The Book 2 Explained

The Book 2
Type:ep
Artist:Yoasobi
Cover:Yoasobi - The Book 2.jpg
Alt:A silhouette of a skyline with a green background, showing "YOASOBI" / "NOVEL INTO MUSIC" on the left-top corner, and a black circle on the right-top corner
Released:December 1, 2021
Genre:J-pop
Length:27:29
Language:Japanese
Label:Sony Japan
Producer:Ayase
Prev Title:E-Side
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:E-Side 2
Next Year:2022

The Book 2 is the second Japanese-language EP (third overall) by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on December 1, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, eleven months after their debut EP The Book (2021). It consists of eight tracks, preceded by their all singles released in 2021, and included the new song "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara".

In support of the EP, the duo held their first face-to-face concert Nice to Meet You on December 4–5 at Nippon Budokan. Commercially, The Book 2 debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, and atop Billboard Japan Hot Albums and certified gold by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

Background and release

In 2021, Yoasobi released the debut EP The Book, preceded by the singles released from 2019 to 2020.[1] It peaked at number two on both Oricon Albums Chart, and Billboard Japan Hot Albums,[2] [3] and atop the Oricon Digital Albums Chart for five consecutive weeks.[4] According to Oricon, the EP sold over 200,000 units in Japan in the first half of 2021[5] [6] and was certified gold for physical release and later downloads by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[7] [8]

On September 30, 2021, Yoasobi tweeted "IOOI / NOON" with the mysterious four images of the cartoonish vertical and horizontal rotating bookshelf. They show the colored cover books with the title "Yoasobi Story", the dates, and the word "noon", and the book spines with the duo's English song title, the latest livestream concert title Sing Your World, and the slogan "novel into music" among mostly plain and a few colored book spines.[9] A day later, on the duo's second anniversary, they announced the second EP, titled The Book 2, alongside its track listing and cover artwork, scheduled for release on December 1. Pre-orders began on the same day of the announcement.[10] The vinyl format was released by Sony Music Germany and Black Screen Records in July 26, 2024.[11]

Promotion

On December 1, 2022, the same day as The Book 2 announcement, they also announced "Nice to Meet You Countdown" for the new announcement every Friday at noon (JST) for ten weeks until December 3,[12] The second revealing was the release as standalone single of "Tsubame" on October 25,[13] and the final announced the duo's appearance at the documentary program , broadcast on December 12.[14] On November 23, Yoasobi released the EP's snippets "crossfade movie" and announced a phone call campaign as they did when promoting The Book. Fans can make a telephone call on November 23–30 for commentary of The Book 2 tracks daily. On the last day of the campaign, during their radio show, , fans can call directly with the duo.[15]

Live performances

Yoasobi appeared on , performing "Gunjō" for the first time via television on November 17.[16] They debuted the televised performance of "Mō Sukoshi Dake" on December 1 at 2021 FNS Music Festival.[17] The duo appeared on Songs the next day, and performed "Loveletter", "Taishō Roman", and "Tsubame" together with Midories for the first time.[18] They performed "Sangenshoku" at the six-hour special edition of Music Station, titled Music Station Ultra Super Live 2021 on December 24.[19] Yoasobi gave debut performances of "Kaibutsu", "Yasashii Suisei", and "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" on December 30 at the 63th Japan Record Awards,[20] and participated the 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on the New Year's Eve to perform "Gunjō" and "Tsubame" with Midories.[21] [22]

Nice to Meet You

Concert Name:Yoasobi "Nice to Meet You"
Artist:Yoasobi
Type:One-off
Date:December 4–5, 2021
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Venue:Nippon Budokan
Album:The Book 2
Number Of Shows:2
Duration: 110 minutes
Attendance:14,000 (offline)[23]
Last Concert:Sing Your World
(2021)
This Concert:Nice to Meet You
(2021)
Next Concert:Denkōsekka Arena Tour
(2023)

On October 1, 2021, the same day as the EP announcement, Yoasobi announced their one-off concert, titled Nice to Meet You in support of The Book 2. It was held from December 4 to 5 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, marking their first face-to-face concert since their debut in 2019.[24] The performance of "Kaibutsu" from the first day of the concert was lived via YouTube as part of the virtual online music festival YouTube Music Weekend.[25] [26] In addition to in-venue, livestream was also available for the official fan club website Club Yoasobi via Stagecrowd.[27]

