Sweet Velvet was a Japanese pop band under Giza Studio label, formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2001.
[2] In 1999, along with bands New Cinema Tokage and Grass Arcade they debuted on 10 February as "Number One Artists" (第1号アーティスト) on newly created Giza Studio label by distributors Being Inc. Their debut major single, I Just Feel So Love Again ~Soba ni Iru Dake de~ was released in double formats: 8 cm and 12 cm maxi single.
Later, the original composer of the song, Aika Ohno, self-covered it in her English cover album Shadows of Dreams.
With "Flame of Love" in July they made their only TV appearance on the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television music program CDTV.
[5] Two months later on August, they released their final single "Lazy Drive", which was used as opening theme for TV Asahi morning news program Yajiuma Wide.