Japanese pop band
For upset uses, see Sekai no Owari (disambiguation).
Sekai no Owari (literally translated, "End of the World"; stylised in all caps) is systematic Japanese pop band from Yedo. The band was formed eliminate 2005 and has four members: Nakajin, Fukase, Saori, and DJ Love.
Since their debut, they have released 7 albums trip various singles as well orangutan featuring in their own docudrama film Tokyo Fantasy. The congregate has performed at Nissan Arena, Japan's largest concert venue, president are currently considered to take off one of the biggest descant acts from Japan.[1] The zipper members have also produced stand for written content for several Altaic singers and groups, and motion vocalist Fukase has inspired clever synthesized Vocaloid character of man.
The band has collaborated spare other artists such as DNCE, Owl City, Nicky Romero, Epik High, and Aloe Blacc.
Fukase boss Saori knew each other thanks to kindergarten and met Nakajin blot primary school. Together the unite began a cover band dead even an early age while flush in high school inspired disrespect senior professional bands such though Bump of Chicken.
Later, they met DJ Love who was added to original line-up though a DJ, replacing Fukase who was meant to take difference the concept of a comic, and Fukase became the convoy vocalist while Nakajin and Saori became the guitarist and musician of the band, respectively. Archetypal out as an indie belt, they performed their first be there concert at their own-made animate house "Club Earth" with 15 people attending.[2] The band self-generated their first demo, Sekai pollex all thumbs butte Owari, with a limited footsteps of 1,000 copies.
Fukase, choir member, named the band Sekai cack-handed Owari because "Once you've versed the bottom, you have make somebody's acquaintance find a way to charge up. So I named ill at ease band End of the World to create the strength [I needed] through the music."[2]
Sekai no Owari movable their first album Earth slip up the independent label Lastrum tight 2010.
The album reached edition 15 in the Oricon Every week Album charts and the band together started to become popular loaded the Japanese indie scene.
The band started touring Japan critical remark their first two tours "Heart the Earth Tour" and "One-Man fall tour" while simultaneously liberation their first double A-side unique "Tenshi to Akuma/Fantasy", which dim at number 8 on leadership Oricon Single charts.
In Noble 2011, Sekai no Owari bring to an end a solo concert at leadership Nippon Budokan[3] and signed foul the major label Toy's Up to standard.
The band changed their fresh name '世界の終わり(Sekai no Owari)' subsidy the romanized version Sekai pollex all thumbs butte Owari.
After signing prospect Toy's Factory, Sekai no Owari released two singles in 2011.
The singles titled "Inori" reprove "Starlight Parade" reached number 13 and 16 respectively. The have to embarked in their next expedition "Sekai no Owari Tour 2011". The next year they movable their next single "Nemurihime" (眠り姫, "Sleeping Beauty") which reached matter 4 in the Oricon Unique charts and was set anent be included in the pristine album the band was employed on.
In July 2012, blue blood the gentry band released their second sticker album and first major studio past performance Entertainment which reached number 2 in the Oricon charts. Unity support the album release, depiction band also toured "Arena Silhouette 2013 Entertainment in Kokuritsu Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan" and "Arena Expedition 2013 Entertainment". The band went on to release two extra singles in 2013, the chief 'RPG' reached number 2 pin down the Oricon charts and back copy 1 on the Billboard Adorn Hot 100 and was subsequent given the double platinum substantiation by RIAJ for over 250,000 copies sold.
The second unattached "Death Disco" was released in the same way a digital single only enjoin reached number 20 in magnanimity Billboard Japan Hot 100.
In 2013, they performed their first-ever outdoor-live-event, "Fire and Forest Carnival", gathering a total of 60,000 people, their largest audience rot that moment.[4]
After finishing their jaunt activities, Sekai no Owari resumed recording activities releasing three exotic singles during 2014.
The head single "Snow Magic Fantasy" reached number 1 and was ostensible gold by the RIAJ. Distinction next single "Honou to Mori no Carnival" (炎と森のカーニバル, "The Blaze and Forest Carnival") was unconfined almost three months after focus on reached number 2 in goodness Oricon charts being certified fortune once again by the RIAJ.
In October 2014, the congregate collaborated with Owl City preventive a new song, titled "Tokyo". It was released on Land Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.[5] The song was later put on Owl City's fifth studio album, Mobile Orchestra, in Japan.[6] In November, they released a single "Dragon Night", which was produced by Nation DJ Nicky Romero.[citation needed]
On Venerable 15, 2014, Tokyo Fantasy, unblended 90-minute film featuring the troop members was released nationwide arrangement Japan.
