Akai Kajitsu
| "Akai Kajitsu" | ||||
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| Single by Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
| from the album Yummy!! | ||||
| B-side | "Hot!×2, Future Train, Ima ha mada tohku hatesinai yume mo" | |||
| Released | November 29, 2017 (Japan) | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Akai Kajitsu -Short movie- on YouTube Akai Kajitsu -Dance edition- on YouTube | ||||
Akai Kajitsu (赤い果実:The red fruit) is Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2's 20th single, released on CD on November 29, 2017 by Avex Trax.
Production[edit]
This mysterious song was written as the theme song for the drama "Important Reference Person Detective" starring Kis-My-Ft2 member Yuta Tamamori, and the title means "truthful truth, true heart."
Location of the music video[edit]
The music video (MV) for the song was shot on location in a medieval European-like town in Wakayama Prefecture, the first time in three and a half years since "3.6.5".
The "-Short Movie-" is a story version and the "-Dance Edition-" is a dance version of the same song with the same arrangement. "-Short Movie-" depicts the story of the "revolution" of seven people trapped in a world where music is forbidden, until they are freed, while in "-Dance Edition-" the seven people are handcuffed and dance the "chain dance". The use of chains was inspired by the aforementioned drama starring Tamamori and proposed by member Kento Senga.[1]
The song depicts "seven people deprived of their freedom and bound together" and "the way seven people are connected by a bond". The members also wear chains in the jacket photo and when they perform the song on TV.[2]
Release[edit]
On November 29, 2017, the CD was sold in three types: limited first-run edition A/B and regular edition. The DVD included in the first edition A contains two music videos for "Akai Kajitsu," while the first edition B contains footage of the members playing the loose sport of hand soap ball and a preview of their upcoming video work "LIVE TOUR 2017 Music Colosseum" to be released the following year.
The coupling song "Future Train" included in the regular disc is a "GO! Kiss My Kumamoto Ōita" commercial song of Kyushu Railway Company.[3][4]
"Hot!x2" is included as a coupling song for all forms of the album, was used as the commercial song for Kowa (company)'s new hot-air warmer "Nukunuku Toban", and the English lyrics are sung to sound like the Japanese "Quickly Hot Hot".[5]
Chart performance[edit]
According to the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales, the album was No. 1 with sales of 187,000 copies in the first week.[6] It was also No. 1 in the Oricon Weekly Ranking dated December 11, marking their 20th consecutive No. 1 album and tying for fourth place in the history of consecutive No. 1 singles since their debut.[7] This was their 20th consecutive No. 1 album, and tied for the fourth-highest number of consecutive No. 1 singles since their debut. In the same monthly ranking, it was No. 4 in November 2017 and No. 32 in the annual ranking. The number of copies sold in the first week was 184661.
Reception[edit]
Azusa Ogiwara, the writer of "Real sound" which move from a dark world of "darkness" and "fall" to the hope of "salvation," are effectively expressed by heavy rock-style guitars, low-pitched strings, and short single-note pianos. She also commented that the phrase "Akai Kajitsu" that appears at the beginning of the song and after the first chorus accentuates the song and gives it a powerful impression, making it more than just a "dark" song. She also commented that She felt a musical quality in the part after the second chorus, which has no lyrics, and that he felt the group's new appeal in that it portrays "them as characters in a story rather than their life-size, realistic selves.[8]
Track listing[edit]
CD[edit]
- Only included in regular editions after “FUTURE TRAIN”.
- Red Fruit [4:14].
- Theme song for TV Asahi's Friday night drama “Important Reference Detective” starring Yuta Tamamori
- HOT!×2 [4:24].
- Kis-My-Ft2 appearance KOWA “Hot Kairo Shin Nukkusu Touban” CM song
- FUTURE TRAIN [3:55] (Japanese only)
- Kis-My-Ft2 appearance in JR Kyushu “GO! Kiss My Kumamoto Oita” campaign CM song
- Now I'm still far away, a dream that will never end [4:04].
DVD[edit]
- Limited First Edition A
- Akai Kajitsu” MUSIC VIDEO -Short Movie- (Japanese only)
- Akai Kajitsu” MUSIC VIDEO -Dance Edition- (Japanese only)
- Akai Kajitsu” MUSIC VIDEO Making Documentary
- Limited First Edition B
- New project! KISS MY YURU SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP -Part 1
- TOUR Launch Snack Show WA -Trailer
References[edit]
- ^ "キスマイ、"鎖ダンス"MV2種類にファン歓喜 藤ヶ谷「僕たちで玉森を救いました」". oricon. November 14, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Kis-My-Ft2は"型を突破"する時を迎えている？ 「赤い果実」パフォーマンスから読み解く". oricon. December 1, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "＜画像1 / 2＞キスマイ感激！熊本＆大分を盛りあげる"キスマイトレイン"が発車". walkerplus. June 4, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "日田駅のホームにキスマイパネルがあるんです。". oidehita. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "キスマイ出演「ぬくぬく当番」新商品CM放送「ながーくぬくぬく！」". natalie. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "【ビルボード】キスマイ『赤い果実』が187,867枚を売り上げシングル・セールス首位獲得". billboardjapan. December 4, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "12/11付週間シングルランキング1位はKis-My-Ft2の「赤い果実」". oricon. December 6, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Kis-My-Ft2「赤い果実」で打ち出した新たな側面 "演じながら歌う"楽曲スタイルから考察". oricon. December 9, 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.