Adapt (Sakanaction album) explained

Adapt
Type:studio
Artist:Sakanaction
Cover:Sakanaction Adapt album cover.jpg
Released:March 30, 2022
Length:33:57
Label:NF
Prev Title:834.194
Prev Year:2019
Next Title:Apply
Next Year:2023

is the eighth studio album by Japanese rock band Sakanaction. It was released on March 30, 2022, through their own label NF Records, which is a Victor Entertainment subsidiary.[1] [2]

Themes

The album is a concept album, dealing with what an album is in the digital age.[3] The title "Adapt" is a reference to how the band adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Release

Prior to the album's release, a national tour was held across Japan.[5] The album was released on March 30, 2022.[6] Two singles titled "plateau" and "Shock!" were spawned from the album, the latter of which was used as the theme to the film Lupin's Daughter.[7] [8] The song "Tsuki no Wan" was also used in a commercial for the Toyota Yaris Cross.[9] [10] Another national tour was held after the album's release, in the second half of 2022.[11] Adapt is part of a two album project, with a follow-up album titled "Apply" scheduled to be released in 2023.[12] [13]

Charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[14] 4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: サカナクション/アダプト<通常盤> . 2022-12-29 . tower.jp.
  2. Web site: nf . 2022-12-29 . NF Night Fishing . ja.
  3. Web site: Michel . Patrick St . 2022-06-24 . Sakanaction, tofubeats and Tohji reimagine the album format in 2022 . 2022-12-29 . The Japan Times . en-US.
  4. Web site: Ronald . 2021-12-07 . Sakanaction to Release 2 New Albums . 2022-12-29 . ARAMA! JAPAN . en-US.
  5. Web site: サカナクション、オンライン・ライヴのティーザー・ムービーが続々公開。4階建てビル相当の高さを誇る巨大セット「アダプトタワー」建設の様子も - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE . 2022-12-29 . tower.jp.
  6. Web site: サカナクション「アダプト」プロジェクト衝撃の幕開け、3月にアルバム発売(動画あり) . 2022-12-29 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
  7. Web site: ショック!ショック!劇場版「ルパンの娘」を彩るサカナクション新曲解禁(動画あり / コメントあり) . 2022-12-29 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
  8. Web site: サカナクション、3月30日リリースのコンセプト・アルバム『アダプト』より"ショック!"ミュージック・ライヴ・ビデオ公開 - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE . 2022-12-29 . tower.jp.
  9. Web site: Sakanaction to release concept album, 'Adapt' . 2022-12-29 . tokyohive.
  10. Web site: Yasunori . Avanti . 2020-09-22 . トヨタ ヤリスクロスのCMに、サカナクションがPOPな新曲「気になりダンス♪」を提供 . 2022-12-29 . clicccar.com . ja.
  11. Web site: サカナクション、「アダプト」最終章となるホールツアーで全国15カ所回る . 2022-12-29 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
  12. Web site: サカナクションの最新アルバム『アダプト』ショック!やプラトーなど9曲 . 2022-12-29 . www.fashion-press.net . ja.
  13. Web site: 【アダプト】プロジェクト サカナクション . 2022-12-29 . sakanaction.jp . ja.
  14. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/04/06 公開. Billboard Japan. ja. February 1, 2023.
  15. Web site: アダプト サカナクション . 2022-12-29 . Oricon.