Love (Kis-My-Ft2 song)
"Love" | ||||
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Single by Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
from the album Best of Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
B-side | "Because I Love You" | |||
Released | July 11, 2018 | (Japan)|||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Label | Avex Trax | |||
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Love on YouTube Because I Love You -Dance Edition- on YouTube |
Love is the 21st single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on July 11, 2018, by Avex Trax.[1]
Overview[edit]
The theme of this album is “Marugoto Love Song(The whole thing is a love song.),” and each song in the album is a song about “love” in its various forms.[2]
It was released in three forms: First edition A/B and Regular disc. The DVD of the first edition A includes the music video for “L.O.V.E.” and “Kiss Mai-teki Yuru Sports Championship,” while the DVD of the first edition B includes the music video for “Because I Love You” and the DVD of “Ura Yummy! ~Moments of Another Kiss Matsuso~" will be included. The regular edition include three unit songs. This is the first time in two years that a unit song has been included on a single.[2]
"L.O.V.E." is a commercial song for Kowa's "Unakowa Cool", in which the members appear.[3]"Because I Love You” is a commercial song for Daiichi Kosho Company's "Live Dam Stadium", and is an emotional ballad about her painful feelings of being too young to love as a student. The music video “-Dance Edition-” features dance.[4]
"L.O.V.E." and "Because I Love You" made their television premieres on the July 7, 2018 broadcast of Nippon TV's "THE MUSIC DAY: The Song You Want to Tell" and TBS Television (Japan)'s "COUNT DOWN TV" on the same day, respectively.
Chart performance[edit]
The song reached No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart dated July 23, 2018. This was their 21st consecutive No. 1 ranking on the chart since their debut single “Everybody Go”.[5]
The special single “You & Me” released on April 25, 2018, was sold exclusively on Seven Net, so it is not counted in the Oricon count.
CD first-week sales: 175,655 (Oricon total).
By December 9, 2018, the album had sold a total of 197,737 copies and ranked 33rd on the 2018 annual Oricon Album Ranking.
Track listing[edit]
CD[edit]
- Normal Edition
- L.O.V.E. (read: L.O.V.E.) [3:40].
- Kis-My-Ft2's Kowa “Unakowa Cool” CM song
- ConneXion [3:47] - Taisuke Fujigaya, Kennaga Senga, Wataru Yokoo
- It was dramatized and distributed exclusively on dTV [14].
- When You Wish Upon a Star [4:53] - Yuta Tamamori, Toshiya Miyata
- Sequel to the song “BE LOVE” from the 4th album “KIS-MY-WORLD” [15].
- This is the second part of the “BE LOVE” trilogy, and the theme is “bereavement” [15].
- Happy Birthday [1:33] - Hiromitsu Kitayama, Takatsugu Nikaido
- First Edition A/B
- L.O.V.E.
- Because I Love You [3:20].
- Live DAM STADIUM” CM song by Dai-ichi Kosho
DVD[edit]
- First Edition A
- L.O.V.E.” MUSIC VIDEO
- L.O.V.E.” MUSIC VIDEO making document
- Kismai-teki Yuru Sports Championship - Roller Skate de Daruma-san ga Tondatta! ~The first disc B
- First Edition B
- Because I Love You” MUSIC VIDEO -Dance Edition
- Because I Love You” MUSIC VIDEO Making Document
- The making of “Because I Love You” MUSIC VIDEO -Dance Edition- “Yummy behind the scenes! ~Moments from the other side of Kismet
References[edit]
- ^ "Kis-My-Ft2がニューシングル「LOVE」リリース、3組のユニット曲も". natalie (in Japanese). natalie. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ a b "21st SINGLE『LOVE』". MENT. 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "キスマイの新曲「L.O.V.E.」流れるウナクール新CM放送". natalie. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "キスマイ、最新作MVで"半端ないエモダンス"を披露". musicman. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、最新シングルが21作連続となる1位獲得". oricon. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.