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ONE N’ ONLY, the six-member dancing and singing team from Japan, launched their 3rd EP, Fiesta, onOct 2. In the past, they blended J-pop and K-pop to produce a “JK-pop” design, and in 2023 they developed a brand-new design, “Jatin pop,” which merged J-pop and Latin songs. Their brand-new EP Fiesta has an also freer strategy, extending all type of categories, consisting of a venture right into amapiano.
Billboard Japan spoke with the team, which is frequently damaging brand-new ground as a Japanese dancing and singing team. (Note: Member NAOYA was not able to participate in the meeting because of an organizing problem.).
You have actually made an actually dynamic EP with Fiesta I seem like it has much more hostile tunes than your previous job. What have your perceptions resembled?
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HAYATO: Well, first of all, when we were developing the EP, we discussed intending to make tunes to lead our fall trip. We wished to make something that would certainly obtain the target market hyped, like “EVOL,” transforming programs right into actual celebrations. That’s why we made “Fiesta” our lead tune. I assume it’s an exceptionally enjoyable EP.
“EVOL” creates a great deal of enjoyment, so it’s cherished by followers.
TETTA:Right I assume “Fiesta,” like “EVOL,” will certainly show up the power degrees in our programs.
HAYATO: The carolers is one you never ever obtain tired of, the tune has a quick pace, and both the verses and the choreography are exceptionally positive. There’s additionally a component that we desire all our followers to sing in addition to, so intend to accumulate this tune with each other.
TETTA: KAITA did the choreography for “Fiesta.” A great deal of trial-and-error entered into the carolers, also, and I assume it ended up memorable and remarkable. We removed the choreography down a whole lot, making it very easy to replicate, and the dancing is a great deal of enjoyable.
How lot of times have you collaborated with KAITA up until now?
HAYATO: This is our 4th tune, after “Hook Up,” “OPEN,” and “Last Forever.” The choreography is truly memorable and understandable, and KAITA’s the very same age as us, so he’s very easy to talk with. That’s why completion outcome ended up so well.
REI: Ever considering that we developed the “Jatin Pop” category by merging J-pop and Latin songs in “EVOL” and “DOMINO,” we have actually created a great deal of tunes with Latin aspects. “Fiesta” is particularly memorable, and it has an excellent call-and-response area, so the target market will certainly obtain amped up with us. KAITA, the choreographer, becomes part of RIEHATATOKYO, which has a solid hip-hop emphasis, so the choreography he developed was truly trendy. There’s a great deal of deepness to the rhythm, which was incorporated with this Latin really feel. They’re an excellent suit. I do not assume there have actually been any kind of various other teams that incorporated Latin and Japanese aspects like we have with Jatin Pop, so, much like our name, I assume we have actually developed a “one and only” tune.
EIKU: And what’s even more, it’s a blast to sing. You can delve it, and I can simply picture every person going nuts, lugged by that Latin audio, so I’m anticipating executing it live. Also, with our trip of every one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, I have actually really felt an adjustment in just how much a lot more singing our followers have actually obtained.
TETTA: Right! There’s this more powerful sensation of unity, and in the target market engagement components, the group has actually obtained a lot louder that it seems like they have actually all been exercising with each other ahead of time.
HAYATO: It’s a lot enjoyable sharing that sensation of enjoyment and power with every person.
KENSHIN: I assume that by launching a track similar to this, we’re aiding produce an also more powerful feeling of unity. I like the begin of the 2nd knowledgeable. It has this rate and this habit forming high quality that makes you intend to pay attention to it over and over once more. The tune obtains you discharged up. The verses are additionally intriguing, integrating Japanese, English, and Portuguese.
HAYATO: The verses are all truly understandable, also, so they’re very easy to take in.
KENSHIN:Yeah Through our 47-prefecture trip from October 2023 to April 2024, we enhanced our online efficiency capacities. We had the ability to experience absolutely hands-on online programs, and we have actually expanded a lot.
TETTA: But we never ever had any kind of down time! There were electronic cameras shooting us also while we were taking a trip in between programs, so the only time we were absolutely alone was when we were asleep in our resorts. Partway with, I resembled, “Where am I?” “Who am I?” (laughs) But many thanks to that, I had the ability to concentrate solely on our programs, so I fine-tuned my vocals, and I expanded much more positive with each program. It was an excellent experience.
REI: It truly was instructional. Playing at tiny performance places, near to the target market, I would certainly check out individuals better away and assume that I required to make it an enjoyable program for every person. I assume the trip made me far better at executing online.
TETTA: We played a number of online programs in Brazil, and in some cases there would certainly be an adjustment of place on the real day of a program. Coming from experiences like that, the little issues that turned up when exploring in Japan were a wind to take care of. (laughs)
KENSHIN: I came to be a whole lot much more versatile! (laughs)
That’s terrific to listen to. Going back to the EP, “Burn it out” is an acid rock number, which is uncommon for ONE ‘N ONLY. Listening to it, I can simply visualize you running around the phase.
HAYATO: We created that tune exactly due to the fact that we wished to run about! We have an older tune called “OPEN,” which has a solid rock feeling. ONE N’ ONLY and rock fit truly well. We desired a track in our collection listing where we can go wild, so we chose“Burn it out.”
TETTA: I such as rock generally, so vocal singing that tune is a blast. I seem like with a rock tune, the means you carry out online is various, so I’m anticipating doing it live.
REI: The songs for “R.U.S.H.” was created by JUNE (ONE N’ ONLY’s songs manufacturer) and HAYATO was associated with creating the verses. I really hope audiences notice those innovative elements, also.
HAYATO: I dealt with the rap component. I wished to utilize Japanese, also, so I chose words thoroughly. In JUNE’s tunes, it’s rather typical for the Japanese components to be damaged down and provided an extra Western really feel, with English blended in, yet if I was mosting likely to be participating in the creating procedure, I wished to have some plainly Japanese components. I positioned a great deal of value on the total ambiance, concentrating on developing an ambience in which words were plainly distinct.
EIKU: I like “Too Much.” There’s some amapiano therein, so I really hope individuals maintain a close eye on our maneuvering. TETTA and I did the last switch-up, and I like the interaction because component. It seemed like we were obstructing with each other, so I had a great deal of enjoyable.
HAYATO: The choreography additionally had some African dance, and we’re creating and making use of some brand-new actions, so I desire followers to take a look at these most recent actions, fresh from the flooring.
EIKU: These brand-new actions resemble absolutely nothing I have actually ever before seen when exercising the basics. They’re truly hard, so I have actually been seeing guide video clips and exercising.
KENSHIN: I such as “ALL OUT.” We debuted this tune in the last program of the 47 prefecture trip, yet we wished to make it clear in the verses that this was simply another action in our trip. NAOYA, HAYATO, and I created the verses to the tune, and I really did not have much previous experience with creating verses, so it was an exceptionally enjoyable time.
HAYATO: We created verses to go along with songs from JUNE, and all people truly concentrated on the information. We would certainly reveal each various other the verses we were dealing with while on the bus in between programs, and we absolutely placed our heart right into the verses. Because of that, we had the ability to produce a track with a solid message.
—This meeting by Kana Yoshida initially showed up onBillboard Japan
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