Bright Future (Empire album)

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Bright Future
Bright future empire artwork.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)
Genre
Length45:19
Language Japanese
Label
Empire chronology
Super Cool EP
(2020)
Bright Future
(2021)
The Final Empire
(2022)

Bright Future is the third studio album from Japanese girl group Empire. It was released on November 10, 2021, by Avex. The album consists of thirteen tracks. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Let's Show"Maho EmpireYunosy2:45
2."Chase your back"JxSxKKenta Matsukuma3:56
3."Iza!!"JxSxKSeiho3:26
4."Happy with you"JxSxKKenta Matsukuma3:35
5."I don't care"Mikina Empire, Mayu EmpireKenta Matsukuma2:57
6."Error"Maho EmpireOni3:21
7."Haggling"Maho EmpireOni4:22
8."To continue"JxSxKKenta Matsukuma3:44
9."Fly! Sing! Cry! Try! Smile!"Yu-ki EmpireKenta Matsukuma3:39
10."Hey!Hey!"Mikina Empire, Mayu EmpireKenta Matsukuma2:19
11."Hon-no"JxSxKKenta Matsukuma3:52
12."Rather"Mayu Empire, Midoriko EmpireOni3:26
13."Ring to the Bright Future"Mayu EmpireKenta Matsukuma3:48
Total length:45:19

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [2] 6
Japanese Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 7

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References

  1. "EMPiRE、11/10リリースの3rdアルバム『BRiGHT FUTURE』より「Happy with you」MV公開。新ヴィジュアル&アルバム詳細も発表". Skream!. October 26, 2021.
  2. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2021-11-22" (in Japanese). Oricon.
  3. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2021-11-17" (in Japanese).