The first-day show was re-run via Wowow streaming service on January 22, 2022.[28] The footage of the concert was included on the duo's first video album The Film, released on March 23,[29] which use the concert performances of "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" and "Tsubame" to promote the album.[30] [31] The duo uploaded three shows from the first day of the concert, which originally broadcast through Wowow, between July 26 to 28 at 17:00 JST, consisting of "Kaibutsu", "Yasashii Suisei", and "Gunjō".[32]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on both December 4 and 5, 2021.[33] [34]

  1. "Ano Yume o Nazotte"
  2. "Taishō Roman"
  3. "Halzion"
  4. "Sangenshoku"
  5. "Mō Sukoshi Dake"
  6. "Haruka"
  7. "Tabun"
  8. "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara"
  2. "Yoru ni Kakeru"
  3. "Kaibutsu"
  4. "Yasashii Suisei"
  5. "Encore"
  6. "Tsubame"
  7. "Gunjō"
Encore
  2. "Loveletter"

Accolades

+ Awards and nominations for The Book 2CeremonyYearCategoryResult
CD Shop Awards2022Grand Prize (Red)[35]
Finalist Award
Special Award

Commercial performance

The Book 2 debuted at number two on both Oricon Albums Chart and Combined Albums Chart of December 13, 2021, selling 80,015 CDs in its first week, behind HKT48's Outstanding.[36] It also peaked atop Digital Albums Chart, collecting 10,448 downloads, scored Yoasobi their third number-one digital albums of the chart, after The Book, and E-Side.[37] For Billboard Japan, The Book 2 debuted at number one on the Hot Albums, making it the first number-one album of the chart.[38] It opened with 83,585 CD copies (number two on the Top Albums Sales),[39] and 8,717 download albums (number one on the Download Albums).[40] The EP certified gold for physical release by RIAJ on January 14, 2022.[41]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[42] 2
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[43] 1

Monthly charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[44] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[45] 40
Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[46] 87
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[47] 3
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[48] 11
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[49] 82

