Singer Se7en has signed on with a major Japanese record label and is set to release a new album in July, three years after his last Japanese single “Arigato.”
The rhythm and blues singer announced that he has partnered with Victor Entertainment at a press conference held in Japan on Sunday, according to Eleven9 Entertainment, the singer’s Korean management agency, on Monday.
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Singer Se7en (Eleven9 Entertainment) |
The deal makes Se7en the first Korean artist to sign up with the Japanese label, which distributes records for big-name Japanese musicians, including boy band SMAP.
The singer further revealed at the press conference that he will be releasing a new song in Japan on July 7.
Se7en, who debuted in Japan with the single “Hiraki” in 2005, toured the country last October in a 10-year anniversary concert series. He debuted in Korea in 2003.
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Singer Se7en (Eleven9 Entertainment) |
Se7en is also set to release a new album in Korea this year, reports say, four years after his 2012 EP “When I Can’t Sing.”
By Rumy Doo (
doo@heraldcorp.com)
