Love (Kis-My-Ft2 song)

"Love"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Best of Kis-My-Ft2
B-side	"Because I Love You"
Released	July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Avex Trax
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"You & Me" (2018) "Love" (2018) "Kimi, Boku" (2018)
Music video
"Love" on YouTube "Because I Love You" (Dance Edition) on YouTube

"Love" is the 21st single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on July 11, 2018, by Avex Trax.[1]

Overview

The theme of this album is “Marugoto Love Song" (The whole thing is a love song.), and each song in the album is a song about love in its various forms.[2]

It was released in three forms: First edition A/B and Regular disc. The DVD of the first edition A includes the music video for "Love" and "Kis-My-Ft2's Funny Sports Championship," while the DVD of the first edition B includes the music video for "Because I Love You" and the DVD of "Ura Yummy! (Moments of Another Kis-Matsu-So)" will be included. The regular edition include three unit songs. This is the first time in two years that a unit song has been included on a single.[2]

"Love" is a commercial song for Kowa's "Unakowa Cool", in which the members appear.[3]"Because I Love You” is a commercial song for Daiichi Kosho Company's "Live Dam Stadium", and is an emotional ballad about her painful feelings of being too young to love as a student. The music video “Dance Edition” features dance.[4]

"Love" and "Because I Love You" made their television premieres on the July 7, 2018 broadcast of Nippon TV's "Tge Music Day: The Song You Want to Tell" and TBS Television (Japan)'s "Count Down TV" on the same day, respectively.

Chart performance

The song reached No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart dated July 23, 2018. This was their 21st consecutive No. 1 ranking on the chart since their debut single “Everybody Go”.[5] The single also topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[6]

The special single "You & Me" released on April 25, 2018, was sold exclusively on Seven Net, so it is not counted in the Oricon count. CD first-week sales: 175,655 (Oricon total). By December 9, 2018, the album had sold a total of 197,737 copies and ranked 33rd on the 2018 annual Oricon Album Ranking.[7]

Track listing

CD

• Regular Edition

1. "Love" (3:40)
2. "ConneXion" (3:47) song by Taisuke Fujigaya, Kento Senga and Wataru Yokoo
3. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (4:53) song by Yuta Tamamori and Toshiya Miyata
4. "Happy Birthday" (1:33) song by Hiromitsu Kitayama and Takashi Nikaido

• First Edition A/B

1. "Love"
2. "Because I Love You" (3:20)

DVD

• First Edition A

1. "Love" Music Video
2. "Love" Music Video making document
3. Kis-My-Ft2's Funny sports championship with roller skate

• First Edition B

1. "Because I Love You" Music Video (Dance Edition)
2. "Because I Love You" Music Video (Making Document)
3. The making of "Because I Love You" MUSIC VIDEO (Dance Edition)
4. "Yummy behind the scenes!" (Moments from the other side of Kismatsuso apartment)

References

1. "Kis-My-Ft2がニューシングル「LOVE」リリース、3組のユニット曲も". natalie (in Japanese). natalie. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
2. "21st SINGLE『LOVE』". MENT. 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
3. "キスマイの新曲「L.O.V.E.」流れるウナクール新CM放送". natalie. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
4. "キスマイ、最新作MVで"半端ないエモダンス"を披露". musicman. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、最新シングルが21作連続となる1位獲得". oricon. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
6. "【ビルボード】キスマイ「L.O.V.E.」が17.8万枚を売り上げ、CD＆ルックアップ＆Twitterの3冠で総合首位　山下達郎「ミライのテーマ」総合6位にジャンプ・アップ". billboard japan (in Japanese). 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
7. "【第51回オリコン年間ランキング 2018】安室奈美恵さんが総合首位、AKB48がシングル9年連続1位・2位独占". oricon (in Japanese). 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

External link

• 21st Single "Love" - MENT Recording
• Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - MENT Recording (in Japanese)
• Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - Starto Entertainment (in English)