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We are pleased to announce our next giveaway for the summer season!

We are giving away two (2) tickets to Monsta X’s “We are Here” tour stop in Grand Prairie, Texas at the Theatre at Grand Prairie on July 25, 2019. The giveaway is a continuation of Kcrush America’s fifth anniversary celebration. The prize is available to anyone in the United States or any Monbebe able to travel to Texas.

As with other giveaways this past year, this giveaway is another hashtag event with two ways to enter!

Rules

Each entrant has two chances to enter using the hashtag #MonstaXGiveaway
“Like” us on Facebook!
Entries count on the Facebook post dedicated to the giveaway or on any article on kcrush.com.
Comments using the #MonstaXGiveaway hashtag must be a relevant to the articles/post.
Posts featuring the hashtag without a relevant comment will not be counted.

Prize

The winner will receive two (2) tickets to Monsta X’s “We are Here” concert at the Theatre at Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, TX July 25, 2019.
Tickets are for section 407, row M, seats 12 and 13.
Tickets are a PDF file from Powerhouse and provided by AXS.
The winner will receive the tickets after messaging us when the winner has been announced.

Entry Period

Contest period starts June 10, 2019 at 12:00am CST and continues until June 25, 2019 at 11:59pm CST.
Entries during this time count (only two entries per person). Entries outside of these dates will be immediately disqualified.

Winner

The winner will be determined by a random number generator.
A photo and video of the selection process will be posted on Facebook for verification.
kpop singers will be mentioned in a Facebook post.
After the winner reveal, the selected entrant will have 48 hours to message us to receive the prize. If the winner does not contact us within 48 hours, a new winner will be selected.

We wish everyone luck! The giveaway period is open now!

—-Olivia Murray




ICONIC J-POP BAND ARASHI DEBUTS “WHENEVER YOU CALL”

FIRST SINGLE SUNG ENTIRELY IN ENGLISH PRODUCED BY BRUNO MARS

VIDEO FEATURES STUNNING VIEWS OF TOKYO

Legendary J-pop band ARASHI are debuting their new single “Whenever You Call,” a sleek, groovy pop ballad produced by Bruno Mars. The track marks the band’s first single sung entirely in English; listen/share HERE and watch/share the official video HERE, shot with the beautiful Tokyo skyline in the background.

“Personally, I have been a huge fan ever since his mainstream debut, and have attended his live shows multiple times,” Jun says of working with Bruno. “We originally intended to go to Los Angeles and work under his vocal direction in recording, but alas with the current COVID-19 situation that was not to be…Through many discussions and his advice on how best to handle the nuance of the vocals, we were able to finish it anyway. It was a fantastic experience to be able to learn from his unique and incredibly talented singing style.”

Sho remarks, “When we first heard the song, it was in the recording studio and the five of us listened to it together…it felt clearly that this was a song created through really digging deep and getting to know who ARASHI really is…It is a message of love, but one that imparts bravery too.”

“It is a love song that uplifts with the sense of beauty and emotion that only the melody and lyrics of Bruno can impart, straight from the heart,” Aiba says, while Nino describes, “I was surprised. I couldn’t believe that [Bruno] would write this song for us…I was totally moved.” Ohno praises Bruno, “It is an honor that he would produce this song for us…He put so much of what we’re going through now and his own thoughts into the creation of this incredible song.”

“Whenever You Call” follows the release of previous single, “IN THE SUMMER,” produced by Rami (Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga), which saw widespread success in both the U.S. and global markets.

ARASHI continue to see extensive critical acclaim as they make their U.S. debut. Beyond the streaming success of “IN THE SUMMER,” the band also participated in their first ever Twitter Q&A, hosted by @TwitterMusic, around the release. The event saw over 4.9M views, 490K likes, 129K retweets, and 45M impressions.

Pop sensation ARASHI are Japan’s biggest J-pop band, dominating the scene for over two decades and breaking records across the board. In 2019 the iconic group’s 5×20 All the Best!! 1999-2019 became the best-selling album of the year globally, putting them in the top spot over BTS and Taylor Swift. The career-spanning compilation album, which celebrated the quintet’s 20th anniversary, sold a record-breaking 3.3 million copies globally, earning the band a Guinness World Record.

Their 5×20 anniversary tour broke records as the largest scale tour in Japanese history, seeing over 2,375,000 attendees and spanning 50 shows in 5 dome venues. The historic J-Pop group is now taking on the U.S. audience, actively working their singles in America for the first time in their two-decade long career. ARASHI is Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno and Sho Sakurai.

The group has seen unparalleled success, having sold over 41 million records and performed for 14 million people during the duration of their career. ARASHI, whose name means “force of a storm,” formed in September 1999 in Honolulu and released their debut single that November. In 2007, the release of hit single “Love So Sweet” gained the band commercial success by becoming the theme song of popular drama Hana Yori Dango 2 and turning ARASHI into a household name. By their tenth anniversary in 2009, ARASHI had become one