Lost Corner

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Lost Corner
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2024
Length70:58
LanguageJapanese
Label Sony Japan
Producer
Kenshi Yonezu chronology
Stray Sheep
(2020)
Lost Corner
(2024)
Singles from Lost Corner
  1. "Pale Blue"
    Released: June 16, 2021
  2. "Pop Song"
    Released: February 7, 2022
  3. "M87"
    Released: May 18, 2022
  4. "Kick Back"
    Released: November 23, 2022
  5. "Lady"
    Released: March 21, 2023
  6. "Tsuki o Miteita"
    Released: June 26, 2023
  7. "Spinning Globe"
    Released: July 26, 2023
  8. "Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!"
    Released: April 8, 2024
  9. "Mainichi"
    Released: May 27, 2024
  10. "Garakuta – Junk"
    Released: August 20, 2024

Lost Corner is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, released on August 21, 2024, through Sony Music Records. [1] It included number-one singles "Pale Blue", a theme for 2021 television series Rikokatsu and "Kick Back", an opening theme for 2022 anime series Chainsaw Man ; [2] the latter became the first Japanese-language song to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3] The album also features the theme for Hayao Miyazaki-directed animated fantasy film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), "Spinning Globe". [4]

Contents

Commercially, Lost Corner debuted at number one on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums charts, selling 377,000 copies in its first week, [5] [6] and was later certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). [7] In support of the album, Yonezu is set to embark on the concert tour Junk in 2025 in Japan, as well as Asia, Europe, and North America. [8] [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenshi Yonezu

Lost Corner track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Red Out"Yonezu2:31
2."Kick Back"
  • Yonezu
  • Daiki Tsuneta
3:14
3."Margherita + Aina the End" (マルゲリータ + アイナ・ジ・エンド)Yonezu3:03
4."Pop Song"
3:19
5."Shinigami" (死神)
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
3:00
6."Mainichi – Every Day" (毎日)
  • Yonezu
  • Yaffle
3:02
7."Lady"
3:28
8."Yumeutsutsu – Daydream" (ゆめうつつ)
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
5:05
9."Sayonara, Mata Itsuka! – Sayonara" (さよーならまたいつか!)
  • Yonezu
  • Tomi Yo
3:21
10."Tomaremiyo – Stop Look Both Ways" (とまれみよ)Yonezu2:50
11."Lens Flare"Yonezu2:54
12."Tsuki o Miteita – Moongazing" (月を見ていた)
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
4:13
13."M87" (M八七)
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
4:23
14."Pale Blue"
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
4:57
15."Garakuta – Junk" (がらくた)
  • Yonezu
  • Tomi Yo
3:57
16."Yellow Ghost"Yonezu2:52
17."Post Human"Yonezu4:04
18."Chikyūgi – Spinning Globe" (地球儀)
  • Yonezu
  • Bandoh
4:34
19."Lost Corner"Yonezu3:43
20."Ohayo" (おはよう)Yonezu2:20
Total length:70:58

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Lost Corner
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [16] 2× Platinum500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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