Kiss Spirits Explained

Kiss Spirits
Cover:Kismy13-1.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Kis-My-Ft2
Album:Kis-My-World/I Scream (Kis-My-Ft2 album)
Released: (Japan)
Genre:J-pop
Length:4:05
Label:Avex Trax
Prev Title:Thank you! (song)
Prev Year:2014
Next Title:AAO
Next Year:2015

is the 13th single song by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on March 25, 2015, by Avex Trax.[1] This song is a commercial song for "Watering Kiss Mint" chewing gum by Glico. "Shakebody" on the B-side is a commercial song for Kowa (company)'s "Mushiyoke Toban," an insect repellent that repels mosquitoes and ticks.[2]

The choreography for Kiss Spirits's music video is all about rock and dance, and the dance challenge is the most difficult in the history of Kis-My-Ft2's music videos.[3] The choreography was done by Shit Kingz, a dance team that has won the "Body Rock Competition" held in California, US, two years in a row. Our legs got all scratchy" commented member Yuta Tamamori.[3]

The choreography is the most difficult in all of Kis-My-Ft2's works, so the members and staff kept filming the dance scenes until they were satisfied with the choreography, and danced over 40 times.[3] During the filming, Tamamori said, "We just had to get through it with the spirit of Kis-My-Ft2," and the dance scenes were completed to a high degree of perfection and spectacular quality.[3] The "Penguin Dance," named by the members, is the symbolic choreography of this music video. The name "Penguin Dance" was derived from the movement of the members' bodies swaying with their hands in the shape of penguins.[4]

The multi-angle music video, in which you can enjoy the dance scenes separately for each member, is included in this album.[5]

Chart performance

The single debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Chart on April 6, 2015. This is the 13th consecutive No. 1 single since their debut song Everybody Go.First week sales: 356218 copies[6]

Package specifications

It was released in five forms:

The limited edition of Kis-My-Ft2 Shop has seven kinds of special gift for each member.

Track listing

CD

  1. "Kiss Spirits" [4:05].
  2. "Shake Body!" [3:22]
  3. "Sakura Hirari" [4:31] (Japanese only)
  4. "Past & Future" [4:03] (Japanese only)
  1. "Kiss Spirits"
  2. "Shake Body!"
  3. "Sakura Hirari"
  4. "Kiss Spirits" (Remix)

DVD

  1. "Kiss Spirits" Music video
  2. Members' choreography lecture
  3. Reflection of Soul
  1. "Kiss Spirits" Multi-Angle Music video
  2. "Kiss Spirits" Music video & making document of jacket shooting
  3. Recording Closely Observed Footage
  1. Close contact document of Kis-My-Ft2 at the end and beginning of 2014-2015

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13th SINGLE 『Kiss魂』. 2015. MENT. 26 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Kis-My-Ft2新曲「Kiss魂」でキスミントCM彩る . natalie . 2024-05-16 . Japanese . 2015-02-16.
  3. Web site: Kis-My-Ft2「キスマイ魂で乗り切るしかない」新作MVで史上最も難易度の高いダンスに挑戦 . billboard-japan . 2024-06-13 . Japanese . 2015-03-04.
  4. Web site: キスマイ新曲「Kiss魂」のミュージック・ビデオが解禁 . cdjournal . 2024-06-13 . Japanese . 2015-03-04.
  5. Web site: Kis-My-Ft2、13枚目となるシングル『Kiss魂』が3月25日発売 . tower . 2024-06-13 . Japanese . 2015-02-16.
  6. Web site: 【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、デビュー曲から13作連続1位. March 31, 2015. oricon. 26 April 2024.