An idol group produced by Rino Sashihara called JOY (Nearly Equal Joy).
With the release of their long-awaited first single “Gym Disco” coming up next week on 6/12 (Wednesday), the music video released in advance has already exceeded 1.7 million views, and while attention is focused on this up-tempo youth song with Ezumi Reon as the center, which is sure to make everyone happy when dancing to the gym disco, today, a live special program commemorating the release of the first single “Gym Disco” called “Near Joy 1st Single Release Commemorative Broadcast! ~ Summer is Here! Near Joy Hot Party ~” will be broadcast on YouTube’s “Equal Love Nogimi Near Joy Channel” (https://www.youtube.com/@ikonoijoyIt was announced that the event will be streamed live on the internet.
This program, which commemorates the release of the single, will not only feature talk about the new song, but also one-off projects that are unique to this special program, so be sure to look forward to it!
On the weekend of the release of the first single, 6/15 (Sat), a special release event will be held to celebrate the release of ≒JOY’s first single, “Gyakukan Disco.”“It has also been announced that the concert will be held at Stella Town Omiya 1F outdoor Merope Square. This extremely rare event will be free to view, so please check the information about the farewell party and come along to participate. It has also been announced that a joint concert by the three groups =LOVE, ≠ME, and ≒JOY, called “Ikonoi Joy 2024,” will be held at Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest on Saturday, September 28th. Details and ticket information will be released at a later date, so please look forward to hearing more.
≒JOY is a group that is making waves in all areas and will be one to watch in the future.
★6/13 (Thu) 19:00~ “NearJoy 1st Single Release Commemorative Broadcast! ~Summer is here! NearJoy Hot Party~”
“Equal Love Nogimi Near Joy Channel” (https://www.youtube.com/@ikonoijoy)
★New song “Gym Disco” Music Video
“Gymnasium Disco”
Lyricist: Rino Sashihara
Composition and Arrangement: Koji Goto (ck510)
Sound Director: Takayuki Yayama (Sony Music)
Recorded by Sony Music Studios Tokyo
(MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: YOUYOU
Choreography: Maika Takeda
★New song “Gymnasium Disco” now available!
https://nearly-equal-joy.lnk.to/TaiikukanDisco
★Product details for the 1st single “Gyakukan Disco” to be released on Wednesday, June 12th
https://nearly-equal-joy.jp/news/detail/1509
*For details on the online individual talk session, click here
https://nearly-equal-joy.jp/news/detail/1574
*For details on individual talk sessions and two-shot photo sessions, click here
https://nearly-equal-joy.jp/news/detail/1575
★≒JOY 1st Single “Gym Disco” Release Commemoration Special Release Event Stella Town Omiya
June 15th (Sat) Stella Town Omiya 1F Outdoor Merope Square
〒331-0812 1-854-1 Miyaharacho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
■Event details: Mini live show/farewell party
Event details and farewell party details here
https://nearly-equal-joy.jp/news/detail/1577
★ICONOIJOY 2024 will be held on Saturday, September 28th, 2024!
ICONOIJOY 2024 will be held at Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest on Saturday, September 28, 2024! Details and ticket information will be announced at a later date. Please look forward to it!
[Date]Saturday, September 28, 2024
[Venue]Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest
★Profile
This is the third group formed by Rino Sashihara to produce her ideal idol, following =LOVE and ≠ME. The final audition was held on January 30, 2022, and on March 29, 2022, the members were unveiled and producer Rino Sashihara herself announced that the group would be named “≒JOY”. On September 3 last year, the ≒JOY 1st concert “Nice to meet you, we are ≒JOY” was held at the National Hall of Pacifico Yokohama, and from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the first tour ≒JOY 1st Tour “Absolute” was held and was a great success. On Wednesday, January 17, the debut mini album “Kitto, Zettai, Zettai” was released. (The album debuted at number one on both the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking and Billboard JAPAN Top Albums Sales. Cumulative shipments exceeded 100,000 copies on the first day of release.) On February 24th of this year, the ≒JOY 2nd ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM CONCERT was held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A, attracting an audience of approximately 8,000 people, to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the band’s formation. The long-awaited 1st single, “Gyakukan Disco,” is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 12th. The name ≒JOY is filled with Rino Sashihara’s wish that “the members and the fans who support them will feel joy and happiness when they meet.”
Official websitehttps://nearly-equal-joy.jp/
Official Xhttps://twitter.com/Nearlyequal_joy
Official YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qmQbqvW6UES3NT780l2Pg
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