Five-member Japanese rock band Mrs. GREEN APPLE partnered up with Universal Music Group to launch the all-new “Project-MGA.”
Project-MGA aims to expand the activities of Mrs. GREEN APPLE globally a vision of ‘Continuing to provide excitement to people around the world with the best possible entertainment’. Mrs. GREEN APPLE announced a hiatus back in July 2020, but the launch of “Project-MGA” marks the beginning of a new chapter for the group.
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Naoshi Fujikura | President and CEO, Universal Music LLC
“Mrs. GREEN APPLE and Universal Music Group have decided to launch “Project-MGA” (Project MGA), a new partnership together We are thrilled to be able to start this wonderful collaboration with one of our leading artists, Mrs. GREEN APPLE. We hope that the launch of the project, will be a big step to building a new community of artists and delivering their works to audiences around the world for many years to come.”
Sir Lucian Grainge | Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group
“We are very excited to launch this new project together with Mrs. GREEN APPLE, who in recent years have helped drive the music streaming market forward in Japan with their great success. Under Naoshi’s leadership, we look forward to utilizing the global resources, expertise and passion of our company to help create new opportunities for Mrs. GREEN APPLE and their music to succeed not only in Japan, but also in Europe, North America, and beyond.”
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Project-MGA
Project-MGA Official Website: https://project-mga.com/
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Mrs. GREEN APPLE will release the new song Soranji on November 9. The 10th single comes over three years after the group’s last release, and the Utopia ARENA SHOW Blu-ray and DVD will be released on December 14, 2022.
The music video for Soranji has been uploaded to YouTube. The song will serve as the theme for the film With Love from the Gulag, scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide on December 9. Motoki Ohmori is credited as the Music Video Planning Director, and the lyricist worked closely with video director Seri Yoshiharu to bring the song to life.
Soranji – Mrs. GREEN APPLE
The Soranji single also includes a cover of Ado’s I’m Invincible, currently a hit track due to its inclusion in ONE PIECE FILM RED, and Floriginal, a song being used in the fragrance and music collaboration project PARFATUNE. The limited first edition includes a bonus DVD with documentary footage of the production process, as well as a luxurious original sleeve case and a 24-page Soranji photo book.
The Utopia Blu-ray and DVD will include all 23 songs from the one-night-only live performance held on July 8, 2022, as well as special behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage.
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Soranji – Mrs. GREEN APPLE
Release Date: November 9, 2022
Reserve: https://lnk.to/mga_soranjiec
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Mrs. GREEN APPLE has just dropped a music video for PRESENT (Japanese ver.) which is taken from their upcoming first greatest hits album 5 set to commemorate the rock band’s 5th anniversary and hit shelves on July 8, 2020.
The original English version of the track was released on April 10, 2020 along with a music video. The song has proven popular overseas, even earning a mention on the official Billboard US website.
Check out the Japanese version below to compare and contrast with the English version.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE – PRESENT (Japanese ver.)
PRESENT (Japanese ver.), along with a remastered track of their hit song Infernoーfittingly titled Inferno (Remastered 2020)ーare now available to pre-order on iTunes and Apple music, with the former now also now streaming on Spotify. PRESENT (Japanese ver.) chartered in at No. 1 on LINE MUSIC.
Limited Pressing Edition copies of Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s upcoming 5th anniversary album, which is being called the 5 COMPLETE BOX, comes with its own original design as pictured above. Orders for this edition are open until May 19, 2020.
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PRESENT (Japanese ver.)
Download/Stream: https://lnk.to/MGA_PRESENTJPDL
Inferno (Remastered 2020)
Download/Stream: https://lnk.to/MGA-inf2020DL
Greatest Hits Album “5” Special Website: https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/mrsgreenapple/bestalbum5/
Mrs. GREEN APPLE Official Website: https://mrsgreenapple.com/
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It has been announced that Japanese rock band Mrs. GREEN APPLE will perform the opening theme song Inferno for the upcoming anime series Fire Force which is set to premiere on July 5.
Fire Force is a dark fantasy and battle manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. The story is set in Tokyo where a phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion causes citizens to turn into Infernals. The Fire Force are tasked with extinguishing these deadly cases.
The anime series is being adapted by David Production with Yuki Yase as director and Yamato Haishima as writer.
The opening theme song is set to debut in an upcoming new promotional video which is set to be released on June 18 on the official website.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s vocalist and guitarist Motoki Omori commented the following with regards to the band’s tie-up with the series: “Congratulations on the anime adaptation of Fire Force. It might have been around 3 years ago when I visited the bookstore and was captivated by the mysterious power of this manga. I purchased the first volume. From then on I became a huge fan. Some time passed, and the Fire Force team got in touch with us to get us on board. We were extremely honoured and honestly just moved. We wrote Inferno to capture that same initial mysterious power I felt from the series in music form. I believe the song sounds exhilarating! In any case, now there’s no helping looking forward to the anime. Mrs. GREEN APPLE would also be overjoyed if you check out the opening theme Inferno too.”
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