We Are Myname
{{Infobox album
| name = We Are Myname
| type = studio
| artist = Myname
| cover = Myname - We Are Myname.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Regular Edition cover
| released = {{Start date|2013|3|27}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Dance
| length = 47:25
| language = Japanese
| label = YM3D
| producer =
| prev_title = Myname 2nd Single
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Myname 1st Mini Album
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = We Are Myname
| type = studio
| single1 = Message (Japanese ver.)
| single1date = July 25, 2012
| single2 = What's Up
| single2date = November 21, 2012
| single3 = Replay (Japanese ver.)
| single3date = January 13, 2013
| single4 = We Are the Night
| single4date = January 23, 2013
}}
}}
We Are Myname (stylized WE ARE MYNAME) is the debut Japanese studio album by South Korean idol group Myname. It was released by YM3D on March 27, 2013. Musically, the record is filled with dance music and balladry. Initially debuting in its home country, the group re-recorded its debut single and released "Message (Japanese ver.)" as its first single in Japan. Myname released "What's Up" as its second single, an original song. Leading up to the album, "Replay (Japanese ver.)" and "We Are the Night" were made available on online music stores.
We Are Myname was released in three editions: Regular Edition, Limited Edition, and Limited Chara-Ani Edition. It went on to debut at number three on Japan's national Oricon Albums Chart. By the end of its chart run, the album sold over 37,000 copies domestically. The group embarked on the Myname Live Tour 2013 "The Departure" concert tour, which drew in 8,000 concertgoers from three shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.
Music structure
We Are Myname encompasses dance music and balladry.{{cite web|last1=Hoshino|first1=Ayano|script-title=ja:MYNAME『様々なシチュエーションで楽しめる待望のアルバムが完成！』|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/451/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=March 29, 2013}} "We Are the Night" is a dance track filled with electro music.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME「WE ARE THE NIGHT」1月23日よりレコチョクで先行配信！|url=http://hot-korea.com/entame/topics.php?id=2013012205|website=Hot Korea|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=January 22, 2013}} "Anonymous" is an electronic song accompanied by elements of African music.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【インタビュー】初のコンサートを終えたMYNAME、｢幅広い世代に響く音楽を届けたい」|url=http://www.kejnews.com/sections/jnews/articles/8425|website=KEJ News|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=December 27, 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Ogawa|first1=Noriko|script-title=ja:[インタビュー] アルバムが好評発売中のMYNAME、"とにかく盛り上がって、遊びましょう！"|url=http://www.thefactjp.com/article/read.php?sa_idx=4798|website=The Fact Japan|publisher=The Fact Company|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=April 3, 2013}} Gun-woo described it as an experimental "aggressive" song with an "addictive melody". A Japanese-language remake of the original Korean version, "Replay" is a mid-tempo ballad that incorporates a piano, an acoustic guitar, and other string instruments.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME、待望の新曲「Replay」が先行配信開始！|url=http://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1960670|website=Kstyle|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=January 16, 2013}}
Release and promotion
After debuting in its home country of South Korea with "Message" in October of the previous year, Myname re-recorded the song for its debut in the Japanese market on July 25, 2012.{{cite web|script-title=ja:K‐POPボーイズ「MYNAME」吉本系レーベルから7・25日本デビュー|url=http://eiga.com/news/20120612/2/|website=eiga.com|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=June 12, 2012}} The single peaked at number 14 on the country's Oricon Singles Chart, charting for five weeks and selling over 17,000 copies domestically.{{cite web|title=Message(Type-A)|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566483/products/975729/1/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/|language=Japanese|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 22, 2017}} An original Japanese-language song, "What's Up" was released as the group's second single.{{cite web|last1=Hoshino|first1=Ayano|script-title=ja:MYNAME『最近発見したこと新しい自分とは！？』|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/298/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=November 21, 2012}} It ranked at number nine on the Singles Chart and charted for three weeks, shifting over 22,000 units in Japan.{{cite web|title=What's Up(Type-A)|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566483/products/991718/1/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese}}
On December 15, the release of Myname's first Japanese studio album was publicized.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME 1st ALBUM発売決定！|url=http://www.myname-jp.com/news/index.html?news_id=1656&cat=5&p=8|website=Myname Official Site|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=December 15, 2012}} We Are Myname was unveiled on January 3, 2013, with a release date of March 27.{{cite web|script-title=ja:3月27日（水）発売ファースト, アルバムタイトル決定！|url=http://www.myname-jp.com/news/index.html?news_id=1666&cat=&p=55|website=Myname Official Site|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=January 3, 2013}} Preceding its release, "Replay (Japanese ver.)" and "We Are the Night" were made available on online music stores on January 16 and January 23, respectively.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME、1stアルバム「WE ARE MYNAME」の全貌が明らかに！|url=http://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1961604|website=Kstyle|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=January 29, 2013}} The former was used as the closing theme song for Nagoya TV's King Kong no Aru Koto Nai Koto; the latter was used on Nippon TV's drama Otasukeya Jinpachi.
We Are Myname was released in three editions: Regular Edition; Limited Edition with bonus DVD content that includes the music videos for "Message (Japanese ver.)", "Summer Party", "What's Up", "Hello & Goodbye (Japanese ver.)", "We Are the Night", and "Pari Pari ('Just a Little Thing' Japanese ver.)", and a live movie from the Myname 1st Live "What's Up" concert at Zepp Tokyo; and a Limited Chara-Ani Edition.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME、ファン待望の「イベント参加券」付きWEB盤のジャケット写真がついに公開！|url=http://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1962797|website=Kstyle|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=February 16, 2013}} Myname held a release event at the Tower Records Japan store in Shibuya on the day of the album's release, where the group performed several songs from the record.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAME 『WE ARE MYNAME』 発売記念イベント @ タワーレコード渋谷店|url=http://tower.jp/article/series/2013/03/29/myname|website=Tower Records Japan|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=March 29, 2013}} The event drew in 350 attendees.
