Plagiarism (Yorushika album) explained

Plagiarism
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yorushika
Cover:	Yorushika - Plagiarism.png
Studio:	Matsusuta (Tokyo) Aobadai (Meguro, Tokyo) Volta (Tokyo) aLIVE Recording (Setagaya, Tokyo) ABS Recording (Shibuya, Tokyo) Sounduno (Minato, Tokyo)
Genre:	J-pop rock jazz
Length:	45:59
Language:	Japanese
Label:	Universal J
Producer:	n-buna
Prev Title:	Elma
Prev Year:	2019
Year:	2020
Next Title:	Creation
Next Year:	2021

is the third studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on July 29, 2020, by Universal J.^[1] Following That's Why I Gave Up on Music, this was their second album to be released by a major label.

Like the previous two albums, it is also a concept album and depicts "the story of a man who plagiarizes music".

Track listing

All lyrics, music, and arrangement by n-buna.

Awards

!Year!Award!Result!ref.
2021	13th CD Shop Awards		^[2]

Live tour

One year after the album's release, a live tour titled "Yorushika Live Tour 2021 "Plagiarism"" was held from August 1, 2021 to October 2, 2021 and the duo performed the songs from their album Plagiarism and EP Creation.

Setlist

1. 1. 1. 1. Tracks 1, 5, 9, 14, and 19 are stories narrated by n-buna.

Tie-ups

"Plagiarism" was used in 2019 RPG game Final Fantasy Brave Exviuss TV commercial.^[3] Later, from December 23, 2020, instead of the original, a cover version of the song performed by Jun Shison and Mayu Matsuoka was used.
"Night Journey" and "Ghost in a Flower" were used as insert^[4] and theme^[5] ^[6] songs for the 2020 anime film A Whisker Away, respectively.

Personnel

Main

n-buna – lyrics, music, chorus, arrangement, guitar, piano, other instruments, and producer
suis – vocals

Supporting

– guitar
– bass
Masack – drums
– piano, keyboards

Engineers／Directors／Producers

– recording engineer, mixing engineer
,,,, – assistant engineers
– mastering engineer
,, – executive producers

Coordinators

, – artist management
– A&R
– marketing planner
– sales promotion
– artwork coordinator

Art

DMYM/No.734 – art director, design
– design management
– artwork

Studios

Recording studios – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), Aobadai Studio (Meguro, Tokyo, Japan), Volta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), aLIVE Recording Studio (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan), ABS Recording Studio (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan), Sounduno Studio (Minato, Tokyo, Japan)
Mixing studio – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan)
Mastered by at Sony Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Plagiarism*
Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	3
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)^[8]	1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[9]	1

Year-end charts

Notes and References

Web site: 【ALBUM】3rd Full Album「盗作」 . 2020-07-29 . yorushika.com . ヨルシカ yorushika . ja . 2024-05-19 .
Web site: 「CDショップ大賞」に米津玄師、藤井風、ミスチル、King Gnu、LiSA、宮本浩次、ヨルシカらの作品 . 音楽ナタリー編集部 Music Natalie Editorial Team . 2021-01-07 . ナタリー Natalie natalie.mu . Natasha Inc.'s Music Natalie Editorial Department . ja . 2024-05-19 . …「第13回CDショップ大賞2021」入賞作品…ヨルシカ「盗作」.
Web site: 【ヨルシカ】楽曲「盗作」が「FFBE幻影戦争」TVCMのタイアップソングに決定。 . 2020-11-14 . yorushika.com . ヨルシカ yorushika . ja . 2024-05-19 .
Web site: 映画「泣き猫」主題歌に続き挿入歌もヨルシカ、W監督も絶賛 . コミックナタリー編集部 Comic Natalie Editorial Team . 2020-04-10 . ナタリー Natalie natalie.mu . Natasha Inc.'s Comic Natalie Editorial Department . ja . 2024-05-19 . スタジオコロリドの新作アニメ映画「泣きたい私は猫をかぶる」の挿入歌として、ヨルシカ「夜行」が使用されることがわかった。.
Web site: J-Pop Duo Yorushika Adds Song to 'A Whisker Away' . Billboard Japan . 2020-06-17 . . Billboard Media, LLC . en . 2024-05-19 . …as the music video accompanying the animated feature’s main theme song, “Hana ni bourei,” has been….
Web site: A Whisker Away Anime Film's Video Reveals Yorushika Ending Song . Rafael Antonio Pineda . 2020-06-12 . . en . 2024-05-19 . yorushika will also perform the anime's theme song "Hana ni Bōrei" (A Ghost for a Flower)..
Web site: エルマ｜ヨルシカ . 2019-09-04 . oricon.co.jp . oricon ME inc. . ja . 2024-05-11 .
Web site: ヨルシカ、自身初のデジタルランキング1位【オリコンランキング】｜Oricon News . 2019-09-04 . oricon.co.jp . oricon ME inc. . ja . 2024-06-01 .
Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums｜Charts . Billboard Japan . 2020-08-05 . . Billboard Media, LLC . ja . 2024-06-25 .
Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year End｜Charts . Billboard Japan . 2020 . . Billboard Media, LLC . ja, en . 2024-06-25 .