ClariS Restarts with Karen as a New Member

Five months after the announcement that one of Claris' duo, Alice, will graduate from the J-pop idol unit to focus on her studies, the nineteenth volume of LisAni! magazine announced a new member. Karen, who is also an active high schooler like Clara, will replace Alice.

On January 7th, ClariS will release their eleventh single, "border," which will be Tsukimonogatari's ending theme.

It was also announced that the new ClariS will make an appearance at the LisAni Live-5 Music Festival, along with Kalafina, KOTOKO, ZAQ, fripside, Suzuko Mimori, and LiSA.

Source: ClariS official site

News submitted by sevenPocky

Welcome back!!! :)

Well, mixed feelings.

But that means, ClariS' name will be changed? And I wonder how Karen voice like

High schooler again, huh.
Well, good luck~

It's going to feel a bit different tbh. Guess we'll have to see their future work to come soon.

Name change to ClareN when?
Jokes jokes.. ClareN sounds super close to Karen anyways.
excited and can't wait for some album to drop.

All their songs sound the exact same. and with all I mean all 3 I know of.

I still don't get what kind of person throws away fame to focus on studies.

The first new song sung by Clara and Karen, for anyone interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2LQbQF5p1A

The duo has made some awesome releases. Let's see what the change will be like. :)

Someone who think that fame won't last long. This is the kind of people who think that fame won't solve your financial need forever which is true in many artist case.

as much as I liked "connect" by them, I happy they are back. New member makes me exciting, cant wait for new releases <3

I have heard their (Clara and Karen) first single and it sounds really good ! Karen has a more mature voice ~ I'm really happy that Karen successfully defended ClariS' name! >~<

I just hope this matter doesn't end up like Perfect Blue. xD

Brace yourselves for another wave of haters and a couple more of fanboys.
And LisAni Live-5 Music Festival sounds like sex to my ears.

asu wishes luck to alice

I can't wait to hear the new Claris

I am so glad to see that ClariS is back <3

While I'm happy that ClariS is back, I'm kinda sad that we won't get to listen to Alice again :(

WHAT!? I need to be there, sign me up.

They have yet to reveal their looks to public right? Pretty sad yeah. Going back to study (normal life) without anyone recognizing. Seem like a good dream.

It's not going to be the same ClariS again :(
But oh well it's better than nothing at the very least

Can't wait for their new single then! Wonder how big will be the change, I loved ClariS and their songs.

True. It's kinda sad seeing one of them leaving :/ I hope the name doesn't change as well.

I'd probably be able to accept it easier if the name did change actually.
...It's just not the same without Alice. D:

Pretty good! And IMO they would have to change the name, it just doesn't feel right.

If the name changed, it'd probably be ClareN.

God luck!

sounds pretty much the same

Sooooo, name change when?

And by "live appearance", I'm assuming Clara's character and Karen's new one will appear on stage instead?

claris' producers should have used this as an opportunity to make a new sound instead of rehashing the same thing over and over

Tsukimonogatari's ending theme? It'll be interesting to see how that turns out.

They be back (we all knew it was going to happen).

I miss ClariS a lot. They were an excellent duo who sang fantastic songs.

This. You should always have a backup plan, and they both have regular lives outside of music.

Good to hear they've found someone to replace Alice. Still sad to see her go, but I'm looking forward to what they do next.

Ah, nice. But it's probably not going to be the same... and not just that the band is "ClariS" not "ClareN" ("ClareN" wouldn't be as punny, anyway).

I guess it makes sense they'd want another high schooler_ I bet it helps with marketing.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I loved ClariS before, and was very sad when I heard one was leaving, but I had accepted it. Things just won't be the same now. No matter how similar the sound is, it just won't be quite the same to me. It's gonna bug me. Oh well, maybe i'll learn to love the new girl having hearing more songs.

They are not ClariS anymore then.. Well, I hope we can get the same quality of music and I'm glad their single will be on Monogatari series again.

First time showing up and doing live plus they are going to do it with the big names huh? Hope they don't get stage fright.

You can always study later with the money you gathered.

I'd have preferred a name change. When bands change members, it's normally fine since band names mostly aren't based on the names of the members themselves...the ones I like anyway. This is like if Dave Matthews left Dave Matthews Band.

The new duo sounds good, though.

Glad ClariS is back X) or should I say ClareN? XD

Was always confused as to whose voice was whose while it was still Clara and Alice lol looks like the deep voiced, mature sounding one(not sure how to exactly describe it lol but in their song Drop, the verse before the chorus, the 2nd voice that sings) was actually Clara.

Karen's voice sounds like one of those soft spoken, elegant ojou-samas in animes XD and the way she's represented by a star............a sun = star XD and a moon is accompanied by stars lol

Karen doesn't sound bad. I'm looking forward to their new songs

The only songs I know by them are the Madoka Magica, Nisekoi, and Oreimo openings. But from those they do seem like a pretty good band.

So are they going to go by the name "Claren" now?

Is it just me or does Karen sound lower than Clara, or do I have both of their voice mixed up? O.o

Hell yeah, ClariS is back!

And I would be kinda sad if they change the name. ClariS is an awesome name and part of reason I love(d) this duo. ClareN doesn't even reach close to it.

I do like Karen's voice, it's very mature. I am gonna miss Alice's warm tone A LOT. Hope she comes back and join these two later when she will be done with her studies.

Honestly, I can't even hear the difference. I could never tell apart Clara or Alice in the first place. Still sad the group changed though.

new song clear sky,Karen sound so good

Well, it seem they going to sing for Nisekoi season 2 then.. :3

karen sounds similar to Alice to me, but definitely different. Still I miss the old ClariS. :(