LOL! (Meisa Kuroki song)

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"LOL!"
KurokiLolCD.jpg
Single by Meisa Kuroki
from the album Magazine
ReleasedOctober 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)
Length4:07
Label Sony
Songwriter(s)
  • Kaoru Kami
  • June
Producer(s) June
Meisa Kuroki singles chronology
"5 (Five)"
(2010)		"LOL!"
(2010)		"One More Drama"
(2011)
Alternative cover
KurokiLolDVD.jpg
CD+DVD edition cover

"LOL!" is a song by Japanese fashion model, actress and musician Meisa Kuroki, released as her third physical single in early October, 2010. [1] The song, as of 2010, is her most popular single, outselling her other singles in terms of physical copies, [2] and also being her only single to receive a digital download certification from RIAJ. [3]

Contents

Promotion

The song was used in commercials for Kit Kats in Japan, in 2010. [1] Kuroki set up an official Twitter account, https://twitter.com/Meisa_Kuroki, on September 7 in promotion for the single. [4] Originally, Kuroki intended to only use the Twitter account for a month, until October 7, [4] however is currently still using the service. She promoted the single with two handshake events on October 9 held on the same day, one in Shinjuku, Tokyo and one in Nishinomiya. [5]

Kuroki appeared on TV shows Music Lovers, Music Japan and Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight in promotion of the event. [6] She also appeared on radio shows on Tokyo FM, most notably Love Connection four times throughout October. [6] Kuroki was featured in many magazines to promote the single, such as 25ans, Floor, Nikkei Magazine, Gyao Magazine, Ori Star , Sweet and WWD Japan. [6] [7]

Music video

Meisa Kuroki in the music video MeisaLolPV.jpg
Meisa Kuroki in the music video

The music video was directed by Shigeaki Kubo. [8] It was initially aired on the internet on September 11, for a limited period of 24 hours. [9] The video features Kuroki in a summery room, reclined on the floor reading a magazine, along with several other girls. Interspersed with these scenes are Kuroki and two back-up dancers in a monochrome room, as well as scenes inside a red cluttered room, in which Kuroki stands in a bath-tub. Occasional 3D speech bubbles appear with the lyrics of the song around Kuroki, as well as other computer graphics.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."LOL!"Kaoru KamiJune4:07
2."Be Like That"Momo "Mocha" N.U-Key Zone4:41
3."LOL! (Instrumental)"KamiJune4:04
4."Be Like That (Instrumental)"Momo "Mocha" N.U-Key Zone4:39
Total length:17:31
DVD
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."LOL! (Music Video)" Shigeaki Kubo  
2."Special Making of LOL!"  

Chart rankings

ChartPeak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [10] 62
Oricon weekly singles [11] 12
RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100 [12] 4

Sales and certifications

ChartAmount
Oricon physical sales [2] 12,000
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads [3] Gold (100,000+)

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormat
JapanSeptember 25, 2010 [13] Ringtone
October 3, 2010 [3] Full-length cellphone download
October 6, 2010 [1] [14] CD single, CD+DVD single, rental CD

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References

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