The End of the Dream/Rouge

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"The End of the Dream/Rouge"
TheEndoftheDreamRouge.jpg
Cover of the regular edition
Single by Luna Sea
from the album A Will
ReleasedDecember 12, 2012
Genre Alternative rock
Length8:30
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Luna Sea
Producer(s) Luna Sea
Luna Sea singles chronology
"The One -Crash to Create-"
(2011)		"The End of the Dream/Rouge"
(2012)		"Thoughts"
(2013)
Music video
"The End of the Dream" on YouTube
"Rouge" on YouTube

"The End of the Dream/Rouge" is the sixteenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on December 12, 2012. It is the band's first double A-side single and their first after returning to Universal Music Group. It reached the number 6 position on the Oricon chart, [1] number 7 on Billboard 's Japan Hot 100, [2] and also ranked number 6 on Count Down TV .

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Overview

"Rouge" was originally written by Sugizo. Shinya said that J asked to play around with the rhythm and changed it. [3] The song was used in a commercial for Goodyear Eagle LS EXE tires.

Both songs were first performed on their The End of the Dream Zepp Tour 2012. Music videos were created for both songs, their first since "Love Song" twelve years ago. The video for "Rouge" is unique in that it was filmed entirely on an iPad. [4]

The single was released in four editions, each with a different cover; a regular, a limited edition with a DVD of the video for "The End of the Dream", a limited edition with a DVD of the video for "Rouge" (listed as "Rouge/The End of the Dream") and a limited edition with two SHM-CDs, each containing one of the tracks, and a blu-ray with both videos. [5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.

  1. "The End of the Dream" - 4:00
    Originally composed by J.
  2. "Rouge" - 4:30
    Originally composed by Sugizo.

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References

  1. ↑ "The End of the Dream/Rouge LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  2. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  3. ↑ "[Interview] LUNA SEA: Shinya talks about the band's evolution. "We didn't plan it, but this album captures what LUNA SEA is about right now"". barks.jp. 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. ↑ "LUNA SEA、"第二期"の序章を告げる最新MVはiPadで撮影". barks.jp (in Japanese). 15 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  5. ↑ "LUNA SEA to release a new single in December". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
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