Chō-genjitsu Dome Live
{{Short description|2024 concert tour by Yoasobi}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = Chō-genjitsu Dome Live
| image = Yoasobi - Cho-genjitsu Dome Live.png
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Promotional poster
| artist = Yoasobi
| location = Japan
| type =
| albums =
| start_date = {{Start date|2024|10|26}}
| end_date = {{End date|2024|11|10}}
| number_of_legs = 1
| number_of_shows = 4
| attendance = 170,000
| website = [https://www.yoasobi-music.jp/live/51958 Official website]
| last_tour = Yoasobi Live in the USA
(2024)
| this_tour = Chō-genjitsu Dome Live
(2024)
| next_tour = Chō-genjitsu Asia Tour
(2024–2025)
| misc =
}}
The {{nihongo|Chō-genjitsu Dome Live|超現実||{{lit|Surreality}}; officially titled Yoasobi 5th Anniversary Dome Live 2024 "Chō-genjitsu"|lead=yes}} was the third Japanese concert tour and fifth overall by Japanese duo Yoasobi for their fifth anniversary commemoration since the formation. Comprised four all-dome shows, it began in Osaka on October 26, 2024, and concluded in Tokyo on November 10, and amassed 170,000 attendees. An accompanying concert film of the tour was released on February 21, 2025.
Background and promotion
During their Pop Out Zepp Tour at Zepp Haneda on January 25, 2024, Yoasobi announced their upcoming concert tour, initially titled Dome Live 2024 to commemorate their fifth anniversary.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、自身初の単独ドーム公演の開催が決定 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000377848/ |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=The First Times |date=January 25, 2024 |language=ja}} It scheduled to hold on October 26 and 27 at Kyocera Dome Osaka and November 9 and 10 at Tokyo Dome. Tickets for official fan club went from January 25 to March 10;{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、自身初となる単独ドーム公演開催決定 |url=https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/266997/ |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=MusicVoice |date=January 25, 2024 |language=ja}} and lottery tickets from May 20 to June 10.{{cite tweet |author=Yoasobi |user=YOASOBI_staff |number=1791398697202536508 |date=May 17, 2024 |title=📢いよいよ来週より #YOASOBIドーム どなたでもお申し込みいただける抽選先行スタート🍀 |access-date=November 1, 2024}} On August 29, the official tour title, Chō-genjitsu, and promotional poster were revealed.{{cite news |title=YOASOBIドーム公演タイトルは【超現実】、EP『THE BOOK』シリーズ3作品がアナログ化 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/141093/2 |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Billboard Japan |date=August 29, 2024 |language=ja}} According to the duo, the title, meaning "surreality", reflects on "the five years that have passed, and embodies the current Yoasobi that has emerged during that time."{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、初のドームライブタイトルは"超現実" EP『THE BOOK』シリーズ3作のアナログ盤発売も |url=https://realsound.jp/2024/08/post-1764114.html |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Real Sound |date=August 29, 2024 |language=ja}} In a Sponichi Annex interview, the duo expressed the meaning behind of title: "We spent those strange days feeling like reality was distorted, so we want to bring something exciting and unusual to this reality."{{cite news |title=YOASOBI 初ドームツアー、26日・京セラドームからスタート 空間全員に最高の熱量を届けたい |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/10/26/kiji/20241025s00041000377000c.html |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Sponichi Annex |date=October 26, 2024 |language=ja}}
The concert tours collaborated promotional campaigns with Namba Parks, Namba City, and Keihan Mall in Osaka and Miyashita Park in Tokyo.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、結成5周年記念ライブ開催を記念して「メモリアルトレーディングカード」プレゼント施策が決定 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000502594/ |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=The First Times |date=October 18, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=MIYASHITA PARKをYOASOBIがジャック! 世界観をイメージしたクリームソーダやアナログレコード販売 |url=https://travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1633479.html |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Travel Watch |date=October 23, 2024 |language=ja}} Sports Hochi published special newspapers, featuring Yoasobi on the front page, published on the concert dates at selected stores around Kyocera Dome Osaka and Tokyo Dome.