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Liberty Bus

Hitomi Shimatani

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Hitomi Shimatani, an artist whose unique voice and overwhelming presence have long graced the music scene, will release her highly anticipated NEW ALBUM 'Liberty Bus' on September 3, 2025-her first in about four years. Having marked her 25th anniversary in 2024, she begins a "new departure" in her 26th year as an artist with this album in 2025. This eleventh album, 'Liberty Bus', was born from a strong desire to deliver even a little "bright light" and 'hope' in this era of ongoing social stagnation and confusion. Its theme is "a bus journey toward a place of freedom." It's a conceptual album designed so each listener can unfold their own mental map and imagine a journey toward their unique future. It consists of 10 tracks, including songs previously available only as digital downloads and new songs written by Shimada herself.
It is an album where the message of "the current Hitomi Shimatani" resonates directly, truly serving as the soundtrack to the journey of life.

Artist Profile

  • Hitomi Shimatani

    Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Since her debut in July 1999, she has released a steady stream of quality works. Her ''singing ability'' that transcends genres and allows her to sing various types of music, as well as her highly transparent ''singing voice'', have been well received, and she has produced many hit songs such as "The Maiden with the Flaxen Hair," "Perseus," "Papillon," "YUME Biyori" and "Papillon. YUME Biyori" and many other big hit songs. She has also won numerous awards, including the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for four consecutive years and the Newcomer of the Year Award at the National Cable Awards. In 2018, "YUME Biyori" was selected as the theme song for LGBT events. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, she released a charity song, "Shiawase wo Unerunakeru Yoni", which she sang together with 77 children from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake affected areas and children in Tohoku in hope for their recovery, and sang the SDGs UN support song, "CYCLE~Cycle~", released in 2019, and performed at charity concerts. She has been actively working on her own activities. In December 2020, Hitomi Shimatani released a new concept band "miscellaneous miscellaneas" with Hitomi Shimatani as the vocalist, which became a hot topic. On March 1, 2022, they will distribute a digital single, a song to support marathon runners, "Yori Faster! a song in support of marathon runners, was released as a digital single on March 1, 2022. On July 8, 2022, they released their 35th single, "Mystic World". On January 21, 2023, they released the triple A-side single "Tabi/Kisummer in the 13th month/Re:START! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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