The quintet embarked on the Myname Live Tour 2013 "The Departure" concert tour. The first pair of concerts took place between May 18–19 at the Zepp music halls in Osaka and Nagoya, respectively, with a third concert taking place on May 25 at Zepp Diver City in Tokyo.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAMEがGirlsAward SPRING / SUMMERでアーティストのトップバッターとして登場！MYNAME囲み会見！|url=http://korepo.com/archives/2798|website=Korepo|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=March 26, 2013}} Performing 22 songs at the closing show, the tour accumulated 8,000 attendees in total.{{cite web|script-title=ja:初の日本全国ツアー「MYNAME LIVE TOUR 2013～THE DEPARTURE～」を開催!|url=http://korepo.com/archives/2912|website=Korepo|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=May 30, 2013}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【PHOTO】MYNAME、初の日本全国ツアー大盛況！バラード、ロック、ダンス…様々なジャンルで魅了|url=http://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1984771|website=Kstyle|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=December 18, 2013}} The final concert was recorded, which spawned the release of a two-disc DVD live album. It was released on December 11.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MYNAMEのメンバーからKstyleをご覧の皆さんに動画コメントが到着！|url=http://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1969816|website=Kstyle|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese|date=May 27, 2013}}
Commercial performance
We Are Myname shifted 20,787 units on its first day of release.{{cite web|last1=Choi|first1=Jun-yong|script-title=ko:마이네임, 오리콘 앨범차트 일간, 주간차트 3위 동시석권|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2013040308013108859|website=Asia Economy|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Korean|date=April 3, 2013}} On the chart dated April 8, 2013, it debuted at number three on Japan's national Oricon Albums Chart, selling 27,813 copies in its first week.{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2013年03月25日～2013年03月31日|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2013-04-08/|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406184635/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2013-04-08/|archivedate=April 6, 2013|language=Japanese}} By the end of its run, the album charted for five weeks and sold 37,240 copies domestically.{{cite web|script-title=ja:WE ARE MYNAME(初回限定盤)|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566483/products/1008809/1/|language=Japanese|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 22, 2017}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD, ブルーレイ, DVD, 書籍, コミック－|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/|language=Japanese|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 22, 2017}} On the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales chart, We Are Myname ranked at number 13.{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2013&month=04&day=8|website=Billboard Japan|publisher=Hankyu Hanshin Holdings|accessdate=August 22, 2017|language=Japanese}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing{{cite AV media notes|title=We Are Myname|others=Myname|year=2013|publisher=YM3D|id=1032270002|type=liner notes}}
| total_length = 47:25
| title1 = Intro (Departure of the Ship)
| writer1 =
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = We Are the Night
| writer2 = Hiro, Greg Bonnick, Leon Price, Hayden Chapman, Charley Greenberg, Daniel Andrew Wayne, Cody Taylor Williams, Carlos Peña, Se-yong
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Message
| note3 = Japanese ver.
| writer3 = Hiro, Han Sang-won, Ban Hyung-moon
| length3 = 3:46
| title4 = (If You Wanna) Be My Baby
| writer4 = Sty, Andrew Jackson, Stephen Cornish
| length4 = 2:50
| title5 = Hello & Goodbye
| note5 = Japanese ver.
| writer5 = By Show, Jkbeat×Ho-seung
| length5 = 3:19
| title6 = What's Up
| writer6 = Hiro, Keith Harris, Elijah Kelley, George Pajon, Jr.
| length6 = 4:42
| title7 = Anonymous
| writer7 = Sty, Andrew Jackson, Fredrik Haggstam, Sebastian Lundberg, Johan Gustafson
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Rum Bum Bum
| writer8 = Hiro, Kavedo, Jonny RoseE, Future Presidents, JunQ
| length8 = 3:54
| title9 = Interlude (Sea of Love)
| writer9 =
| length9 = 1:41
| title10 = Read Between the Lines
| writer10 = Yadako, Chris Rojas, Andrew Fromm, Thomas Barsoe
| length10 = 3:59
| title11 = Replay
| note11 = Japanese ver.
| writer11 = INP, Pino, Show, Jkbeat×Ho-seung
| length11 = 3:51
| title12 = Beautiful Life
| writer12 = Kanata Nakamura, Chris Rojas, Eddie Serrano, Phill Kross, Bei Maejor
| length12 = 3:33
| title13 = Pari Pari
| note13 = "Just a Little Thing" ({{Korean|hangul=그까짓거|labels=no}}) Japanese ver.
| writer13 = Kei Odate, I Ra, Mitsu.J, Crazy Park
| length13 = 3:40
| title14 = You're Waiting for Me
| writer14 = Kanata Nakamura, Peter Gordeno, John McLaughlin, JunQ
| length14 = 3:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited Edition – {{nobold|bonus DVD content}}
| title1 = Live Movie Myname 1st Live: What's Up (2012.12.17 Zepp Tokyo)
| title2 = Message (Japanese ver.)", "Summer Party", "What's Up", "Hello & Goodbye (Japanese ver.)", "We Are the Night", "Pari Pari ("Just a Little Thing" (그까짓거) Japanese ver.)
| note2 = music clips
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col"|Chart (2015) ! scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales
| 13 |
|---|
| scope="row"|Oricon Albums Chart
| 3 |
References
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