{{cite news |author1=The Hochi Shimbun |author1-link=Sports Hochi |title=スポーツ報知「YOASOBI特別1面新聞」京セラドーム大阪周辺で10月26、27日発売 |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000507.000071317.html |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=PR Times |date=October 25, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=スポーツ報知「YOASOBI特別1面新聞」東京ドーム周辺で11月9、10日発売 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/pressrelease/2099796/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=Oricon |date=November 9, 2024 |language=ja}} Wowow broadcast the final day of Tokyo show on December 28, as part of the "Yoasobi Live Selection" to commemorate the duo's fifth anniversary.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI : 結成5周年 WOWOWが3カ月連続特集 10月は無観客の初ライブ&インタビュー映像、MVコレクション 11月以降は日本武道館、東京ドーム公演の模様も |url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240913dog00m200028000c.html |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Mantanweb |date=September 13, 2024 |language=ja-JP}} Four performances from the concert—"Undead", "Butai ni Tatte", "Monotone", and "New Me"—were uploaded via YouTube from December 2024 to January 2025.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、東京ドーム公演のライブ映像を4週連続公開へ 第一弾は国内初披露した「UNDEAD」 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/144528/2 |access-date=December 14, 2024 |work=Billboard Japan |date=December 14, 2024 |language=ja}}
Concert synopsis
The concert starts with the opening video, which is interspersed with footage from Yoasobi's past live performances, accompanied by an ominous sound effect overlaid with the announcement {{nihongo|"Welcome to the surreal world"|超現実の世界へようこそ|Chō-genjitsu no sekai e yōkoso}} and the claws and eyes of a giant monster appears from a crack in the LED screen before "Seventeen" begins and "Shukufuku" follows. Then, the duo's silhouettes suddenly transform, before moving on to "Kaibutsu". Finally, the entire stage, illuminated by pillars of fire rising from all over, comes into view. The show moves to Yoasobi and the band members, while a strange monster wriggles in to cut in with their song "Undead".{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、結成5周年記念した自身初のドーム・ライヴ「YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 "超現実"」2デイズ大阪公演を敢行 |url=https://tower.jp/article/news/2024/10/29/tg001 |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Tower Records Japan |date=October 29, 2023 |language=ja}}
Coupled with the urban background, Yoasobi sings "Halzion", "Mr." (first day) or "Suki da" (second day), and "Mō Sukoshi Dake". The sets are changed to the seaside with vending machines and benches on the left side for "Umi no Manimani", and starry sky for "Yasashii Suisei". After the documentary film looking back on the duo's activity, the reproduction of Ayase's temporary room at his sister's house, where he wrote Yoasobi's songs in their early career, is situated at the center platform, during which "Tabun" was being performed. The duo performs "Haruka" and debuts the unreleased track "New Me". After the duo leaves the stage, the band members—Zacro Misohagi (keyboard), AssH (guitar), Honogumo (drums), and Hikaru Yamamoto (bass)—give solo performances.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、結成5周年を記念した初のドームライブ大阪公演2days敢行 |url=https://decolum.jp/archives/110081 |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=De Colum |date=October 28, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、自身初のドーム・ライヴ完走、4公演で約17万人動員 新曲「New me」配信&原作小説発売も |url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/yoasobi/114422 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |work=CDJournal |date=November 11, 2024 |language=ja}}
For the second part, Ayase calls Ikura the show will begin. She appears wearing an elegant veil and continues to sing "Yūsha", the a cappella version of "Ano Yume o Nazotte", "Sangenshoku", and "Idol". "Monotone", "Encore", and "Heart Beat". In the second day of Tokyo show, guitarist Satoru Taguchi and drummer Tatsuya Amano join the stage before perform "Ano Yume o Nazotte". Marked as a "climax" of the concert, Yoasobi performs "Loveletter", where the duo is in a hot air balloon, while "Adventure" in carts leap out of the stage in the festive atmosphere. The duo calls child dancers to go on the stage to perform "Tsubame" (Midories appeares on the second day of the Tokyo show), before aiming to be the one with "Gunjō"; Ikura marches around the venue during the second verse. The concert concluded with the encore from "Butai ni Tatte" (which ikura played the electric guitar) and "Yoru ni Kakeru".{{cite news |title=【ライブレポート】YOASOBI、5年の足跡を確かめる"超現実"の現実 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000251712 |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Barks |date=October 28, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、初ドーム4公演で17万人動員 ikura、5周年経て今後も「ワクワク」【セットリストあり】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2353583/full/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |work=Oricon |date=November 11, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |last1=Shiba |first1=Tomonori |title=<ライブレポート>YOASOBI、憧れの地で作り上げた【超現実】な世界――記念すべき初の東京ドーム単独公演 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/143505/2 |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=Billboard Japan |date=November 13, 2024 |language=ja}}
