Japanese Pop Star to Tape TV Show at Greenbelt High School

GREENBELT, MD — Japanese pop superstar May J is in town to celebrate the District's annual cherry blossom festival, and she'll be taping an episode of her popular J-MELO series at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt on Friday.

May J, who has sold hundreds of thousands of albums in Asia, hosts J-MELO, a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK and recorded entirely in English.

The taping at the high school will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 24, and May J will be joined by students during the show. The episode will air on NHK World TV on Monday, April 17.

After the recording session, May J will perform some songs in a "mini concert" at 6 p.m. that evening on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage in D.C., and then she will perform during the Cherry Blossom Festival Opening Ceremony at the Warner Theatre on Saturday, March 25 at 5 p.m.

"An international recording artist, May J. is the host of NHK WORLD TV's music show, 'J-MELO,'" the NHK statement. "She became widely known for recording the official Japanese version of "Let It Go" for Disney's Frozen. With roots in Japan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Spain and the U.K., May J. is a multi-lingual singer who also has a great talent for songwriting, dancing and playing piano. On March 29, she will release her first duet album, "Best of Duets," and start a national tour in Japan in May. May J. was invited to take part in the Cherry Blossom Festival by The Japan Foundation and Japan Information & Culture Center."

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