| Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mai Kuraki |
| Cover: | Let’sGOAL.jpg |
| Caption: | Standard edition cover |
| Recorded: | 2018–2019 |
| Studio: | Northern Music |
| Label: | Northern Music |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. The album was released on August 14, 2019, by Northern Music. It is the follow-up to her 2018 album . The album was released on standard edition, fan club edition, and five limited editions, each of which includes a lyric book of different designs. Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is a J-pop album, incorporating elements of R&B, rock, electropop and many other genres.[1]
The album was supported by the double A-side single, "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" and "Barairo no Jinsei", which peaked at number four in Japan, becoming her forty-second consecutive top 10 single. To promote the album, the singer embarked on the national tour, "20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei"" from August 17, 2019. Upon release, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei debuted at number three on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 19,998 copies, becoming Kuraki's fifteenth top 10 album in Japan.
On 15 April 2019, Kuraki announced the release of the new album, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei in the summer of the year. The release date of the album was revealed on 26 May 2019, at the meet and greet tour held at Venus Fort in Tokyo. On 31 July 2019, the snippets of each track on the album was uploaded on Kuraki's official website.
Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei was released in seven versions, standard edition, FC & Musing edition, and five limited editions, each of which represents the five rings of the Olympic symbols and the five corresponding continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania.[2] While the standard edition includes the bonus track, the limited editions was accompanied by the bonus disc which includes the cover of Zard's song, "Makenaide". Each limited edition was accompanied with the different design of lyric booklets.
A double-A side single, "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai"/"Barairo no Jinsei" was released as the lead single from the album on 20 March 2019. Both songs served as the theme song to the Japanese animated television series, Case Closed. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number four in Japan and selling over 37,000 copies nationwide.
"Shiawase no Tobira" was used on the television commercial for Cleverlyhome, in which Kuraki was starred.
"Makenaide" is a cover of a Zard song, and was included exclusively on limited editions of Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei. To promote the album, Kuraki performed the song on television shows including Music Station and Best Artist 2019.[3] [4]
In support of the album, Kuraki embarked on the meet and greet tour entitled 20 Shūnen Arigato! Medal Juyoshiki, which began on 25 May 2019 in Abeno-ku, Osaka.
This set list is from the show in Osaka on May 25, 2019. It may not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2019 | Abeno-ku, Osaka | Japan | Abeno Cues Mall |
| 26 May 2019 | Tokyo | Venus Fort | |
| 15 June 2019 | Nagoya, Aichi | Asunal Kanayama | |
| 16 June 2019 | Chiba | LaLaPort Tokyo Bay | |
| 17 August 2019 | Zama, Kanagawa | Harmony Zama | |
| Concert Tour Name: | 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei" |
| Border: | yes |
| Artist: | Mai Kuraki |
| Type: | National |
| Album: | Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei |
| Number Of Legs: | 1 |
| Number Of Shows: | 15 |
| Last Tour: | Mai Kuraki Live Project 2018 "Red It Be": Kimi Omou Shunkashūtō (2018) |
| This Tour: | 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei" (2019) |
The concert tour, entitled 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei" began on August 17, 2019 in support of the album. The show in Tokyo was recorded and released on a video album, .[5]
This set list is from the show in Tokyo on October 26, 2019. It may not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2019 | Zama, Kanagawa | Japan | Harmony Zama | rowspan="11" |
| 24 August 2019 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe International House | ||
| 25 August 2019 | Kyoto, Kyoto | ROHM Theatre Kyoto | ||
| 31 August 2019 | Hanyu, Saitama | Hanyu City Industrial and Cultural Hall | ||
| 7 September 2019 | Okayama, Okayama | Okayama Civic Hall | ||
| 8 September 2019 | Mihara, Hiroshima | Mihara Performing Arts Center Popolo | ||
| 14 September 2019 | Yasugi, Shimane | Yasugi General Culture Hall Artepia | ||
| 16 September 2019 | Takamatsu, Kagawa | Sun Port Hall Takamatsu | ||
| 28 September 2019 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto | Kumamoto Prefectural Theater | ||
| 29 September 2019 | Miyakonojō, Miyazaki | Miyakonojō Art & Culture Hall | ||
| 6 October 2019 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Sapporo Education and Culture Hall | ||
| 20 October 2019 | Nagoya, Aichi | Aichi Arts Center | All at Once | |
| 22 October 2019 | Osaka, Osaka | Grand Cube Osaka | ||
| 26 October 2019 | Tokyo | Tokyo International Forum | ||
| 11 November 2019 | Sendai, Miyagi | TOHKnet Hall Sendai | ||
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On August 13, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei debuted at number three on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart with 8,949 copies sold.[6] It also debuted at number three on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, with 19,998 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 29,451 copies and stayed on the chart for eleven weeks.[7] The album was a commercial failure, becoming Kuraki's lowest-selling studio album.
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | August 14, 2019 | CD (Standard edition) | VNCM-9050 | Northern Music | [9] |
| 2CD (Limited edition: Blue) | VNCM-9045 | [10] | |||
| 2CD (Limited edition: Yellow) | VNCM-9046 | [11] | |||
| 2CD (Limited edition: Black) | VNCM-9047 | [12] | |||
| 2CD (Limited edition: Green) | VNCM-9048 | [13] | |||
| 2CD (Limited edition: Red) | VNCM-9049 | [14] | |||
| CD (Musing & edition) | VNCF-9011 | [15] | |||
| Digital download | Being Inc. |