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[Alienpyon]

Album cover:

[Alienpyon]

Download the album from the following link (cover scans are included):

Karen no Enka ga Ippai 3

Enjoy!

If you like it, buy it!

http://www.cdjapan.c...?KEY=VICL-63821

[Country Musume FanBoy]

LOL, is that Tsunku singing with her on the last track? It sounds beautiful!

[Alienpyon]

More Karen for the masses!!!

New single, on February 22, 2012

New single, on cassette format!

Karen Ga Ippai DVD! (no idea what's in there, yet)

[Alienpyon]

Contents of the dvd (copied and pasted. No idea what the "missions" are about):

1. Mission 1 ~デビューまでのカレン
2. 泣くなオカメちゃん (Music Video)
3. Mission 2 ~関西100日間武者修行
4. 大阪恋うた (Music Video)
5. Missionの結果は? ~新曲レコーディング風景

Covers for the dvd and the single:

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[denadel]

I really like those covers! And it's great she's coming out with a new single AND dvd. Oh how I wish Maeda Yuki would have been treated like this when she was in H!P!
The covers fit the title. I think it means "Naive Flower Snow Storm".

Maybe the "missions" are footage of her way to fame?

[Juju]

1. Mission 1 ~デビューまでのカレン
(Debut Made no Karen) (Karen Until Debut)
Probably the selling 1000 copies of Naku na Okamechan and losing 50kilos to get her major label debut.

3. Mission 2 ~関西100日間武者修行
(Kansai 100hiai mushashugyou) (100 Days in Kansai... something about "travelling to gain skills in combat"?)
When she went to Kansai during Osaka Koi Uta promotions to
a. Sell 5000 copies of the single
b. make friends with 500 older women

5. Missionの結果は? ~新曲レコーディング風景
(Mission no Kenka wa? Shinkyoku Recording Fuukei) (Result of Mission? New Song Recording Scenery)
Behind the scenes footage of her recording the new single, most likely.

[TVD]

Karen made a guest appearance on Tsuntube alongside Tokki.

[Alienpyon]

So, here is the single "Junjou Hanafubuki":

http://www.mediafire...hzrcoxtuockhvk4

Front and rear covers are included.

The title track is co-written by Tsunku and it is the fastest Enka song that I have ever come across. As a matter of fact, I doubt one could still call it "enka" at such high bpm! Anyway, the coupling is more consistent with her earlier output.

If you like it, please, buy it and be merry!

http://www.cdjapan.c...?KEY=VICL-36688

[Mattthecat]

Thanks

[kevin Mexico]

Is she still active?

[denadel]

Yes, she is. 
I am surprised Alienpyon haven't posted the news about this

 

http://www.cdjapan.c...?KEY=TKCA-90556

It is a cd release by Karen, released in July, called Kyo Onna (Kyoto Woman).

 

I love that single. It is actually the third time it has been released, they just keep re-arranging the song and giving it to different singers (quite common in Enka, along with artist name changes until they make it). I bought the cd+dvd release by Miyako, but never got around to getting the one by Miki Hirayama. The B-sides are different though..

 

She is also releasing a cd single in January called 栞/愛が少しだけ (shiori / ai ga sukoshi dake), but I am not 100% sure it is her. The artist is listed as: 歌恋 (Karen).

[denadel]

^Yeah, it is her, she blogged aboutt it

http://ameblo.jp/kar...tamp=1388871497

 

talking to myself here, but what the heck

[kurebesu]

She released the new single (Shiori) on January 8