Film
On December 28, 2024, a concert film for Chō-genjitsu Dome Live, filmed at the show on the final date at Tokyo Dome, was announced. The film incorporated footages of all songs performed in the concert and documentary about the tour. It was released on February 21, 2025, to theaters in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and Taiwan,{{cite news |title=劇場版「YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 “超現実”」、韓国 香港 台湾で同時公開決定 日本国内では入場者プレゼントも |url=https://www.musicman.co.jp/artist/657725 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Musicman |date=February 6, 2025 |language=ja}} which pre-screen event held one day before in selected 30 theaters in Japan.{{cite news |title=YOASOBIの東京ドームライブが映画化、特典付き先行上映会も開催 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/605947 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |work=Natalie |date=December 28, 2024 |language=ja}} The performance of "Idol" on the tour was uploaded via YouTube on February 25.{{cite news |author1=The Orchard Japan |title=現在全国公開中の『劇場版 YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 “超現実”』より、「アイドル」ライブ映像が本日2/25(火)20時YouTube公開決定! |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001229.000055377.html |access-date=February 25, 2025 |work=PR Times |date=February 25, 2025 |language=ja}} Yoasobi appeared for the stage greeting at Toho Cinemas in Hibiya on March 2.{{cite news |title=YOASOBI・Ayase、ikuraの意外な一面は"性格が良い"「本当に裏表がない。ずっと天真らんまん」 |url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1249343/ |access-date=March 2, 2025 |work=The TV |date=March 2, 2025 |language=ja}}
Setlist
This set list is representative of the show in Osaka on October 26 and 27, 2024. It is not intended to represent all shows.{{cite news |title=【ライブレポート】YOASOBI結成5周年記念、初のドームライブ2days大阪公演大盛況 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/report/0000507312/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=The First Time |date=October 28, 2024 |language=ja}}
{{div col}}
- "Seventeen"
- "Shukufuku"
- "Kaibutsu"
- "Undead"
- "Halzion"
- "Mr." (day 1) / "Suki da" (day 2)
- "Mō Sukoshi Dake"
- "Umi no Manimani"
- "Yasashii Suisei"
- "Tabun"
- "Haruka"
- "New Me"
- "Yūsha"
- "Ano Yume o Nazotte"
- "Sangenshoku"
- "Monotone"
- "Encore"
- "Heart Beat"
- "Loveletter"
- "Adventure"
- "Tsubame"
- "Idol"
- "Gunjō"
;Encore
{{div col end}}
Notes
- During the Tokyo shows, "Idol" was performed between "Sangenshoku" and "Monotone".{{cite news |author1=The Orchard Japan |title=結成5周年を記念した、自身初のドームライブ「YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 "超現実"」を完走! |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001138.000055377.html |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=PR Times |date=November 10, 2024 |language=ja}}
Shows
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|+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and attendance ! scope="col" style="width:12em" | Date ! scope="col" style="width:10em" | City ! scope="col" style="width:10em" | Country ! scope="col" style="width:16em" | Venue ! scope="col" style="width:10em" | Attendance |
scope="row" style="text-align:center" | October 26, 2024
| rowspan="2" | Osaka | rowspan="4" | Japan | rowspan="2" | Kyocera Dome Osaka |
---|
scope="row" style="text-align:center" | October 27, 2024 |
scope="row" style="text-align:center" | November 9, 2024
| rowspan="2" | Tokyo | rowspan="2" | Tokyo Dome | rowspan="2" | 100,000{{cite news |last1=Tamari |first1=Akane |title=5周年YOASOBIが初単独ドーム公演「ikuraとして生きていく覚悟を決めました」 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202411100001549.html |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=Nikkan Sports |date=November 10, 2024 |language=ja}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center" | November 10, 2024 |
colspan="4" | Total |
Personnel
;Yoasobi
- Ayase – keyboard, synthesizer, sampler
- Ikura – vocals
;Other performers
- Midories – performer (Tokyo day 2)
;Band
- Zacro Misohagi – keyboard chorus
- AssH – guitar
- Honogumo – drums
- {{ill|Hikaru Yamamoto (musician)|lt=Hikaru Yamamoto|ja|やまもとひかる}} – bass
- Satoru Taguchi – guitar (Tokyo day 2)
- Tatsuya Amano – drums (Tokyo day 2)