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
VariousDecember 1, 2021Sony Japan[50]
JapanCD
TaiwanOctober 20, 2023Sony Taiwan[51]
VariousJuly 26, 2024Vinyl[52]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. News: 1/18付週間アルバムランキング1位はSixTONESの『1ST』 . July 10, 2021 . . January 15, 2021 . ja . October 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009055037/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2181889/full/ . live.
  3. News: 【ビルボード】SixTONES『1ST』が総合アルバム首位　YOASOBI『THE BOOK』が2位に続く . July 10, 2021 . . January 13, 2021 . ja . October 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009231717/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/95994/2 . live.
  4. News: YOASOBI、1stEPがオリコン週間デジタルアルバムランキング5週連続1位を獲得　バレンタインデーには初のオンラインライブも . October 4, 2021 . Spice . February 10, 2021 . ja . October 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009123546/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/282748 . live.
  5. News: オリコン上半期ランキング2021 アルバム 1位～25位 . October 4, 2021 . . June 29, 2021 . ja . June 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628205521/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/56658/5/ . live.
  6. News: オリコン上半期ランキング2021 デジタルアルバム 1位~10位 . October 4, 2021 . . June 29, 2021 . ja . July 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210714205723/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/56658/7/ . live.
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  8. News: . 10月度DL認定 ～Aimer、YOASOBI、米津玄師がゴールド認定 . November 19, 2022 . PR Times . November 19, 2022 . ja . November 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124072654/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000466.000010908.html . live.
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  16. News: 【ベストアーティスト】YOASOBI、人気曲「群青」TV初披露 来年の抱負は「有観客ライブを頑張りたい」 . December 3, 2021 . Oricon . November 17, 2021 . ja . December 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221213093039/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2214231/full/ . live.
  17. News: YOASOBI「もう少しだけ」テレビ初披露に反響「FNS歌謡祭」初出演 . December 1, 2021 . Modelpress . December 1, 2021 . ja . December 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201124657/https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/2892610 . live.
  18. News: YOASOBIが「SONGS」で語る紅白の舞台裏、ミドリーズとの初共演も実現 . November 22, 2021 . . November 22, 2021 . ja . November 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122050016/https://natalie.mu/music/news/454522 . live.
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  21. News: 【紅白】2度目出場のYOASOBI、「群青」の歌詞を一部変更パフォーマンス「みんなだ！」と絶叫 . May 9, 2022 . Encount . December 31, 2021 . ja . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128020728/https://encount.press/archives/262220/ . live.
  22. News: YOASOBI with ミドリーズ、笑顔でコラボ ダンスに川口春奈、大泉洋らも参加【紅白歌合戦】 . August 17, 2023 . Chunichi Sports . December 31, 2021 . ja . October 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002165703/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/393588 . live.
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  24. News: YOASOBI、12月に新作リリース&日本武道館2daysで初の有観客ライブ決定 . October 1, 2021 . . October 1, 2021 . ja . October 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009025853/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2208825/full/ . live.
  25. News: RADWIMPS、岡崎体育、YOASOBI、阿部真央、ビッケブランカ、インディゴ、クリープ、Uru、ビーバーら参加。"YouTube Music Weekend vol.4"、12/3-5開催 . May 4, 2022 . Skream! . November 29, 2021 . ja . March 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220325045150/https://skream.jp/news/2021/11/youtube_music_weekend_vol4.php . live.
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    1. YOASOBI武道館 より「怪物」をお届けしました！長らくお待たせしてしまいごめんなさい！ご覧いただいた皆さまありがとうございました！ / 明日もライブあります。全編ご覧になりたい方はこちらから。
    . ja . May 4, 2022.
  27. News: YOASOBI、日本武道館公演をFC限定で生配信 . May 4, 2022 . Barks . October 22, 2021 . ja . December 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204083926/https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000209792 . live.
  28. News: YOASOBI、初の有観客ライブがWOWOWで放送! . May 4, 2022 . Mynavi . December 9, 2021 . ja . May 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220503172116/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20211209-2221844/ . live.
  29. News: Billboard Japan . YOASOBI Shares Details & Artwork of Upcoming Visual Project 'The Film' . May 4, 2022 . . March 10, 2022 . May 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525203545/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/yoasobi-the-film-details-artwork-1235042624/ . live.
  30. News: YOASOBI、初の映像作品集『THE FILM』より「もしも命が描けたら」ライブ映像公開 . May 13, 2022 . The First Time . March 8, 2022 . ja . April 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427090742/https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000087598/ . live.
  31. News: YOASOBI、日本武道館公演より「ツバメ」ライブ映像公開　60秒スペシャルTVCMの放映決定 . May 13, 2022 . . March 23, 2022 . ja . April 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427093557/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/110179/2 . live.
  32. News: YOASOBI、日本武道館有観客ライブ映像3曲を3日連続YouTube公開決定 . July 26, 2022 . . July 26, 2022 . ja . July 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726104648/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/114798/2 . live.
  33. News: 「はじめまして、YOASOBIです！」YOASOBI、有観客ライブ『NICE TO MEET YOU』を日本武道館にて開催 . May 4, 2022 . The First Time . December 5, 2021 . ja . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128051540/https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000054127/ . live.
  34. News: Mitsushima . Erio . YOASOBIと同じ空間にいることの特別さ　リスナーとの"はじめまして"を叶えた武道館初有観客ライブを観て . June 21, 2022 . Real Sound . December 7, 2021 . ja . June 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621124546/https://realsound.jp/2021/12/post-919989.html . live.
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  37. News: YOASOBI最新アルバム『THE BOOK 2』が通算3作目の「デジタルアルバム」1位【オリコンランキング】 . December 8, 2021 . . December 8, 2021 . ja . December 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208075903/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2216644/full/ . live.
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  39. News: 【ビルボード】HKT48『アウトスタンディング』が98,649枚を売り上げてALセールス首位　YOASOBI／ケツメイシが続く . December 8, 2021 . . December 6, 2021 . ja . December 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208075859/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/106596/2 . live.
  40. News: 【ビルボード】YOASOBI『THE BOOK 2』がDLアルバム制す、ケツメイシ／MISIAがトップ5デビュー . December 8, 2021 . . December 8, 2021 . ja . December 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208075903/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/106678/2 . live.
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