YOASOBI, a "unit that turns novels into music," released its debut song "Running Into the Night" in November 2019, which immediately garnered attention immediately after its release and swept to No. 1 on various distribution charts in Japan, and is currently streaming a cumulative total of 1.1 billion views for the first time ever. Released in April 2023, "Idol", the opening theme song for the TV anime "[Suishinoko]", topped the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 for 21 consecutive weeks, and has been the Billboard JAPAN's all-time top song on the "JAPAN Hot 100" chart, It also broke Billboard JAPAN's record for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, and also topped the U.S. Billboard Global Chart "Global Excl. U.S.", Apple Music "Top 100: Global", YouTube music charts Top 100 songs Global, and continued to set records for the first time in J-POP history. In October of the same year, they released their third EP, "THE BOOK 3," which chronicled their activities for about a year and a half. In April 2024, they performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of the world's largest festivals. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2024. In July, they released "UNDEAD", the theme song for the anime "Monogatari" series "Off & Monster Season", and "Stage Stand", the song for "NHK Sports Theme 2024", both of which are currently airing. In August, they performed for the first time at the historic festival "Lollapalooza 2024" in Chicago, USA, and held solo shows in New York and Boston. In Japan, they celebrated their 5th anniversary in October, and in the fall of 2024, they will complete their first dome concert, and from December, they will tour Asia for the second time. In addition, she is scheduled to perform at the "Primavera Sound Barcelona 2025" music festival in Spain in June of next year.

YOASOBI completed its second Asian tour YOASOBI ASIA TOUR 2024-2025 "Cho-genjitsu" in Korea on December 7 and 8, The tour started with two arena days in Incheon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Singapore, and Jakarta from December to February, with NewJeans on December 7 and AKMU on December 8. The setlist of 19 songs, including encores, was performed in less than two hours, embodying the "surreality" that was the theme of the dome live in Japan. The following is a live report of the concert, which drew a total of 26,000 people over the two days.

YOASOBI ASIA TOUR 2024-2025 "Cho-Reality | cho-genjitsu" 2DAYS Live Report in Korea

YOASOBI, a "unit that turns novels into music" consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, will celebrate their 5th anniversary in 2024. The tour will start in South Korea, where they will perform 14 shows in 7 cities, making it the largest tour by a Japanese artist. The opening Korean leg of the tour was held at the INSPIRE ARENA in Incheon from December 7 to 8. YOASOBI arrived in Korea more than a week prior to his first solo performance in Korea in about a year. YOASOBI performed at the "Melon Music Awards" hosted by Melon, one of the largest music distribution services in Korea, and on "THE SHOW", a music program on SBS M, a cable TV station in Korea. In addition, they have been raising the expectations of local fans with their energetic activities, including a pop-up shop in collaboration with the select store HEIGHTS. The curtain rose on the YOASOBI ASIA TOUR 2024-2025 "Cho-genjitsu" as 13,000 fans packed the INSPIRE ARENA each day in the bitterly cold sub-zero temperatures.

Inheriting the concept of a domestic dome concert, this tour began with a video image of a giant monster invading the stage from behind LEDs, followed by Ayase and ikura's appearance on stage. The introduction of "Seventeen" lifted the audience's voltage, followed by "Blessing" and "Undead," popular anime theme songs, which combined with the "surreality" of the performance, sent the audience into a frenzy. After the MC, who spoke fluent Korean, they performed "Halcyon," "Mister" ("I love you" on the second day), and "Just a little more. After expressing his gratitude to the audience with a letter Ayase prepared, the audience was captivated by a group of medium-tempo songs, "Maybe," "New me," "Monotone," and "Gentle Comet," each with their own deep worldviews.

This performance will feature guest artists for the first time at YOASOBI's one-man live show. The first day featured NewJeans, a five-member girl group, and the second day featured AKMU, a Korean brother-sister pop duo, both of whom have performed with YOASOBI and have a close friendship with each other. The venue was filled with excitement at the collaboration between J-pop and K-pop, two artists representing the music scene that now transcends national borders and attracts worldwide attention.

After a friendly photo shoot and seeing off the guests, INSPIRE ARENA once again entered the world of "surreality. The band, with new support members, grooved strongly to "Kaibutsu", "Yusha", and "Ano Yume wo Nasotte". The following song, "Idol," was released last year and will continue to dominate the music charts in 2024, showing its overwhelming presence. The live reached its climax when ikura wrote a letter to the Korean fans who were cheering enthusiastically. The Japanese chorus of "Gunsei" has already become a tradition at YOASOBI concerts overseas. The 17-song show ended with a breathless pace.

For the encore, ikura, playing a pure white guitar, performed "Stand on the Stage" with its pure charm, and closed with "Running into the Night," one of their most popular songs that has never been pushed to the limit. The success of the concert, which lasted less than two hours and seemed to condense five years of fulfillment, was reflected in the satisfied expressions on the faces of the audience as they left the venue.

YOASOBI will continue this tour until the end of February next year in Indonesia, and in June will make its long-awaited first appearance at a European festival. From July to November, YOASOBI will embark on its first concert tour of 40 concerts in 14 prefectures in Japan. Even after their 5th anniversary, one cannot take one's eyes off their future as they continue to greedily deliver their music to all music fans, from Japan to the world.

Photo by Risa Nishimura
Photo by Kato Shumpei
Photo by Kato Shumpei
Photo by Risa Nishimura
Photo by Risa Nishimura