"5th Album (Kari)" is Up Up Girls (Kari)'s fifth full album. Announced on May 3rd of 2018, with a release date of June 19th, 2018.
About the Album[]
Details about the fifth full album from Up Up Girls (Kari) were released May 3rd of 2018. The announcement, featuring the cover art, was made on T-Palette's blog.[1] Along with an official release date of June 19th, there was a list including 10 of the 12 tracks. Out of the 12 tracks, Joujou Dokonjou and Be A Girl are the only two to be released prior to the album. This album has a total of 10 new songs and 2 previously released songs, along with a renewed overture (concert opening).
Notably, this is the first album not featuring Sengoku Minami and Sato Ayano as all songs were recorded after their graduation. With an electro-sound, this album introduced the girls as adults. The group began performing the songs on the first day of their 7th anniversary concert tour.[2]
In addition to this being the first album with only 5 members, this was the first album since their first album to only have one edition.[3] This album also marked the first noticeable change in their official website since it's creation.[4] The formerly rainbow colored background is now a deep red to match the album cover.
As of June 27th, 2018, only one music video was released for this album. The video for "Watashi-Tachi" was reminiscent of their older, lower budget videos as it was filmed solely in front of a white paper-backdrop.[5] It is unknown whether or not there will be another music video. This music video contained Japanese subtitles, but did not contain an English translation.
Tracklist[6][]
- Overture (Kari) NEO
- Lyrics/Composition: michitomo
- Lips are Knives (Kuchibiru wa NAIFU)
- Lyrics: Hiwatari Sutsuka, Composition/Arrangement: Ryuichi Kawasaki
- KOMEDIUM
- Lyrics/Composition: Omori Seiko, Arrangement: michitomo
- Be A Girl
- Lyrics: Hiwatari Sutsuka, Composition/Arrangement: Ryuichi Kawasaki
- Saikou Shy Girl
- Lyrics: Kodama Ameko, Composition: Michitomo, Arrangement: KOJI oba
- Lady→GO!
- Lyrics: Kikuchi Ryo/Kiawatari Sutsuka, Composition/Arrangement: Dr USUI
- Fighting Girls
- Lyrics: Tanaka Hidenori, Composition/Arrangement: Haruo Yoshida
- Night Flight (NAITO FURAITO)
- Lyrics: Hiwatari Sutsuka, Composition/Arrangement: Ryuichi Kawasaki
- Joujou Dokonjou
- Lyrics: Kodama Ameko, Rap: Machee Def, Composition: Michitomo, Arrangement: Kasubo-i/Michitomo
- Promise Train
- Lyrics: SHIN, Composition/Arrangement: Hikoda Genki
- Nevermind!
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Sato Yosuke
- Kattetain Da Yo!
- Lyrics: Kodama Ameko, Composition: noko, Arrangement: michitomo
- Watashitachi
- Lyrics: Uenaka Jyoya, Composition: Kubo Hiroyuki, Arrangement: Michitomo
Sales[]
The album entered Oricon's chart as number six on their daily album sales list.[7] It quickly dropped out of the top 30, but the second day. As of Oricon's reports, within the first week of the release, the album sold 1,333 copies.[8] This album was not considered indies as it did not enter the indies chart.
References[]
- ↑ 【アップアップガールズ(仮)】5枚目のアルバム「5thアルバム(仮)」6月19日発売決定!
- ↑ Furukawa Konatsu's Blog Entry - "7th Anniversary"
- ↑ "Discography" (Japanese). Up Up Girls (Kari) Official Website. 2018-05-31.
- ↑ Up Up Girls Official Website. 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "アップアップガールズ(仮)私達 MUSIC VIDEO" (Japanese). Up Up Girls Official Youtube. 2018-06-12.
- ↑ "5th アルバム(仮)" (Japanese). Up Up Girls (Kari) Official Website. 2018-05-31.
- ↑ "Oricon Daily Album Ranking: 2018-06-18" (Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. 2018-06-18.
- ↑ "Oricon Weekly Album Ranking: 2018-06-18 through 2018-06-24" (Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. 2018-06-27.