Loca (EP)

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Loca
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ReleasedOctober 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)
Recorded2019
Length23:23
Label King Records
Tomomi Itano chronology
Get Ready
(2016)
Loca
(2019)

Loca is the first mini-album released by Japanese singer-songwriter Tomomi Itano. It was released in Japan on King Records on October 16, 2019. It was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD edition. No physical singles were released from Loca, making it Itano's first album without any singles.

Contents

Release and sales

The album received criticism that its title track plagiarized "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. [1] The album sold poorly, [2] selling about 2,000 copies before promotion campaigns for the album were abruptly halted. [3]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Koigokoro (恋ゴコロ; Awakening of Love)"3:33
2."LOCA"3:27
3."LOVE SEEKER"4:01
4."Destiny"4:42
5."Ace no B-kun (エースのB君; B-kun of Ace)"3:43
6."Kimi ni Okuru Uta (君に贈るうた; A Song for You)"3:57
Total length:23:23

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