Stranger (EP)
| "Stranger" | ||||
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| Single by JO1 | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| A-side | "Real" | |||
| Released | August 18, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Label | Lapone Entertainment | |||
| JO1 singles chronology | ||||
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Stranger (stylized in all capitals) is an extended play (EP) marketed as the fourth single of Japanese boy group JO1. Consisting of a total of six songs, the EP single[note 1] was released by Lapone Entertainment into three different physical editions and one digital edition on August 18, 2021.
Background and release
On June 8, 2021, JO1 featured for the third time as the headliner for Tokyo Girls collection. This time in collaboration with Sanrio, the group performed in the 2021 Sanrio Character Awards' result presentation part of the event two songs for their first studio album The Star, "Shine a Light" and "Yancha Girl Yancha Boy". For the later, they performed together with character Cinnamoroll. At the end of the performance, leader Sho Yonashiro announced the group would release their fourth EP single Stranger on August 18. Continuing the theme of their previous single Challenger where they were "stepping into the unknown world", the concept for this single was said to be "encountering world and discovering a new self".
Challenger consists of a total of six songs that were released into three different physical editions with "Real" served as the lead track. Each type of the single consists of four tracks with three common tracks, which are "Real", "Icarus" and "Bloom Again". The special track of the limited edition B "Dreaming Night" is used as the opening theme song of romance drama Love Phantom. The limited edition A comes with a DVD bundle consisting of a variety segment with the members called Beautiful Stranger. The limited edition B and the normal edition come with a photo booklet and a CD-only, respectively. A special edition EP that includes all the songs was released for digital download and streaming.
Track listing
"Real", "Icarus" and "Design" are common track 1, 3 and 4, respectively, for limited edition A, limited edition B and normal edition.
| Track listing of Stranger – Limited edition A | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Real" | |
| 2. | "Freedom" | |
| 3. | "Icarus" | |
| 4. | "Blooming Again" | |
| Total length: | 13:37 | |
| Track listing of Stranger – Limited edition B | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 2. | "Dreaming Night" | |
| Total length: | 13:33 | |
| Track listing of Stranger – Normal edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 2. | "Stay" | |
| Total length: | 13:46 | |
| Track listing of Stranger – Special edition (digital) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Real" | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Freedom" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Dreaming Night" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Stay" | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Icarus" | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Blooming Again" | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 21:10 | |
| Track listing of Stranger – Limited edition A (DVD) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Beautiful Stranger" | 1:07:26 |
| Total length: | 1:07:26 | |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | April 28, 2021 | Lapone Entertainment | YRCS-90189 | |
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YRCS-90190 | |||
| YRCS-90191 | ||||
| N/A | ||||
| Various | N/A |
References
- ↑ A maxi single release that has different title from any songs in it will be considered as a "EP single" with its title being italicized, as per these discussions.
Category:JO1 songs Category:2021 songs Category:2021 singles Category:Japanese-language songs
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