Music

Dua Lipa, the English and Albanian singer and songwriter, recently released their new album Radical Optimism. The song Illusion, which featured on that album, has been featured in a special short video in collaboration with Pokémon Sleep, which has been released via The Official Pokémon YouTube channel.

After more than three months of waiting, the first two "Trade Remix" songs of the Project VOLTAGE collaboration between Pokémon and the Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku, iyowa's version of inabakumori's Electricity Forecast, and inabakumori's rendition of iyowa's Journey's Prequels, Journey's Traces, are now set to release. The music videos are set to premiere on each artist's official YouTube channel, with Electricity Forecast (sparking remix) going live tomorrow, Wednesday November 13th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). Journey's Prequels, Journey's Traces (wandering remix) will then premiere half an hour later.

An official playlist of Pokémon songs is now available on YouTube. This playlist, curated by The Pokémon Company and YouTube Music, contains 30 tracks from various Pokémon albums, totaling a play time of over 1 hour and 40 minutes. While all of the songs had been released previously, Pokémon music fans can now enjoy all the songs in one place.

Continuing the company's recent trend of shadowdrops out of nowhere, Nintendo today has announced and released their new Nintendo Music app for smart devices, exclusively for active Nintendo Switch Online members.

Hot on the heels of the last week's release of PokéAmbient by Helynt, the folks over at the independent video game record label GameChops have today released a rendition of the Jubilife Village theme by Dj Cutman and Button Masher. Fusing detailed piano chops with chippy bits, this latest single provides an original take on the music composed by Gō Ichinose, Hitomi Satō, and Hiromitsu Maeba for Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Jubilife Village is available for streaming and download now on YouTube, and on a variety of other platforms.

The folks over at the independent video game record label GameChops have announced the upcoming release of Poké Ambient, the latest work of Italian lofi and synthwave producer Helynt. This 15 track album features a collection of remixed tracks spanning the first through sixth generations of the Pokémon games, including music originally composed by Junichi Masuda, Gō Ichinose, Shota Kageyama, and Hitomi Satō, as well as original compositions inspired by the world of Pokémon.

A selection of music from Pokémon Sleep is now available on Spotify. This contains an album of 34 songs for Trainers to enjoy, and a playlist of 20 sleep-related tunes selected from the album, including early releases of three relaxing songs that have yet to be added to Pokémon Sleep. Both the album and the playlist are free to access with a Spotify account, and each tune includes a matching visual showcasing the sleep styles of various Pokémon.

After over two months of waiting, the final original song of the Project VOLTAGE collaboration between Pokémon and the Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku has now been released, with the music video for Champion (チャンピオン) by Kanaria making its debut on the artist's own official YouTube channel.

The Pokémon Music Collective project has released a new song: "Lucky" by Nulbarich and Sunny (feat. UMI), which focuses on Pokémon Centers, an iconic and indispensable part of the franchise. The song shares its name with the Japanese name of Chansey (ラッキー Lucky), a Pokémon highly associated with Pokémon Centers in the anime. The relaxing song also samples the Pokémon Center theme. The music video was released on the official Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel on May 24th, and on the official Asian channels on May 25th.

After almost two months of waiting, the official @PokeMikuVOLTAGE account on X (formerly Twitter) has announced that the first additional song of Project VOLTAGE, After Epochs (アフターエポックス) by sasakure.UK, will be making its premiere next week, Friday May 10th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). As with past songs, the music video is expected to be posted on the artist's own official YouTube channel.

The folks over at the independent video game record label GameChops are today releasing Pallet Town, the latest single from the Super Lofi 64 duo of Nate and Canaan Evans. Covering Junichi Masuda's iconic music from the original Pokémon games on the Game Boy, this track features the Evans brother's signature piano lines together with soothing lo-fi beats. The song is available for streaming and download now on YouTube, and on a variety of other platforms.

The special distribution of Pawmot which was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet late last week has now commenced. This Pawmot, which is based on Nemona's Pawmot as seen in the music video of the YOASOBI song Biri-Biri, is being released to celebrate the song's physical CD & LP release in Japan. This distribution will remain available to redeem until February 28th next year.

Shortly after the release earlier of Glorious Day by Eve, the final originally scheduled song for Project VOLTAGE, the official @PokeMikuVOLTAGE account on X (formerly Twitter) has announced that the project will be continuing, confirming that additional songs will be produced for the project. Vocaloid producer sasakure.UK was also announced as the first Vocaloid producer for this continuation.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, has released its final scheduled song today with the premiere of Glorious Day by Eve, which just finished its premiere on Eve's official YouTube channel.

A special distribution of Pawmot has been announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. This Pawmot, which is based on Nemona's Pawmot as seen in the music video of the YOASOBI song Biri-Biri, is being released to celebrate the song's physical CD & LP release in Japan. The Mystery Gift code for this Pokémon will be released on the Japanese official Pokémon Website around Midday (JST) / 3:00am (UTC) on March 13th, with this distribution remaining available to redeem until February 28th next year.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, will be releasing its final song this Weekend, March 9th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). Ahead of this conclusion, the official Hatsune Miku channel on YouTube will be hosting a special live broadcast of all 17 songs released for the project to date, ending with the announcement of the final producer who will be participating in the project.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku releases its second to last scheduled song today with the premiere of Melomeroid (メロメロイド) by Kairiki Bear (かいりきベア). The music video is set to premiere on Kairiki Bear's official YouTube channel today, Sunday March 3rd, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). The project will conclude with the release of the final scheduled song next week, on Saturday March 9th, from an as-yet unannounced Vocaloid Producer.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku releases its next song today with the premiere of Esper Esper (ft. Hatsune Miku) (エスパーエスパー (ft.初音ミク)) by Nayutan Seijin (ナユタン星人). The music video is set to premiere on Nayutan Seijin's official YouTube channel today, Friday March 1st, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST). This will be followed up on Sunday March 3rd with an as yet untitled song from Kairiki Bear (かいりきベア).

The Pokémon Game Sound Library, which launched on Pokémon Day 2023, is receiving a special update for its first anniversary, with the addition of music from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The Pokémon Game Sound Library allows fans to download music and musical scores from the Pokémon video game series at zero cost, for non-commercial personal use only.

Project VOLTAGE, the special art and music collaboration project between Pokémon and the popular Volcaloid character Hatsune Miku, is releasing a new song in celebration of Pokémon Day, Journey's Prequels, Journey's Traces (たびのまえ、たびのあと, Tabi no Mae, Tabi no Ato). The music video for this song is set to be released on the official YouTube channel of iyowa (いよわ) today, Tuesday February 27th, at 6:30pm (JST) / 9:30am (UTC) / 1:30am (PST).