōrakuen garden. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000. Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".Haberman, Clyde Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome New York Times, March 23, 1988 Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyocera Dome Osaka
The (official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka Dome opening, the Buffaloes played their home games at Fujiidera Stadium. The Hanshin Tigers also use the stadium as their "home field" for their season openers and their home games in August because their stadium, Koshien Stadium, is used for high school baseball tournaments during those periods. The Dome hosted the Pride Total Elimination 2005 and Pride Total Elimination Absolute mixed martial arts fights. Naming rights by Kyocera Kyocera Corporation subsidiary Kyocera Document Solutions Incorporated has been advertising at Osaka Dome since April 2003. Osaka City Dome Company Limited offered Kyocera naming rights of the domed stadium in January 2006. On Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belluna Dome
(official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. It is home to the Saitama Seibu Lions, a professional baseball team. The stadium has a roof over the field and the stands, like other indoor ballparks. However, it lacks a wall behind the stands so that natural air comes into the field. This makes it possible for home runs to leave the stadium, something not possible in typical domed stadiums. The stadium was built in 1979 without the roof and named as the new home field of the Lions that moved from Fukuoka to Tokorozawa that year. Initially an open-air stadium, the installation of its roof took place in two phases: the first phase after the 1997 season, and the second phase after the 1998 seasons. At the beginning of the 1998 season, the stadium was renamed Seibu Dome although the domed roof had not completed yet. Originally, the Lions had planned to build a new stadium in Odaiba, but due to requiring to get approval from the three other Tokyo-based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Station
, stylised in all caps, is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as , , and . The show is currently syndicated throughout the U.S. The program has been aired internationally on Animax's networks in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions from March 2007. It is also broadcast in the United States and Canada through the NHK-owned TV Japan until the network's closure at the end of March 2024, in Hong Kong via TVB TVB J2, J2, in Singapore through Hello Japan! and in the People's Republic of China through CCTV-15. History ''Music Station'' is a weekly one-hour music program similar to the American Total Request Live, ''TRL'' or the British ''Top of the Pops''. It is home to various performances as well as single rankings and other corners. Many Japanese musical acts make their debut on ''Music Station'', but the show has also host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CDTV Live! Live!
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. It is presented by three animated hosts. History The show was created after the gap left by the cessation of the long-running TBS countdown show The Best Ten (1978–1989). A top 100 music countdown show called (presented by Kuniko Tamada and Masayuki Watanabe) begun airing on TBS networks from October 1992, however received low ratings in its targeted youth market (due to its early airing time, 8pm, and the at average 10pm returning home time of the target audience). The show finished airing in March 1993. The show was rebranded, becoming ''Count Down TV'' and airing from April 1993 onwards. Some of the rebranding changes were later broadcast times, CGI hosts and imagery, along with only airing the top 40 chart rank-ins. The format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
