HAN-KUN will release a new cover album, featuring his take on songs by artists like Mariya Takeuchi, Hikaru Utada, AI and Official HIGE DANdism, on November 3rd.
Reggae singer HAN-KUN will release a new cover album on November 3rd.
A sequel to his 2019 cover album Musical Ambassador, Musical Ambassador II ~Juke Box Man~ will contain 11 tracks. However, unlike the previous release, which featured well-known Japanese songs only originally sung by male vocalists,
this album will also add a number of songs originally by female artists. It will contain tracks spanning a wide range of different genres and time periods.
The tracks will range from well-known older songs like ANRI's 1978 debut single Olivia o kikinagara and Mariya Takeuchi's Genki o dashite to more contemporary tracks like Hikaru Utada's 2017 song Anata.
He will also be covering tracks by ULFULS, MISIA, Toshinobu Kubota, H Jungle with t, Yo Hitoto, SUKIMASWITCH and AI.
The album will be available in two editions. The limited edition will add a cover of Official HIGE DANdism's 2020 song I LOVE... as an exclusive bonus track. It will also come with a DVD featuring live footage from his UNCHAINED concert held in November 2020.
In addition, two tracks from the album - the covers of Mariya Takeuchi's Genki o dashite and AI's Story - have been released as preceding digital singles.
Teaser videos for the covers of I LOVE..., Genki o dashite and Story can be viewed below, followed by a special acoustic duet version of Story he recorded with singer-songwriter NOBU.
