■In December, we will air the second day of the Tokyo Dome concert held in November!
YOASOBI, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary in October, will be featured on WOWOW for three consecutive months.
The program will be broadcast in a total of six programs, focusing on YOASOBI’s first live performance on stage.
In October, they will broadcast all the music videos at once, as well as two live streams without an audience, including YOASOBI’s first live performance in 2021. In November, they will broadcast their first live performance with an audience at Nippon Budokan, as well as a performance at Saitama Super Arena from their first solo arena tour.
The “firsts” will continue into December as well, with coverage of their first solo Zepp tour, their performance at Zepp Haneda (TOKYO), and their first dome concert in November, and their performance at Tokyo Dome.
[YOASOBI 5th Anniversary WOWOW Special Lineup]
“YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 “Surrealism””
December broadcast and distribution schedule
*Archived streaming will be available for one week after the broadcast/streaming ends.
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We will bring you coverage from the second day of YOASOBI’s first solo dome concert, which will be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka in October and Tokyo Dome in November.
In May, YOASOBI’s debut song “Yoru ni Kakeru” became the first band to surpass 1.1 billion cumulative streams on the Billboard JAPAN chart, and has been played over 10 billion times worldwide. When they debuted in December 2019, their activities were centered on digital releases and streaming, but now their live performances have become very popular, and their real activities are spreading from Japan to Asia and even the world. In August, they performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York, which is also known as the venue for the Tony Awards, the highest honor in the theater and musical world, and received rave reviews. And in October, the 5th anniversary of their formation, they will finally start their first dome concert. Let’s see how their performance, which is attracting attention from all over the world, will blossom in a huge venue.
Recorded on: November 10, 2024
Recording location: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
“YOASOBI Music Video Collection”
10/13 (Sun) 9:00～
Broadcast on WOWOW Live/Stream on WOWOW On Demand
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YOASOBI made a stunning debut with “Racing into the Night” in December 2019. They formed in October of the same year and will soon be celebrating their fifth anniversary, so we present all of their music videos at once.
The YOASOBI project was started with the concept of “a unit that turns novels into music”, and the music videos they release are packed with artistic content, full of storylines that follow the worldview of the original novels. They have a collection of memorable videos that everyone has seen at least once, including their representative works “Racing into the Night” and “Idol”, as well as “Gunjo” and “Kaibutsu”. Although YOASOBI now has more opportunities to appear on the public stage through live performances and the like, their music videos, which are their origins, still place importance on the world of the original novels, and you can enjoy innovative and varied works that highlight the talents of various videographers. Immerse yourself in the charm of the videos that embody their worldview of “turning novels into music”.
“YOASOBI Live Selection”
10/13 (Sun) 22:45～
Broadcast on WOWOW Live/Stream on WOWOW On Demand
*Archived streaming will be available for one week after the broadcast/streaming ends.
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YOASOBI’s live performance at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen at the end of 2020 shocked viewers and drew rave reviews for their high level of performance. Starting from there, YOASOBI performed on music programs in 2021, and in February they held live broadcasts without an audience from the construction site of the former Milanoza building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and in July they held live broadcasts from the office of an apparel company as part of a collaboration project with the company, attracting attention. What everyone felt through these live performances was a band performance that reproduced the world of the carefully constructed original sound source with even more power. And the amazing vocal ability of ikura, who took the reproduction level to the ultimate level, also attracted attention.
WOWOW will be preparing a special program consisting of carefully selected live footage from the two live streams and interviews with the band themselves, looking back on their activities.
“YOASOBI “NICE TO MEET YOU””
Scheduled for broadcast and distribution in November
*Archived streaming will be available for one week after the broadcast/streaming ends.
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YOASOBI was formed in 2019 as a unit that turns novels into music, originating from the novel and illustration posting site “monogatary.com.” They released songs via video distribution, and their song “Racing into the Night” topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 without waiting for a release on packaged media. They gained a fan base with their success as poster children of the social media era, and became known throughout Japan after appearing on the “NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen” at the end of 2020.
Composer Ayase’s lyrics incorporate the story of the novel, and the digital-based, innovative yet pop sound. ikura’s rare vocal sense allows her to freely express such a complex song, as if swimming between the waves. With these two major pillars, YOASOBI held live-streamed concerts without an audience in February and July 2021, making it clear that they also have outstanding potential in live performances.
On December 4th and 5th of that year, they held their first live concert with an audience at the Nippon Budokan. The performance came just after the release of their second EP, “THE BOOK 2,” so don’t miss this performance where they showcased a wider range of their work than ever before.
Recorded on: December 4, 2021
Recording location: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
“YOASOBI ARENA TOUR 2023 “Lightning Speed””
Scheduled for broadcast and distribution in November
*Archived streaming will be available for one week after the broadcast/streaming ends.
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Just after the New Year of 2023, YOASOBI achieved the feat of breaking through 900 million streams on the Billboard JAPAN chart for the first time in history, and now has 1.1 billion streams. During the same period, they had 12 mega-hits with over 100 million streams, including Gunjo and Kaibutsu, and their song Idol, released in April of the same year, also took the charts by storm! In addition, they have continued to provide various topics, such as the release of a CD containing four songs from the collaboration project Hajimete no, which features novels written by four Naoki Prize-winning authors.
WOWOW will be broadcasting the first day of their 2-day Saitama Super Arena tour, “YOASOBI ARENA TOUR 2023 “Lightning Flash”. This tour has been powered up in both scale and production. We will deliver a live performance full of highlights and highlights, including many hit numbers and the latest popular songs, with all songs uncut.
Recorded on: June 3, 2023
Recording location: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
“YOASOBI ZEPP TOUR 2024 “POP OUT””
December broadcast and distribution schedule
*Archived streaming will be available for one week after the broadcast/streaming ends.
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In 2023, YOASOBI’s song “Idol” became a huge hit both at home and abroad. Their first solo performances on their Asia tour, which took place from December of the same year to January 2024, were a huge success, but they immediately embarked on their Zepp tour “YOASOBI ZEPP TOUR 2024 “POP OUT”” at six locations in Japan. WOWOW will bring you the second day of this highly anticipated tour, where tickets naturally sold out in an instant. Enjoy their performance on this stage, where the sound spread, heat, and breathing created by the unity of the venue unique to a live hall will bring new discoveries and excitement.
Recorded on: January 26, 2024
Recording location: Zepp Haneda (TOKYO)
Program site
https://www.wowow.co.jp/music/yoasobi/
YOASOBI OFFICIAL SITE
https://www.yoasobi-music.jp/
