King Gnu's "Hakujitsu" MV exceeds 500 million views

■King Gnu “THE GREATEST UNKNOWN” analog version will be released!

King Gnu’s “Hakujitsu” MV has surpassed 500 million views on YouTube.

“Hakujitsu” is a digital single released on February 22, 2019, and has been streamed over 700 million times. Coupled with the band’s breakout, it became a long hit, and ranked in the top 5 of Billboard Japan’s comprehensive song chart “JAPAN HOT 100” for two consecutive years, ranking 4th in 2019 and 5th in 2020. . On the streaming song chart, it debuted at No. 15 on the chart released on February 27, 2019, and has since topped the chart three times in total.

The music video won the Best Video Award at the special event “MTV VMAJ 2019 -THE LIVE-” of the music award “MTV VMAJ 2019” which recognizes excellent music videos, the fastest in VMAJ history, eight months after its major debut. Together with the Best Japanese Music New Artist Video Award, they won two awards.

In addition, King Gnu has been distributing his first new song in about a year, “Nekko”, from October 21st. This song is a mid-tempo ballad written by King Gnu as the theme song for the Sunday theater “Diamond Sleeping in the Sea” starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, which will be aired on TBS’s October Sunday Theater slot (every Sunday from 9pm). . The ban was lifted on the drama’s first broadcast on October 20th, and it has become a hot topic of conversation.

Furthermore, the analog version of King Gnu’s 4th album “THE GREATEST UNKNOWN” released in November 2023 will be released on November 27th.

“THE GREATEST UNKNOWN”, following the previous work “CEREMONY”, has sold over 300,000 copies and contains a total of 21 songs, including popular songs such as “Mystery wo Namadere” theme song and “Jujutsu Kaisen” theme song. . King Gnu’s largest 5-dome tour in Japan with the release of “THE GREATEST UNKNOWN” was held at 380,000 people through 9 performances in 5 cities across the country, followed by 7 performances in 4 cities in Asia, attracting a total of 400,000 people. Holding a dome tour approximately 5 years after their debut became the fastest record for a band in history.