YOASOBI SET TO RELEASE FIRST EVER ENGLISH LANGUAGE ALBUM E-SIDE

OUT NOVEMBER 12 UNVEIL NEW SONG “BLUE”

October 29, 2021—Having topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart and accumulating over 2.7 billion streams across releases and continuing to climb, one of Japan’s fastest rising J-pop acts YOASOBI today confirm their first ever English language album, E-Side. The LP is set for release November 12.

Listen/share new single “Blue,” which was inspired by the Japanese anime “Blue Period” HERE.

Over the last few months, YOASOBI has been taking the U.S. market by storm and releasing tracks sung in English for the first time. Listen to previously released songs “Monster,” “Into The Night,” “RGB” and “Romance,” all to be featured on the forthcoming album.

YOASOBI have reached #1 on the Billboard Japan Top Artists Chart and #2 on the Japan Hot Albums Chart with their album THE BOOK.

YOASOBI is a duo—comprised of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura—that creates music from novels. Their songs are inspired by short stories published on popular online creative website monogatary.com. Their first single “夜に駆ける (Yoru ni kakeru)” became a smash hit upon its release in November 2019, topping multiple streaming charts in Japan and ranking in various viral charts around the world. YOASOBI also performed at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (NHK Red & White Song Battle).

Earlier this year YOASOBI released their debut album, THE BOOK. The group released two singles, “怪物 (Kaibutsu)” and “優しい彗星 (Yasashii Suisei),” both of which were chosen to be the opening and closing theme songs, respectively, for the hit TV shows “BEASTARS” and ranked #1 on various music charts. The album debuted at #2 on the Oricon daily ranking chart, while each album track landing in the Top 15 of the Apple Music streaming chart simultaneously.

In February 2021, YOASOBI performed their first solo concert “KEEP OUT THEATER” at a construction site in Kabukicho, Shinjuku which used to be the Milano Theater; more than 40,000 viewers tuned in for the livestream. In June 2021, Billboard Japan announced their music chart for the first half of the year and YOASOBI ranked #1 on the Billboard Japan Top Artists Chart.

YOASOBI is also collaborating with Uniqlo’s graphic T-shirt brand UT. YOASOBI UT features the band’s key visuals as well as six YOASOBI songs including their debut single “夜に駆ける (Yoru ni Kakeru),” “ハルジオン (Harujion),” “たぶん (Tabun),” “群青 (Gunjyo),” “ハルカ (Haruka),” “アンコール (Encore)” and YOASOBI’s latest song, “三原色 (Sangenshoku).”