GLAY will celebrate their 30th anniversary since their debut in 2024 and will release their 17th album “Back To The Pops” on October 9th. Ahead of the release, the track “BRIGHTEN UP” was released online on September 18th.
The chorus of this song was completed in the 90s, so it’s a song that gives you a sense of GLAY’s 30-year journey, and it will give you an early taste of this album, which can be called “GLAY’s 30th debut album.”
You can listen to it on various distribution sites, so be sure to check it out.
Comment from TAKURO
The album “Back To The Pops” is like a “30th year debut album.”
I think that when an artist makes their debut album, they put a lot of thought into it, including songs they’ve performed live up to that point, or songs they’re confident in.
There is still a lot of innocence there, and I think the connection between myself and society is still weak, and when I say society I mean school or something within a few meters of myself, not something across the ocean.
I think what is expressed there is one’s own perspective on society, despite being young.
That was the kind of album I was aiming to create this time.
BRIGHTEN UP includes the English chorus, “For 30 years we’ve been looking for little things little things,” which means “we’ve been looking for little things for 30 years.”
We’ve always been looking for small things, and we always will.
“BRIGHTEN UP”
Streaming URL:https://GLAY.lnk.to/GLAY_BUPR
17th Album “Back To The Pops” Special Site:https://www.glay.co.jp/feature/17thalbum_backtothepops
17th Album『Back To The Pops』
Release date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
G-DIRECT Limited Edition
LSGC-0011 ¥8,095 (tax included)
CD+DVD
PCCN-00063 ¥6,710 (tax included)
CD ONLY
PCCN-00064 ¥3,850 (tax included)
CD contents *Same for all formats
1. Romance Rose
2. Buddy
3. Share
4. Say Goodbye Gently
5. Critical Hit
6. In the Straits Town
7. BRIGHTEN UP
8. V.
9. Beautiful like you
10. whodunit-GLAY × JAY(ENHYPEN)-
11. That love doesn’t have a pretty shape
12. How Barbaric is ECSTASY
13. Charlot
14. Back Home With Mrs.Snowman
First press limited edition bonus
“Limited to purchasers only – serial number for lottery ticket application” *Common to all formats, included only in the first production run
It will be held at Zepp DiverCity on October 31st.
Serial number for live ticket entry exclusive to album purchasers
DVD contents
GLAY DAY SPECIAL “LIVE BY THE SEA”
1. SOUL LOVE
2. V.
3. Beautiful like you
Goodbye Gently Music Video
ShareMusic Video
Back To The Pops Member Interview & Documentary short ver.
GLAY 30th Anniversary GLAY EXPO 2024-2025 in BELLUNA DOME
survival
whodunit-GLAY × JAY(ENHYPEN)-
G-DIRECT Blu-ray contents
GLAY DAY SPECIAL “LIVE BY THE SEA”
1. SOUL LOVE
2. Charlot
3. V.
4. Critical Hit
5. Survival
6. Beautiful like you
Goodbye Gently Music Video
Share Music Video
Back To The Pops Member Interview & Documentary
GLAY DAY SPECIAL “LIVE BY THE SEA” Documentary
Kaze to Rock: The first and last Super Arena “FURUSATO”
1. The Strength to Live
2. Spring lovers
3. Yukiwarizakura
4. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
SUMMER SONIC 2024
1. Blue Jean
2. BLEEZE
3. Critical Hit
4. FATSOUNDS
5. SHUTTER SPEEDS Theme
GLAY 30th Anniversary GLAY EXPO 2024-2025 in BELLUNA DOME
survival
whodunit-GLAY × JAY(ENHYPEN)-
G-DIRECT Edition Included Goods
Leather key case
To book please go to:https://GLAY.lnk.to/BackToThePops_CD
First-come-first-served pre-order bonuses by shop
G-DIRECT: Original sticky notes
Amazon.co.jp: Mega Jacket
Seven Net Shopping: Original Tenugui
Rakuten Books: Original Bonfin
Tower Records: Original poster (B2 size)
@Loppi・HMV exclusive bonus: Original tin magnet
Other CD shops nationwide other than those mentioned above: Original stickers
*The bonus is available in limited quantities and may end before the product is released.
*Some stores may not carry this product. For details, please contact the store or online shopping site.