Yummy!!

{{Infobox album

| name = Yummy!!

| type = studio

| artist = Kis-My-Ft2

| cover = Yummy!!.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| released = April 25, 2018

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = J-pop

| length = 68:26 (regular edition)

| label = Avex Trax

| producer =

| prev_title = Music Colosseum

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Free Hugs!

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Yummy!!

| type = studio

| single1 = Pick It Up (Kis-My-Ft2 song)

| single1date = June 7, 2017

| single2 = Akai Kajitsu

| single2date = November 1, 2017}}

{{External music video|type=studio|{{YouTube|PzT76XU0Ufg|"Yummy!" All Songs Playlist}}


{{YouTube|poLMML5DOq8|Teaser of "Kismatsu-so apartment"}}
{{YouTube|2vOL7rGht9s|Digest of "Yujo wo Kuttuke te"}}
{{YouTube|AObef91fa4s|Digest of "Invitation"}}
{{YouTube|HkefHnc2MMY|Digest of "Happy Day"}}
{{YouTube|e2zf8O0y4vE|Digest of "Super Tasty!"}}
{{YouTube|JV-XAw4CQGI|Digest of "Yummy!!"}}}}}}

Yummy!! (ヤミー!!) is the seventh original album by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on April 25, 2018, by Avex Trax.{{cite web|title=7th ALBUM『Yummy!!』|url=https://mentrecording.jp/kismyft2/discography/detail.php?id=1015648|date=2018|website=Ment|access-date=24 April 2024}}

Overview

The album title "Yummy!" also means "You & me" because it sounds like "you & me” and it is a wish for a good relationship between Kis-My-Ft2 and you, the fans.

The lead song on the album is "Super Tasty!",From the production of the concert "Kis-My-Ft2 LIVE TOUR 2020 To-y2", a medley of lead songs from their past tours. but a music video for this song was not produced at this time.

The album contains 14 songs, including the singles "Pick It Up" (theme song for the TV series Sakurako-san no Ashiwa ni Mareta ni Buried Under the Dead Body featuring Fujigaya) and "Akai Kajitsu" (theme song for the TV series Juyo Sanko-nin Tantei featuring Tamamori), and 14 other songs in total.{{cite web |title=Yummy!! |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Kis-My-Ft2_000000000441760/item_Yummy_8670604 |website=HMV |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=Japanese}} The accompanying DVD features Kis-My-Ft2's first attempt at a new genre, “Music Drama Variety Show with Animation. The members try their hand at various forms of entertainment, including not only music, but also drama, comedy, documentary, and dance.{{cite web |title=Kis-My-Ft2、7枚目のオリジナル・アルバム『Yummy!!』4月25日発売 |url=https://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2018/03/12/0703?srsltid=AfmBOorHgg6l1G2MVTlwpklwmDV3qfoBh7CbCB93DCH5qmpYKvFg6bwn |website=Tower |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=Japanese |date=2018-03-12}}

In addition to the 14 songs, the regular edition only includes 18 songs, including solo songs by Kitayama, Fujigaya, and Tamamori, and a new introduction song by Kis-My-Ft2, "We Are Kis-My-Ft2!".{{cite web |title=Yummy!!【通常盤】(CD) |url=https://shop.mu-mo.net/mitem/AVCD-93878?srsltid=AfmBOoqpE_S6sblv1iCFUElDmPXCnDpXtZTTf8-qNFECPHTl6XkFv8NB |website=mu-mo shop |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=Japanese}}

The bonus videos which are included first edition A and B, "Kismatsu-so apartment Kis-My-Ft2's 7 years reconciliation missions," is a different music video from the previous ones. This video is in two parts, the first part and the second part. The setting for this video special is a men's dormitory called "Kismatsu-so apartment". In it, they dance to music, act out skits and dramas, sometimes changing their appearance into anime characters.{{cite web |title=キスマイ、7年目の仲直り大作戦 北山&藤ヶ谷が屋台トーク 二階堂&千賀はコント挑戦 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2108907/full/ |website=oricon |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=Japanese |date=2018-04-04}} The members unfold the seven “reconciliation missions” in this 80-minute epic.{{cite web |title=Kis-My-Ft2、"キスマツ荘"で仲直り大作戦! 新アルバムに壮大な映像特典 |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180404-611266/ |website=mynavi |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=Japanese |date=2018-04-04}}

In addition to this, first edition A includes "KIS-MY-TV" and the first edition B include "Kis-My Sports Championship (Funny sports)". In addition, the first edition B includes seven jacket cards with visuals of the members.{{cite web |title=Kis-My-Ft2、ニューアルバム&77777限定シングルリリース |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/273070 |website=natalie |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=Japanese |date=2018-03-11}}

Background

Since this is the seventh anniversary of the seven-member group's debut and their seventh album, the special single "You & Me" was released on the same day on Seven Net in a limited edition of 77,777 copies for complete production. This is the same as the album title "Yummy!," which means that You (fans) and Me (Kis-My-Ft2) will have a "delicious relationship".

Charts

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart dated May 07, 2018. This is the eighth consecutive album since their first album "Kis-My-1st" (2012) to reach No. 1. They are the second group in history, after KinKi Kids (12 consecutive albums), to have achieved first-week sales of more than 200,000 copies for eight consecutive albums since their first album.{{cite web|title=【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、新アルバム首位 史上2組目の8作連続初週20万枚突破|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2110584/full/|date=1 May 2018|website=oricon|access-date=24 April 2024}}

Package specifications

The album was released in three formats:

  • First edition A CD, DVD (AVCD-93876/B)
  • First edition B CD, DVD (AVCD-93877/B)
  • Regular edition CD (AVCD-93878)

Track listing

=CD=

  1. "7th Overture" (inst.) [1:06]
  2. "Invitation" [4:05]
  3. "Mr. Star Light" [3:28]
  4. "Pick It Up" [3:36] (Japanese only)
  5. "Break The Chains" [4:29]
  6. "Toxxxic" [3:53] by Taisuke Fujigaya (regular edition only)
  7. "Mirage" [3:53]
  8. "Ka ku shi go to" [4:04] by Hiromitsu Kitayama (regular edition only)
  9. "Selfie" [4:15]
  10. "Seishun Don't Stop!" [3:47]
  11. "Super Tasty!"
  12. "Clap-A-Holics" [3:46] by Yuta Tamamori (regular edition only)
  13. "Akai Kajitsu" [4:14]
  14. "Real me" [3:16] by Hiromitsu Kitayama, Taisuke Fujigaya
  15. "We are Kis-My-Ft2!" [4:06] (regular edition only)

=DVD=

  • First Edition A
  • "Kismatsu-so apartment Kis-My-Ft2's 7 years reconciliation missions Part 1"
  • "Kis-My-TV Kiss My Goroku"
  • First Edition B
  • "Kismatsu-so apartment Kis-My-Ft2's 7 years reconciliation missions Part 2"
  • "Kis-My Sports Championship Bubble Soccer (Funny Sports)"

References

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