YOASOBI

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Meanings

1 YOASOBI (Japanese pop duo formed 2019, composer Ayase and vocalist Ikura/Lilas Ikuta, concept of turning short novels into songs)

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YOASOBI 的歌都是根据小说改编的。

YOASOBI de gē dōu shì gēnjù xiǎoshuō gǎibiān de.

YOASOBI's songs are all adapted from novels.

《夜に駆ける》是他们最火的歌。

《Yoru ni Kakeru》 shì tāmen zuì huǒ de gē.

'Yoru ni Kakeru' is their biggest hit.

Tips

culture

YOASOBI's entire discography is built on a 'novel-to-song' (小説を音楽にするユニット) concept — producer Ayase writes songs based on submitted short stories. Debut track 《夜に駆ける》 (Racing Into the Night, 2019) became a Chinese Bilibili and NetEase Cloud phenomenon. 《アイドル / Idol》 from 【推しの子】 anime (2023) broke streaming records on Japanese and international platforms including mainland China.

In Pop Culture

アイドル Aidoru

Idol

YOASOBI's 2023 opening theme for 《【推しの子】》 (Oshi no Ko) — topped CN anime-song charts and a Bilibili cover ubiquity.