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Denkōsekka Arena Tour
The was the first concert tour by Japanese duo Yoasobi. The all-arena fourteen-show tour began on April 5, 2023, at Nagoya, Japan and concluded on June 24 in Yokohama. The shows received total 130,000 attendees. Background and marketing Since the debut, Yoasobi previously held two livestream concerts in 2021–Keep Out Theater in February, and Sing Your World, a collaboration with Uniqlo, in July–and one face-to-face one-off concert Nice to Meet You in December, as well as several Japanese music festivals. On September 17, 2022, during the special episode of ''All Night Nippon Music Week'' hosted by the duo, Yoasobi announced that they would hold their first all-arena concert tour in 2023, initially titled "Yoasobi Arena Tour 2023", in six cities throughout Japan. The tour started on April 5 at Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, and originally concluded on June 4 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, with a total of twelve performances in two days at each venue. The official title " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoasobi
Yoasobi is a Japanese pop duo formed in 2019. It consists of musician and record producer Ayase (music producer), Ayase and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta, under the moniker Ikura. With the slogan "novel into music", the duo originally released Yoasobi discography, songs based on selected Fiction, fictional stories posted on , a social media website for creative writing operated by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Sources later also come from various media such as stories written by professional authors, books, letters, messages, plays, etc. Rising to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, Yoasobi's debut single, "Yoru ni Kakeru", spent six non-consecutive weeks atop Billboard Japan Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and topped its 2020 year-end chart, the first ever non-CD single to do so, as well as receiving the first ever diamond and double diamond certifications for streaming figure from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Three other songs were al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Live
Beyond Live (commonly stylized as Beyond LIVE) is an online live concert streaming service and concert series by South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment in partnership with Naver. It is a paid concert streaming service. It provides full-scaled live online concerts using technology such as augmented reality and with real-time interactions between artists and live audience enabled. On its establishment, the platform has been regarded by global media as a relevant response in substituting traditional concerts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first live concert of the Beyond Live series was headlined by South Korean boy supergroup SuperM with the concert titled SuperM: Beyond the Future on April 26, 2020; the live concert recorded over 75,000 virtual tickets sold, playing to real-time audiences from 109 countries. In August 2020, JYP Entertainment joined with SM Entertainment to create the Beyond Live Corporation, a joint venture operating and expanding the Beyond Live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s in music, 1960s pop music, pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music"), a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s in the Japanese music scene. Japanese rock bands such as Happy End (band), Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-pop was further defined by New wave music, new wave and Crossover music, crossover Jazz fusion, fusion acts of the late 1970s, such as Yellow Magic Orchestra and Southern All Stars. () Popular styles of Japanese pop music include city pop and technopop during the 1970s1980s, and Eurobeat#J-Euro, J-Euro (such as Namie Amuro) and Shibuya-kei during the 1990s and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Film 2
''The Film 2'' is the second video album by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on Blu-ray exclusively on April 10, 2024, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Similar to the previous ''The Film (video), The Film'' (2022), the video album contains the selected 2023–2024 live performances from three concert tours—the Denkōsekka Arena Tour in Saitama (city), Saitama, the Yoasobi Asia Tour 2023–2024, Asia Tour 2023–2024 in Seoul, and the Pop Out Zepp Tour in Tokyo—as well as their documentary about the tours. Commercially, ''The Film 2'' topped the Oricon Blu-ray Disc Chart with 16,751 copies. Background and promotion On January 25, 2024, at the first show of their Pop Out Zepp Tour, Yoasobi announced their second video album, titled ''The Film 2'', alongside their fifth anniversary Dome Live 2024 (later the title was changed to Chō-genjitsu Dome Live, Chō-genjitsu). Scheduled to be released on April 10, it was initially unveiled that comprised footage of the Denkō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunjō (song)
is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi, featuring an uncredited chorus by cover group :ja:ぷらそにか, Plusonica, from their debut EP, ''The Book (Yoasobi EP), The Book'' (2021). It was released as a Single (music), single through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on September 1, 2020. Inspired by Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga ''Blue Period (manga), Blue Period'' and based on a story text ''Ao o Mikata ni'', the song is described as "a cheering song that inspires listeners by immersing themselves in what they like and expressing what they see." The music video was uploaded on December 1, and surpassed 100 million views on May 30, 2022. The English version, titled "Blue", was released on October 29, 2021. "Gunjō" was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) after surpassing 500 million streams in the country, the duo's second song after "Yoru ni Kakeru". Live performances Yoasobi performed "Gunjō" for the first time as a full group, including band member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoru Ni Kakeru
is the debut single by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their debut EP, '' The Book'' (2021). Its music video was first uploaded via YouTube on November 16, 2019, before being officially released on December 15, 2019 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song was based on Mayo Hoshino's short story, , which was published on the creative writing social media Monogatary.com. The song won Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan and landed Yoasobi a position as one of the Best 5 New Artists at the 35th Japan Gold Disc Award. The song and story depicts a man who is fascinated by a personification of death, Thanatos, who sent him a message "goodbye" and he tries to stop his girlfriend from suicide by jumping from height. The Hatsune Miku covered version of the song was included on member Ayase's EPs ''Ghost City Tokyo'' (2019), and '' Mikunoyoasobi'' (2021). The English version translated by Konnie Aoki, titled "Into the Night", was released on July 2, 2021, as Yoasobi's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class
The Mercedes-Benz B-Class is a subcompact executive car manufactured and marketed by Mercedes-Benz since 2005. Based on the A-Class with larger dimensions, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) classifies it as a small MPV. Mercedes-Benz had presented a concept car Vision B ''Compact Sports Tourer'' at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. The concept previewed some features that would be available on the production B-Class. The ''Vision B'' was based on the layered platform, so that the drivetrain would be placed partly in front of and underneath the passengers. As of 20 December 2013, delivery of B-Class vehicles reached 1 million sales worldwide since its launch in 2005. First generation (W245; 2004) The first-generation B-Class was introduced in Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world in early 2005, and in Canada in late 2005. It was marketed globally except in the United States, where it was unable to price match the vehicle for profit. The B-Class us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz A-Class
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. It has been marketed across four generations as a front-engine, front-wheel drive, five-passenger, five-door hatchback, with a three-door hatchback offered for the second generation, as well as a saloon version for the fourth. As the brand's entry-level vehicle, the first generation A-Class, internally coded W168, was introduced in 1997, the second generation (W169) in late 2004 and the third generation (W176) in 2012. The fourth generation model (W177), which was launched in 2018, marked the first time the A-Class was offered in the United States and Canada. This fourth generation A-Class is also the first to be offered both as a hatchback (W177) and sedan (V177). Styled by Steve Mattin and launched at the 1997 Frankfurt Motor Show, the A-Class was noted for its short, narrow footprint, its overall height, and an interior volume and level of equipment competing with larger cars. The A-Class subsequently gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established in 2019) is based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz AG manufactures luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles, all branded under the Mercedes-Benz name. From November 2019 onwards, the production of Mercedes-Benz-branded heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) has been managed by Daimler Truck, which separated from the Mercedes-Benz Group to form an independent entity at the end of 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz became the world’s largest premium vehicle brand, with a sales volume of 2.31 million passenger cars. The roots of the brand trace back to the 1901 Mercedes (marque), Mercedes by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen and 1894 Benz Velo by Carl Benz, which is widely recognized as the first automobile powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
