Yesterday Love Explained

Yesterday Love
Cover:YesterdayLove.jpg
Caption:Standard edition cover
Type:single
Artist:Mai Kuraki
Album:Smile
Recorded:2017
Genre:J-pop
Label:Northern Music
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"Yesterday Love" (stylized as "YESTERDAY LOVE") is a song by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki, taken from her eleventh studio album Smile (2017). It was released on January 11, 2017 digitally and as a video single by Northern Music. The song was used as the ending fifty-third theme to the animation TV program Case Closed.

Commercial performance

"Yesterday Love" debuted at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Blu-ray Chart and has sold over 6,000 copies.

Live performance

On January 14, 2017, Kuraki performed "Yesterday Love" and "Love, Day After Tomorrow" on Music Fair. In the performance of "Love, Day After Tomorrow", she collaborated with Ami, Reina Washio and Shizuka, the members of the Japanese girl group, E-girls.[1]

On January 27, 2017, Kuraki performed the song on Music Station.[2]

Music video

A short version of the official music video was first released on Kuraki's official YouTube account on 29 December 2016. The video adopts the technique of Virtual reality. As of August 2022, it has received over 380,000 views on YouTube. The video was directed by Atsunori Toshi.

Charts

Weekly charts

Certification and sales

|-! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)| | 6,099 |}

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
JapanJanuary 11, 2017Digital downloadNorthern Music
DVD (Standard edition)
Blu-ray (Standard edition)
DVD+Blu-ray (Limited edition)
DVD+Blu-ray (Musing & FC edition)
CD single (Exclusive release for rental CD stores)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 次回「MUSIC FAIR」に倉木麻衣、E-girls、Flower、A.B.C-Z. Natalie. 2018-03-10.
  2. Web site: 菅田将暉、坂口健太郎らが出演!1月のミュージックステーションを定点観測すると今のJ-POPシーンが見えてくる!. M-ON! MUSIC. 2018-03-10.