The_Film_(album)
The Film (album)
2022 video by Yoasobi
The Film is the first video album by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on March 23, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, on Blu-ray exclusively. It consists of the duo's 2021 three concerts: Keep Out Theater, Sing Your World, and Nice to Meet You (day 2); and the enlarged version of their episode of documentary program Jōnetsu Tairiku, broadcast in December 2021. The Film debuted atop both the Oricon Blu-ray Disc Chart, and the Music DVD and Blu-ray Chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week.[1]
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| Released | March 23, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
| Venue | Shinjuku Milano, Tokyo Uniqlo City, Tokyo Nippon Budokan, Tokyo | |||
| Length | 182:50 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Sony Japan | |||
| Director | Masamichi Shimizu (T-S-ing) | |||
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On January 26, 2022, Yoasobi announced to release the video album, titled The Film, on March 23. It contains two Blu-ray discs on bookbinder of the duo's three concert films–the first livestream concert, Keep Out Theater; the collaboration with Uniqlo's UT free livestream concert, Sing Your World; and the second day of their first in-person concert Nice to Meet You, as well as unreleased footage from for the Yoasobi episode of Jōnetsu Tairiku, a MBS TV documentary program which aired on December 12, 2021. It also included a photobook taken during the concerts.[2][3]
To commemorate the release, the duo teased three concerts by four performances uploaded via YouTube: "Ano Yume o Nazotte" from Keep Out Theater on February 15,[4] "Gunjō" from Sing Your World on March 1,[5] and "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" and "Tsubame" from Nice to Meet You on March 8 and 23, respectively.[6][7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ano Yume o Nazotte" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Halzion" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Tabun" | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Haruka" | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Kaibutsu" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Encore" | 4:36 |
| 7. | "Yoru ni Kakeru" | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Gunjō" | 4:08 |
All tracks are written by Ayase
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Sangenshoku" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Halzion" | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Mō Sukoshi Dake" | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Tabun" | 4:18 |
| 13. | "Kaibutsu" | 4:09 |
| 14. | "Encore" | 4:45 |
| 15. | "Yoru ni Kakeru" | 4:25 |
| 16. | "Haruka" (with Osaka Tōin Senior High School brass band club) | 4:02 |
| 17. | "Gunjō" (with Osaka Tōin Senior High School brass band club) | 4:31 |
| Total length: | 70:36 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ano Yume o Nazotte" | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Taishō Roman" | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Halzion" | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Sangenshoku" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Mō Sukoshi Dake" | 4:39 |
| 6. | "Haruka" | 4:10 |
| 7. | "Tabun" | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" | 3:33 |
| 9. | "Yoru ni Kakeru" | 4:24 |
| 10. | "Kaibutsu" | 4:08 |
| 11. | "Yasashii Suisei" | 3:43 |
| 12. | "Encore" | 4:41 |
| 13. | "Tsubame" | 3:53 |
| 14. | "Gunjō" | 6:34 |
| 15. | "Loveletter" (encore) | 3:49 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Personal documentary program Jonetsu Tairiku" (MBS TV production / TBS nationwide television broadcast; enlarged version) | 49:44 |
| Total length: | 112:14 | |
Notes
- Track 1–8 of disc 1 is noted as "2021.2.14 Yoasobi 1st Online Live "Keep Out Theater" at Shinjuku Milano Former Site"
- Track 9–17 of disc 1 is noted as "2021.7.4 UT×Yoasobi Online Live "Sing Your World" at Uniqlo Ariake Headquarters / Uniqlo City Tokyo"
- Track 1–15 of disc 2 is noted as "2021.12.5 Yoasobi Live at Budokan "Nice to Meet You" at Nippon Budokan"
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | — | 20,456[10] |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | March 23, 2022 | Blu-ray | Sony Japan | [11] |
- YOASOBI『THE FILM』が、自身初の「映像ランキング」1位獲得【オリコンランキング】 [YOASOBI "THE FILM" won first place in the "video ranking" for the first time [Oricon ranking]]. Oricon (in Japanese). March 31, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- YOASOBI、初のライヴ映像作品集『THE FILM』3/23リリース決定。配信ライヴ2本＆日本武道館ライヴ、"情熱大陸"未公開映像も収録 [Yoasobi's first live video collection THE FILM 3/23 release confirmed. Includes 2 live streaming & Nippon Budokan live, unreleased footage of Jonetsu Tairiku]. Skream! (in Japanese). Geki-Rock. January 26, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- Billboard Japan (March 10, 2022). "YOASOBI Shares Details & Artwork of Upcoming Visual Project 'The Film'". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- YOASOBI、初の映像作品集より1st配信ライブで披露した「あの夢をなぞって」のライブ映像公開 [YOASOBI Releases Live Video of "Trace That Dream" Shown at 1st Streaming Live from First Video Work Collection]. Spice (in Japanese). February 14, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- YOASOBI、大阪桐蔭吹奏楽部とコラボした「群青」ライブ映像公開 [YOASOBI release live video of "Gunjo" in collaboration with Osaka Toin Brass Band]. Natalie (in Japanese). March 1, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- YOASOBI、初の映像作品集『THE FILM』より「もしも命が描けたら」ライブ映像公開 [YOASOBI releases live video of "If life can be drawn" from the first video work collection "THE FILM"]. The First Time (in Japanese). March 8, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- YOASOBI、日本武道館公演より「ツバメ」ライブ映像公開 60秒スペシャルTVCMの放映決定 [YOASOBI Releases Live Video of "Tsubame" from Nippon Budokan Performance, 60-Second Special TV Commercial to be Aired]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 23, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- THE FILM(完全生産限定盤) [THE FILM (complete production limited edition)] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- "Oricon Top 50 Music DVD and Blu-ray: 2022-04-04" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- "Oricon Top 20 Blu-ray: 2022-04-04" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- 初のライブ映像作品集『THE FILM』3/23(水)リリース＆ジャケ写・収録内容解禁！ [The first live video collection "THE FILM" will be released on 3/23 (Wed.) & cover art and contents unveiled!]. Yoasobi Official Website (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. January 26, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.