YOASOBI Unveil Tracklist for New Album Featuring Songs from TV, Movie, and Video Game Projects
The album will arrive on June 26.
J-pop duo YOASOBI has revealed the tracklist for their fourth album, The Book For, which marks the conclusion of the "The Book" series that has carried on since the group's formation. The album will arrive on June 26 and is available to pre-order/pre-save HERE.
The title The Book For,, is a play on "4" and "for," and aims to convey the heartfelt message “for everyone who receives our music." The comma (,) added to the very end of the title is a symbol that YOASOBI’s story is far from over and will continue to unfold into the future.
The Book For,, Tracklisting
- "Orion": newly written as a collaboration track for the video game Overwatch
- "Adrena": opening theme for the TV anime "Hana-Kimi"
- "BABY": ending theme for "Hana-Kimi"
- "UNDEAD": theme song for the anime "Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season"
- "PLAYERS": from the PlayStation® 30th Anniversary campaign Project: MEMORY CARD
- "Monotone": theme song for the movie Fureru
- "Watch me!": opening theme for the TV anime "Witch Watch"
- "Biri-Biri": inspired by Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- "New me": as seen in The Recruit television ad campaign)
- "HEART BEAT": theme song for NHK's "YOASOBI 18Fes"
- "Butai ni Tatte": the 2024 NHK sports theme
- "Gekijo": theme song for the Fuji TV drama "If this World Were a Stage, Where Would the Dressing Room Be?", which is their first TV drama theme song and garnered significant attention as Ayase’s first vocal performance.
Following the album release, YOASOBI are heading back to North America this summer for their much-anticipated Never Ending Stories headline tour. They’ll be performing at massive venues including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, TD Garden in Boston, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and more, with festival performances at Lollapalooza in Chicago and their first-ever show at OSHEAGA in Montreal. Tickets are available HERE
YOASOBI has performed at Coachella and Lollapalooza, as well as headlining New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. The duo has also played in London at OVO Arena Wembley, in addition to taking the stage at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
YOASOBI is comprised of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura. Their first song, “Into The Night (Yoru ni Kakeru),” was released in November 2019, reaching #1 on numerous streaming charts in Japan and appearing on viral charts in several countries. It was #1 on the 2020 Billboard JAPAN Combined Song Chart and Streaming Song Chart, and in January 2023 the total plays surpassed 900 million streams, marking a first in Japan.
Their global smash hit song “Idol” was named the #1 Song of the Year in 2023 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. The song also broke the record for the fastest single to reach 100 million streams on the Billboard Japan chart and surged to #1 on the Billboard GlobalExcl. U.S. chart.
Never Ending Stories Tour
July 31—Montreal, QC—OSHEAGA*
August 2—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza*
August 4—Boston, MA—TD Garden
August 6 —Brooklyn, NY—Barclays Center
August 8—Hamilton, ON—TD Coliseum
August 12—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena
August 14—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena
August 16—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl
*Festival Date
