UPDATE 28/3/18: ZAQ's third album has been announced! No date has been set for its release, and sounds like she's still recording album songs, but the title has been given as Z-ONE. Obviously, I haven't updated this much, skipping her singles "BRAVER" and "JOURNEY", and I'm not sure that I'll continue to do so in the future, MAL clubs being what they are and this club being pretty tiny as is. If you want to get my posts about ZAQ and many other musicians from Japan and around the world, though, feel free to PM me for an invite to my Discord server :D
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OLD UPDATES
A CM for Flip Flappers played a snippet of ZAQ's next single, which is entitled "Serendipity".
The first episode of the anime airs on 6 October, and the single will hit stores in November.
ZAQ announced yesterday that her next single will be released this fall; it'll be the opening theme to the upcoming anime Flip Flappers. The title hasn't been announced yet, so I'll post an update here when more details come out.
In the meantime, has anyone else been listening to NO RULE MY RULE? It's got some really interesting album-only tracks, including the self-descriptive "GLITCH", which turned out to be the music video she was shooting in NYC earlier this summer:
I also like the over-the-top denpa "Ikitai Event Kasanari Sugite Comp Dekinai Otaku Sousou Kyoku" (a.k.a. "Requiem for Eventers"; featuring Yurika Endou) and the ballad "Ayumu Hito". I haven't got a physical copy of the album yet, but here's a preview of the DVD:
Here's the short version of the music video for the titular track on NO RULE MY RULE:
Pretty awesome, eh?
If you've seen it already, sorry that once again this news is coming very late! (I've been busy.) Of course, the album hits stores in Japan in just a couple days! The tracklists for the album and accompanying DVD reveal that one track on the album will feature seiyuu Yurika Endou, and that the DVD will have the highlights from ZAQ's last two tours, including a self-cover of "Tutti!" from Hibike! Euphonium (so it's definitely worth getting!) Plus, ZAQ has announced a live tour this September and October.
Hi everyone! I've got big news: a new ZAQ album! (although it's a bit old since ZAQ hasn't had time to properly update her blog and I rarely go on Twitter, so I missed it)
In her latest blog post, ZAQ noted that she's done recording it, and that she had a great time in NYC—check out her Twitter and Instagram for pictures.
As you may know, ZAQ's digital single "Serendipity" (the Flip Flappers OP) came out last month. It's pretty lovely, and it's ZAQ's first release not arranged by her—instead by Stereo Dive Foundation's Ryuta Iida. The full maxi single, including two new tracks (names TBA) will be in stores on 21 December.
On 25 January, we'll get her next maxi single, "Last Proof". Here's the short version of the music video for the lead song:
FYI, since club notifications have been revived, I'd like to use them to keep you guys informed of new releases by ZAQ and other big news. And keep the club sporadically active as I'd hoped! I'll only use notifications (by bumping this thread) when there is news and it's only possible to do so once a week, but if you want, you can unsubscribe to any club's notifications.
Darn, this song is quite the hitter - even more than Trinity Seven's previous opening, Seven Doors, but somewhat in the same style. Can't say I dislike this ZAQ at all!