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"Luv Bias"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Best of Kis-My-Ft2
B-side"NAKED(A), Original Color(B), Big Wave(Regular)"
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2021 (2021-02-24) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
Length3:05
LabelAvex Trax
Composer(s)Koudai Iwatsubo, Gustav Mared
Lyricist(s)Koudai Iwatsubo
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Endless Summer"
(2020) 		"Luv Bias"
(2021) 		"Fear/So Blue"
(2021)
Music video
Luv Bias on YouTube
Luv Bias (Drama version) on YouTube
Luv Bias (Live Version) on YouTube
Naked (Live version) on YouTube

"Luv Bias" is Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2's 27th single, released on February 24, 2021 by Avex Trax.[1][2]

"Luv Bias" is the theme song of TBS Television (Japan) drama "Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Bessatsu de" Yuta Tamamori was appered.[3] "Bigwave" is the commercial song for Unicharm's "Wave Super Hydrating Wet Sheet" featuring Yuta Tamamori,[4] "Naked" is the theme song for dTV(Lemino)'s "Kiss My Dokidoki-n! theme song and "Original Color" is a commercial song for "Tokyo Interior Furniture".[2]

Overview[edit]

"Luv Bias" is the theme song for the TBS Television (Japan) drama "Oh! My Boss" starring Yuta Tamamori.[5] The music video was shot in full CG and fantastically depicts a ray of light of "love" in a pessimistic world. The video was released on February 9, and on April 15,[6] the number of views exceeded 10 million, and the song's abbreviations "#LoveBi" and "#Kissmy" began trending on Twitter.[7] It also won "the Drama Song Award" at "the 107th The Television Drama Academy Awards" announced in May.[8][9]

The version of "Luv Bias (another)" included in the regular edition was a version with the members singing differently, and was performed live for the first time at "Live Tour 2021 Home". In the regular version, the climax of the song is sung by the entire group, but in this version, Tamamori alone sings the song. The song was performed for the first time in the TV drama "Oh! My Boss!", it was used in the scene where Junnosuke (played by Tamamori) drives his motorcycle to Nami, the heroine of this drama (played by Mone Kamishiraishi)[10] and this version was also performed on Fuji Television's "2021 FNS Song Festival Summer" broadcast on July 14, 2021.[11] It was also included in the "10th Anniversary Extra -Special Edition-" distributed exclusively on Line Music to commemorate the release of the live DVD/Blu-ray "Live Tour 2021 Home" from December 15, 2021. It ranked No. 1 in the "Line Music Song Top 100 Daily Ranking".[12]

The album was released in three forms: First edition A, B, and regular edition, with each form including a different coupling song. The First edition A includes a DVD with the music video of the title song and the making of the song. The First edition B will come with a DVD containing the original variety program "KIS-MY-TV".[1]

Chart performance[edit]

The song debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Ranking dated March 8, 2021. First-week sales reached 214,000 copies, surpassing the 184,000 sales of the previous single, "Endless Summer. It also brought the "number of consecutive No. 1 singles since their debut (1st)" to 27, tying with KAT-TUN for third place on the all-time list.[13]

With this No. 1 album, the "number of consecutive years of No. 1 singles since debut (1st)" reached 11 consecutive years from FY2011 to the current fiscal year (FY2021).It reached No. 28 on the annual Oricon singles ranking in 2021.

Track listing[edit]

CD[edit]

  • Regular Edition
  1. Luv Bias [3:05]
    1. Yuta Tamamori in TBS Tuesday drama "Oh! My Boss! Love is a separate volume" theme song.
  2. Big Wave [3:43] :
    1. Unicharm "Wave Super Hydrating Wet Sheet" CM song featuring Yuta Tamamori.
  3. Luv Bias (another) [3:05]
    1. A version of the title song with different parts
  4. Luv Bias (piano & strings) [2:52]
    1. Arr. Arranged by Hideakira Kimura Instrumental version used in the drama
  5. Luv Bias (Instrumental) [3:07] (instrumental version used in the drama)
  • First Edition A
  1. Luv Bias
  2. Naked [3:15] :
    1. dTV "Kiss My Doki Doki!" Theme song
  • First Edition B
  1. Luv Bias
  2. Original Color [3:43]
    1. Tokyo Interior Furniture" CM song

DVD[edit]

  • First Edition A
  1. Luv Bias Music Video
  2. Luv Bias making document
  • First Edition B
  1. KIS-MY-TV (Funny Sports)

Package specifications[edit]

  • First edition A (CD & DVD) (AVCD-94990/B): CD+DVD
  • First edition B (CD & DVD) (AVCD-94991/B): CD+DVD
  • Regular Edition (AVCD-94992): CD

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "27th SINGLE『Luv Bias』" (in Japanese). MENT. 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "SINGLE『Luv Bias』". Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website (in Japanese). avex trax. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  3. ^ "キスマイ、『ボス恋』主題歌「ラブバイ」MV解禁 "大人のキスマイ"で魅了". oricon (in Japanese). 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ "玉森裕太、Kis-My-Ft2新曲「Big Wave」起用の新CMで床に寝そべりうっとり". Barks (in Japanese). 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  5. ^ "主題歌がKis-My-Ft2の新曲「Luv Bias」(ラブ バイアス)に決定！". TBS Television (in Japanese). 2021. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  6. ^ "キスマイ、フルCGでエモい世界観 新曲「Luv Bias」MV解禁". modelpress (in Japanese). 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ^ "キスマイ新曲「Luv Bias」のMV再生回数が1000万回超え「オー！マイ・ボス！」主題歌 ファン祝福でトレンド入り". chunichi (in Japanese). 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  8. ^ "第107回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞" (in Japanese). thetv. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  9. ^ "ドラマソング賞はKis-My-Ft2「Luv Bias」 北山宏光『この賞は玉森にあげたいです』". ザテレビジョン (in Japanese). KADOKAWA. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  10. ^ "『ボス恋』"いつもと違う主題歌"がSNSで話題！　玉森裕太の歌声響くラストに「震えた」". crankin (in Japanese). 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  11. ^ "「2021 FNS歌謡祭 夏」タイムテーブル発表。本日7月14日18時30分より生放送". tower (in Japanese). 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  12. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2、「Luv Bias - another -」がLINE MUSICデイリー首位を獲得" (in Japanese). oricon. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2最新シングル「Luv Bias」が1位、「デビューからのシングル連続1位獲得作品数」歴代3位タイに【オリコンランキング】". oricon. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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