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title: "DEBUT"

description: "OKAME first album (Feb 2026), eight tracks of Nostalpop from ex-CHAI twins MANA and KANA; mixed by Luke Francis Walton, built from three monthly singles into “the answer that is right for us now.”"

year: 2026
releaseDate: 2026-02-04
releaseType: album

artist: "OKAME"

artworkBy: "chao!"

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/4s9NnOKqJ7MkiXilulQYEp"
apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/debut/1867075169"
youtube: "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3oW1AuR7Qz3w0-WxExcXKEjmZcbl3h_s"

press:
  - outlet: "Rooftop: DEBUT"
    url: "https://rooftop1976.com/news/2026/01/09183000.php"
    desc: "Digital release Feb 4; documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC one-day screening Feb 11 at Shibuya Eurospace."
  - outlet: "Skream!: DEBUT"
    url: "https://skream.jp/news/2026/01/okame_debut_release.php"
    desc: "ex-CHAI MANA & KANA project; eight-song tracklist and monthly-single arc."
  - outlet: "Natalie: DEBUT"
    url: "https://natalie.mu/music/news/655580"
    desc: "Theme “this is the right answer for us now”; たまや lead + A SCENE tie-in; 夜はきらい film theme."
  - outlet: "NiEW: DEBUT / Tamaya"
    url: "https://niewmedia.com/en/news/093904/"
    desc: "Lead track たまや pre-release Jan 21; A SCENE MV art direction by koki furuya."
  - outlet: "MARZEL: debut single"
    url: "https://marzel.jp/topics/20251003/"
    desc: "OKAME launch and ノスタルポップ frame from first single おかしなきもち."

tracks:
  - { title: "おかしなきもち (Okashi Na Kimochi)", song: okashi-na-kimochi }
  - { title: "照れないで", song: okame-terenaide }
  - { title: "夜はきらい", song: okame-yoru-wa-kirai }
  - { title: "たまや", song: okame-tamaya }
  - { title: "ハートの中で", song: okame-heart-no-naka-de }
  - { title: "地球さん", song: okame-chikyu-san }
  - { title: "それいけ！シンデレラ", song: okame-soreike-cinderella }
  - { title: "GAME OVER", song: game-over }

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***DEBUT***, first album by **OKAME**, the post-CHAI project of twin frontwomen **MANA** and **KANA**. Jacket illustration by **chao!** (KANA's husband, illustrator) — same visual world as the [夜はきらい animation MV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKJ4oh_9nH8) and documentary **OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC** ([/with/chao/](/with/chao/)). The [MANAKANA official site](https://manakana.bitfan.id/) 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](https://rooftop1976.com/news/2026/01/09183000.php), [Skream!](https://skream.jp/news/2026/01/okame_debut_release.php), [Natalie](https://natalie.mu/music/news/655580), [NiEW](https://niewmedia.com/en/news/093904/)). 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](https://marzel.jp/topics/20251003/), [NiEW launch](https://niewmedia.com/en/news/2510okame/)). **Scoobert Doobert** is listed as **Mixing Engineer** on every track in the [Apple Music DEBUT credits pane](https://music.apple.com/us/album/debut/1867075169) — verified platform credits across the full eight-song LP and the monthly singles that became it. Adjacent in the same MANA/KANA arc: [KOMAGOME](/with/komagome/) (first post-CHAI produce lane) and [WE CAN'T DOLL](/songs/we-cant-doll/) / [CHAHHAN](/songs/chahhan/) composition credits.

**Placement highlights on the LP:** [**たまや**](/songs/okame-tamaya/) is the lead track (Jan 21, 2026 pre-release) with an **A SCENE** gadget-brand MV ([NiEW](https://niewmedia.com/en/news/093904/)). [**夜はきらい**](/songs/okame-yoru-wa-kirai/) 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKJ4oh_9nH8) directed by **chao!** ([Skream!](https://skream.jp/news/2026/03/okame_animation_mv.php)). Album cut [**GAME OVER**](/songs/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](https://rooftop1976.com/news/2026/01/09183000.php) and [Natalie](https://natalie.mu/music/news/655580) on illness, fatigue, and choosing the mic again after dissolution.

Listen: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4s9NnOKqJ7MkiXilulQYEp) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/debut/1867075169) · [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3oW1AuR7Qz3w0-WxExcXKEjmZcbl3h_s) (8 tracks, ~26:23 · KODO RECORDS). Track pages · [With OKAME](/with/okame/) · [Catalog: production](/catalog/#production)

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