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Lost Corner

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{{distinguish|Lust Corner}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Lost Corner

| type = studio

| artist = Kenshi Yonezu

| cover = Kenshi Yonezu - Lost Corner.png

| alt =

| caption =

| released = August 21, 2024

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 70:58

| language = Japanese

| label = Sony Japan

| producer =

| prev_title = Stray Sheep

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Lost Corner

| type = studio

| single1 = Pale Blue

| single1date = June 16, 2021

| single2 = Pop Song

| single2date = February 7, 2022

| single3 = M87

| single3date = May 18, 2022

| single4 = Kick Back

| single4date = November 23, 2022

| single5 = Lady

| single5date = March 21, 2023

| single6 = Tsuki o Miteita

| single6date = June 26, 2023

| single7 = Spinning Globe

| single7date = July 26, 2023

| single8 = Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!

| single8date = April 8, 2024

| single9 = Mainichi

| single9date = May 27, 2024

}}

}}

Lost Corner is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, released on August 21, 2024, through Sony Music Records.{{cite news |title=米津玄師、6thアルバム『LOST CORNER』発売決定 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000248409 |access-date=June 21, 2024 |work=Barks |date=June 21, 2024 |language=ja}} It included number-one singles "Pale Blue", a theme for 2021 television series Rikokatsu and "Kick Back", an opening theme for 2022 anime series Chainsaw Man;{{cite news |last1=Sakai |first1=Takafumi |title=米津玄師、8月に約4年ぶりアルバム。ジブリや朝ドラ主題歌収録 |url=https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1602235.html |access-date=June 28, 2024 |work=AV Watch |date=June 22, 2024 |language=ja}} the latter became the first Japanese-language song to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite news |last1=Shiba |first1=Tomonori |title=米津玄師「KICK BACK」、米レコード協会ゴールド認定が持つ歴史的意味 本人コメントも踏まえて考察 |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/10/post-1474248.html |access-date=June 28, 2024 |work=Real Sound |date=October 28, 2023 |language=ja}} The album also features the theme for Hayao Miyazaki-directed Academy Award winning animated fantasy film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), "Spinning Globe".{{cite news |title=米津玄師の新アルバム『LOST CORNER』トラックリスト＆ジャケット公開、商品詳細も明らかに |url=https://bezzy.jp/2024/06/46521/ |access-date=June 28, 2024 |work=Bezzy |date=June 28, 2024 |language=ja}}

Commercially, Lost Corner debuted atop both the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums charts.{{cite news |title=米津玄師、ソロアーティスト今年度最高初週売上でアルバム1位【オリコンランキング】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2341971/full/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=Oricon |date=August 27, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=【ビルボード】米津玄師『LOST CORNER』CDセールス／DLの2冠で堂々の総合アルバム首位 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/141017/2 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=Billboard Japan |date=August 28, 2024 |language=ja}} It sold 555,177 copies as of 2024,{{cite web |title=【オリコン年間ランキング2024】Snow Man、「作品別売上数部門」で史上最多の6冠を達成! Creepy Nuts「Bling-Bang-Bang-Born」が3冠、Number_i『No.O -ring-』も首位に {{!}} アルバムランキング 1位~25位 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/69766/3/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Oricon |date=December 20, 2024 |language=ja}} and was later certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).{{cite news |title=8月度GD認定~乃木坂46「チートデイ」がトリプル・プラチナ認定! |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000558.000010908.html |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=PR Times |date=September 10, 2024 |language=ja-JP}} In support of the album, Yonezu embarked on the concert tour Junk throughout Japan in 2025, as well as in Asia, Europe, and North America.{{cite news |title=米津玄師、全国ツアー開催決定 ツアーファイナルは東京ドーム2Days |url=https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/274606/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=MusicVoice |date=July 5, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=米津玄師、来年3月から6都市回るワールドツアー、欧州&米国で初の単独公演 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20240819-OHT1T51235.html |access-date=August 20, 2024 |work=Sports Hochi |date=August 20, 2024 |language=ja}}

Accolades

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|+ Awards and nominations for Lost Corner

