More New Pop Releases

Hitoto Yo will release her fourth full-length album, Key, on March 5th. The album will contain hit singles such as Tsunaide te, Tadaima, Ukeirete and more for a total of fourteen tracks. The limited edition of the album will come with a DVD titled Hitoto Yo no single collection live DVD, which will feature eight live performances and three music videos of the previously mentioned singles.

Perfume will release their currently untitled second album on April 16th. Produced by Yasutaka Nakata of Capsule, the album will include their previously released singles Polyrhythm, Chocolate Disco, Baby cruising Love and Macaroni plus seven new tracks. The CD+DVD version of the album will feature footage of Perfume's performance at Liquid Room Ebisu on November 8, 2007 plus the music video for Macaroni.

Shimomura Yoko, most famously known for her composition work for "Legend of Mana" and "Kingdom Hearts", will release an album commemorating her 20th anniversary as a composer on March 26th. The album, tentatively titled drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-, takes inspiration from the life and adventure of the game heroes that she has composed for. It will be recorded by an orchestra overseas and will include bonus tracks from all over the world to draw attention to the latest installment of the "Final Fantasy" series, "Final Fantasy Versus XIII" in which her music is also featured.