ILY (Yokubō) explained

ILY (Yokubō)
Cover:ILY Youkobo album cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Olivia Lufkin
Album:Synchronicity
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Avex Trax
Prev Title:Together Now
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Re-act
Next Year:1999

is Olivia's first solo single released on February 3, 1999, under the label Avex Trax. The song was written by T2ya.[1] It peaked at 32nd place on the Oricon weekly singles chart and charted for four weeks. The single was used as an ending theme song in the TV show G Paradise, as well as in a commercial for Morinaga & Company.

Her debut single marks a shift away from the upbeat dance-pop oriented music from her days in D&D to a more alternative rock sound.[2] [3]

The music video was shot on January 17, 1999, at a studio in Japan.[3]

Track listing

      1. "I.L.Y. (Yokubō) (Instrumental)"
  1. "Hanabira (Instrumental)"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I.L.Y. OLIVIAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE . Japanese . 2010-05-12.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p863036/biography|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Olivia > Biography))) ]. 2010-05-13.
  3. Web site: PV Report I.L.Y.〜欲望〜 . Avex Trax . Japanese . January 17, 1999 . February 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010424094818/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/olivia/repo/pv1/index.htm . April 24, 2001.