! scope="col" | Ceremony

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | CD Shop Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2025

| Category Awards

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title="第17回CDショップ大賞2025"、大賞は柴田聡子『Your Favorite Things』、離婚伝説『離婚伝説』に決定。各部門受賞作品も発表 |url=https://skream.jp/news/2025/03/cdshop_taisho_2025.php |access-date=March 12, 2025 |work=Skream! |date=March 12, 2025 |language=ja}}

scope="row" | Japan Gold Disc Award

| style="text-align:center" | 2025

| Best 5 Albums

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=第39回日本ゴールドディスク大賞 |url=https://www.golddisc.jp/award/39/Prize_1.html |website=Japan Gold Disc Award |access-date=March 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312120313/https://www.golddisc.jp/award/39/Prize_1.html |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |language=ja}}

scope="row" | Music Awards Japan

| style="text-align:center" | 2025

| Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=国際音楽賞「MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN」2日目 ミセス・Snow Manら受賞【受賞曲・アーティスト一覧】 |url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4571049 |access-date=May 22, 2025 |work=Modelpress |date=May 22, 2025 |language=ja}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Lost Corner track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 70:58

| all_writing = Kenshi Yonezu

| title1 = Red Out

| extra1 = Yonezu

| length1 = 2:31

| title2 = Kick Back

| extra2 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Daiki Tsuneta}}

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Margherita + Aina the End

| note3 = {{lang|ja|マルゲリータ + アイナ・ジ・エンド}}

| extra3 = Yonezu

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = Pop Song

| extra4 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Yuta Bandoh}}

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = Shinigami

| note5 = {{lang|ja|死神}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length5 = 3:00

| title6 = Mainichi – Every Day

| note6 = {{lang|ja|毎日}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Yaffle}}

| length6 = 3:02

| title7 = Lady

| extra7 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Mabanua}}

| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = Yumeutsutsu – Daydream

| note8 = {{lang|ja|ゆめうつつ}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length8 = 5:05

| title9 = Sayonara, Mata Itsuka! – Sayonara

| note9 = {{lang|ja|さよーならまたいつか!}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Tomi Yo}}

| length9 = 3:21

| title10 = Tomaremiyo – Stop Look Both Ways

| note10 = {{lang|ja|とまれみよ}}

| extra10 = Yonezu

| length10 = 2:50

| title11 = Lens Flare

| extra11 = Yonezu

| length11 = 2:54

| title12 = Tsuki o Miteita – Moongazing

| note12 = {{lang|ja|月を見ていた}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length12 = 4:13

| title13 = M87

| note13 = {{lang|ja|M八七}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length13 = 4:23

| title14 = Pale Blue

| extra14 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length14 = 4:57

| title15 = Garakuta – Junk

| note15 = {{lang|ja|がらくた}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Tomi Yo}}

| length15 = 3:57

| title16 = Yellow Ghost

| extra16 = Yonezu

| length16 = 2:52

| title17 = Post Human

| extra17 = Yonezu

| length17 = 4:04

| title18 = Chikyūgi – Spinning Globe

| note18 = {{lang|ja|地球儀}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Yonezu|Bandoh}}

| length18 = 4:34

| title19 = Lost Corner

| extra19 = Yonezu

| length19 = 3:43

| title20 = Ohayo

| note20 = {{lang|ja|おはよう}}

| extra20 = Yonezu

| length20 = 2:20

}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Lost Corner

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Oricon|1|date=2024-09-02|rowheader=true|access-date=August 28, 2024}}
scope="row"| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2024-09-02 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2024-09-02/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=August 29, 2024 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829020504/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2024-09-02/ |archive-date=August 29, 2024}}

| 1

scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2024&month=09&day=02|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of August 28, 2024|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=August 28, 2024}}

| 1

{{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|41|artist=Kenshi Yonezu|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2024}}
{{album chart|BillboardWorld|14|artist=Kenshi Yonezu|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2024}}

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=Monthly charts=

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|+ Monthly chart performance for Lost Corner

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-08 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-08/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911043942/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-08/ |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |language=ja}}

| 1

=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for Lost Corner

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 100 Albums: 2024 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2024/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=December 20, 2024|language=ja |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220070607/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2024/ |archive-date=December 20, 2024}}

| 3

scope="row"| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=【オリコン年間ランキング2024】Snow Man、「作品別売上数部門」で史上最多の6冠を達成! Creepy Nuts「Bling-Bang-Bang-Born」が3冠、Number_i『No.O -ring-』も首位に {{!}} 合算アルバムランキング 1位~10位 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/69766/8/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Oricon |date=December 20, 2024 |language=ja}}

| 2

scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2024|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – 2024 Year-End|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=December 6, 2024}}

| 2

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Lost Corner}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=米津玄師|title=LOST CORNER|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|certmonth=9|access-date=September 10, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

References

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{{Kenshi Yonezu}}

Category:2020s Japanese-language albums

Category:2024 albums

Category:Kenshi Yonezu albums

Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan albums

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