Another Future

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"Another Future"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Kis-My-World / Best of Kis-My-Ft2
B-side
  • "Perfect World"
  • "Shine as you feel"
ReleasedAugust 13, 2014 (2014-08-13) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
Length3:56
LabelAvex Trax
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Hikari no Signal"
(2014)
"Another Future"
(2014)
"Thank you!"
(2014)
Music video
"Another Future" on YouTube
"Perfect World" on YouTube

Another Future is the 11th single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2. It was the theme song of the second season of A Chef of Nobunaga stared Yuta Tamamori which was released on August 13, 2014.[1]

The song "Perfect World" on the B-side is a commercial song for DHC Corporation "Medicated Acne Control Series" featuring Kis-My-Ft2.

Since this song is the theme song for jidaigeki drama The Knife and the Sword, the music video also has a Japanese modern theme, with Japanese umbrellas and Japanese lanterns.[2] The music video for "Perfect World" was created with the theme of "a summer where the seven members live in a house together", features all the members in a brightly lit garden, splashing water on each other and having fun.[3]

Chart performance[edit]

It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart[4] and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[5] It was the 3rd best-selling single in Japan in August 2014, with 250,473 copies.[6] It was the 23rd best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 263,615 copies.[7]

Track listing[edit]

CD[edit]

1."Another Future" [3:56]

Theme song for TV Asahi drama the second season of "A Chef of Nobunaga" starring Yuta Tamamori

2."Perfect World" [4:19]

DHC Corporation “Medicated Acne Control Series” Commercial song featuring Kis-My-Ft2

3."Shine as you feel" [4:46]

Included only on the 3rd Anniversary disc.

DVD[edit]

  • First Edition A
  1. "Another Future"(Music Video)
  2. "Another Future"(Music Video Making Movie)
  • First Edition B
  1. "Perfect World"(Music Video)
  2. "Perfect World"(Music Video Making Movie)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "11th SINGLE 『Another Future』" (in Japanese). MENT. 2014. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  2. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2、新曲「Another Future」「Perfect World」2曲のMV公開". getnews.jp (in Japanese). 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  3. ^ "キスマイ、最新シングルに見る7人の関係性 ポジションの「格差」が「住み分け」に変化?". realsound (in Japanese). 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. ^ "2014年08月11日~2014年08月17日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2014年08月25日付)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2014/08/25". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "2014年08月のCDシングル月間ランキング(2014年08月度)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 15, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 Oricon Yearly Single Ranking TOP50". toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 20, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

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