HOPE almost finalised tracklist

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4jyYi4V...jpg&name=small

1) intro
2) To be confirmed
3) Koi Uta
4) Homie
5) Lazy feat ASOBOiSM & Kouichi Arakawa
6) Tokyo Night
7) Side Dish
8) To be confirmed
9) Cherish
10) outro

Bonus Track - To be confirmed

https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/s...zu/info/530419
https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...41405430722566

DVD details oddly has not been announced yet

Shota did another THE FIRST TAKE recording & this time round it's for Koi Uta



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUovCA9e5jw

Great stuff & at least he didn't went over dramatic unlike what he did for Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo xD

Some details on Shimizu Shota's 9th album 'HOPE' revealed

https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...-hope-revealed

Behind The Scenes of Lazy Feat ASOBOiSM & Kouichi Arakawa



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19lUi9ixxFQ

Another collaboration will be featured in HOPE & this time round it's with Aimer !

The song that Shota will be singing with Aimer is titled Prologue and it's track 8 in HOPE

https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/s...zu/info/530723

Frankly I'm surprised it took so long for Shota to do something with Aimer . Looking forward to hear Prologue

Aimer's comments on Prologue

https://twitter.com/Aimer_and_staff/...01756106063876

Prologue is described as a sad & powerful ballad

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...77955062435847

Preview snippets for all songs in HOPE have been released including the finalised tracklist



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZronFjr6A

And another artiste joining Shota in HOPE vocal wise is ONE OK ROCK's vocalist Taka !

Curtain Call will be released released digitally this coming Wed & the album's bonus track is Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo From THE FIRST TAKE

1. intro
2. Curtain Call feat.Taka
3. Koi Uta
4. Homie
5. Lazy feat.ASOBOiSM, Kouichi Arakawa
6. Tokyo Night
7. Side Dish
8. Prologue feat.Aimer
9. Cherish
10. outro

Bonus Track -- Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo From THE FIRST TAKE

https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/s...zu/info/530877

Images released for the bonus item giveaways for HOPE

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5H4w1UV...jpg&name=small

・Amazon Japan - mega Jacket

・Rakuten Books - clearfile

・TSUTAYA (some physical stores exclude) / TSUTAYA Online Shopping - poster

・ Others not listed - stickers

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...81679835086852
https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/s...zu/info/530723

ONE OK ROCK's Taka to participate in the lead track for Shimizu Shota's new album

https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...otas-new-album

Curtain Call is released digitally today

A PV has been made for the song which will be released next Wed

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5qXI-LV...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...07616614731780

Finalised details for HOPE's DVD tracklist

- Special Interview & Making “HOPE” ; about 50 mins+
- Curtain Call feat ONE OK ROCK's Taka PV
- Koi Uta PV

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...40039959158788

Special Interview & Making “HOPE” Teaser



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHQIdCzAbE

I didn't listen to the album preview snippet digest but I did listen to Curtain Call

If Curtain Hall & Koi Uta are any indication the other album tracks might sound like , I think I'm going to like HOPE and it feels like the old Shota again

Curtain Call feat ONE OK ROCK's Taka Behind The Scenes -Recording- footages



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFPn82vvOg

Curtain Call feat ONE OK ROCK's Taka PV



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqmlNApoAcA

More on Curtain Call PV

https://www.tokyohive.com/video/2021...call-feat-taka

Bit of a shame that HOPE might be the 1st album since Shota's debut album Umbrella that Sony Taiwan will not make which I asked them yesterday via Facebook on this matter

Then again Sony Taiwan didn't made period EP either so :s

And that's a pity as I have a feeling I will like HOPE as I did not like Shota's last 3 albums for wide variety of reasons

Officially Flying Get day for HOPE & Billboard wrote about Curtain Call

https://twitter.com/billboard/status...71048781946886

The PV also has been watched more than 1 million times on YouTube too

https://twitter.com/SHOTA_MOBILE/sta...24963534843908

TSUTAYA Shibuya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6tsdkKU...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/SHIBUYA_T_MUSIC/...45816042172419

Tower Records Shinjuku

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6tvqHOV...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/TOWER_Shinjuku/s...50376479608835

Curtain Call Behind The Scenes -PV Shooting-



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5On-gewqS4

HOPE 1st week position & sales - #13 ; 6,674

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7466833404

Shota performed Koi Uta on this week's Premium MelodiX!

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1yf4y157DV