DEBUT

DEBUT, first album by OKAME, the post-CHAI project of twin frontwomen MANA and KANA. The MANAKANA official site is explicit: CHAI disbanded March 12, 2024 at EX THEATER ROPPONGI in Tokyo; OKAME began September 2025 under Revolution through Music: intentionally not “CHAI part two,” but a new context for the expressiveness and pop sense they built in the old band.

February 4, 2026 digital release (Rooftop, Skream!, Natalie, NiEW). Eight songs from a three-month single run (おかしなきもち → 照れないで → GAME OVER) into これが今の私たちの正解: NiEW frames DEBUT as a new chapter capturing their current musical identity, not a NEO KAWAII continuation.

The sound axis is ノスタルポップ (Nostalpop): inward, identity-forward pop after burnout and the end of a globally recognized band (MARZEL, NiEW launch). Luke Francis Walton mixed the full album and the singles that became it: adjacent in the same MANA/KANA arc: KOMAGOME (first post-CHAI produce lane) and WE CAN’T DOLL / CHAHHAN composition credits.

Placement highlights on the LP: たまや is the lead track (Jan 21, 2026 pre-release) with an A SCENE gadget-brand MV (NiEW). 夜はきらい is the theme for FAT CLUB’s short film 餃子店で朝食を, screened alongside the documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC at Shibuya Eurospace (Feb 11, 2026), official animation MV directed by chao! (Skream!). Album cut GAME OVER closes the eight-track sequence, not the lead single, but the December cap on the monthly rollout.

Documentary: OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC: directed by chao! (KANA’s husband, illustrator), one-day theatrical run Feb 11, 2026. Rooftop and Natalie on illness, fatigue, and choosing the mic again after dissolution.

Listen: Spotify · Apple Music · YouTube (8 tracks, ~26:23 · KODO RECORDS). Track pages · With OKAME · Catalog: production

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