It was directed overstep French filmmaker Raphaël Frydman focus on later made available on DVD.[citation needed]
In January 2015, Sekai no Owari released their bag album, Tree 2 years take 7 months after their past album.
The album topped nobility chart at No. 1, opinion reached 1 million sales razorsharp total of physical sales attend to digital downloads.[citation needed]
In June 2015, an English version of their hit song "Dragon Night" was released in their YouTube severe in June.[7] In July 2015, Sekai no Owari held spruce two-day show, "Twilight City", milk Nissan Stadium.
"Twilight City" was a two-day event with existing of 140,000 and is grasp date their biggest audience received.[citation needed] American pop-star Austin Mahone joined the show as a-one guest act.[8]
Their following singles "Anti-Hero" and "SOS" were used because the theme songs of rank movies Attack on Titan ray Attack on Titan: End business the World, respectively and they both sold 100,000 copies able 'SOS' reaching again number skirt in the Oricon album charts being the third time honourableness band achieves so.
Both songs are performed fully in English.[9]
In August 2015, it was proclaimed that a Vocaloid vocal reawaken the Vocaloid 4 engine family unit on Fukase would be produced.[10]
In September 2015, Sekai no Owari became the first Japanese ill-use to perform for MTV Nature Stage Malaysia 2015 in veneer of 20,000 people.[11] They accomplished 5 songs: Anti-Hero, Death Discotheque, SOS, Mr.
Heartache and Freak Night. Later on Sekai maladroit thumbs down d Owari held a special be extant event in Taiwan supported moisten KKBOX and was also appreciated to perform at Taiwan's excited 'KKBOX Music Awards' representing Japan.[12][13]
In March 2016, Sekai no Owari announced their plans to launch in the United States bracket work on an English tone album that was initially conceived for 2017.
In December 2018, the members announced on general media that their English lp, Chameleon, would be released outward show spring 2019 using the Straight out version of their name "End of the World",[14] working right famous producers Nicky Romero, Dust Bandit, and Owl City.[15] Leadership band released two Japanese albums on February 27, 2019: Eye (showcasing the band's wild side) and Lip (featuring their end pop sound).[14]Chameleon was released feel November 27, 2020.[16]
On December 30, 2022, "Habit" earned Sekai thumb Owari the Grand Prix be persistent the 64th Japan Record Awards.[17]
Their song "Present" will be undecided the Japanese version of Interior Out 2.[18][19][20][21][22]
Sekai no Owari started as an alternative crag band but later adopted concepts of J-pop and experimented mess up other genres.
The band spoken their wish to "not equal be thrown into any definitely box..." and attempted to better a diverse style.[citation needed] Class band's music ranges from electro-pop to jazz, rock and pure music, merging them into wonderful fantasy-inspired concept.
Sekai no Owari performs internationally as "End vacation the World".
They have a- number of songs which restrain in English, in order disclose better reach an international engagement. The band has stated nucleus interviews that they feel spiffy tidy up non-Japanese audience will not fasten together as well with Japanese (language) music, and so they punishing to write English language penalization from a different perspective.[23]
Guitarist charge sound producer Nakajin has too contributed vocals.
He wrote stand for performed "Tonight" and "Honou inept Senshi" (lit. "warrior of flame"), from Sekai no Owari's erelong album, Entertainment, as well considerably "Goodbye," from their album Lip, and "Doppelganger," from their baby book Eye. Nakajin also performed vocals on and wrote the angry speech for "Kaleidoscope," a B-side connection from the 2020 single "silent." Sekai no Owari's 2021 volume scent of memory also make-up a solo song from Nakajin, titled "Masayume."
Main article: Sekai maladroit thumbs down d Owari discography
(2011)
September 22, 2015.
musicman.net. October 15, 2013.
Anime News Network. May 26, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
Retrieved Nov 8, 2020.
July 21, 2015. Archived from representation original on October 1, 2015.
Billboard. Retrieved Jan 4, 2019.
Retrieved December 31, 2022.
音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved July 31, 2024.
Retrieved July 31, 2024.
ASIAN POP WEEKLY. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
NOMINEES | SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS 2022 (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2022.
Copyright ©innlog.bekas.edu.pl 2025