Black Butterfly / Kaze ni Fukarete

Black Butterfly / Kaze ni Fukarete (ブラックバタフライ／風に吹かれて; Black Butterfly / Blowing in the Wind) is Juice=Juice's 4th major single. It was released on July 30, 2014 in 6 editions, 2 regular and 4 limited.

Regular A; Limited A, C

 * 1) Black Butterfly
 * 2) Kaze ni Fukarete
 * 3) Black Butterfly (Instrumental)
 * 4) Kaze ni Fukarete (Instrumental)

Regular B; Limited B, D

 * 1) Kaze ni Fukarete
 * 2) Black Butterfly
 * 3) Kaze ni Fukarete (Instrumental)
 * 4) Black Butterfly (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A

 * Black Butterfly (Music Video)

Limited Edition B

 * Kaze ni Fukarete (Music Video)

Limited Edition C

 * Black Butterfly (Dance Shot ver.)
 * Black Butterfly (Jacket and MV Making, Off-shot)

Limited Edition D

 * Kaze ni Fukarete (Dance Shot ver.)
 * Kaze ni Fukarete (Jacket and MV Making, Off-shot)

Featured Members

 * Miyazaki Yuka
 * Kanazawa Tomoko
 * Takagi Sayuki
 * Miyamoto Karin
 * Uemura Akari

Comments by Tsunku and Members
Black Butterfly
 * Tsunku: “Firstly I started out by composing a piece of tango-like music. When I was making the melody, somehow there was no image of a butterfly, but when I was in the middle of shortening the arrangement I pictured the girls flapping their huge wings and floating upwards. Even so, the image as for up to now is bright and full of energy ! Rather than a butterfly, sometimes a little lonely, but, to be able to also have a strong mind and spirit, Such an image came to mind. And that’s how I might have arrived at Black Butterfly. At the dance choreography for the high part of the song there was the image of five of them merged together as one butterfly. I tried to project the girls currently as if they are looking for a place with bitter honey、rather than sweet honey”.

Kaze ni Fukarete
 * Tsunku: “This is the other song. It seems that the girls flapping their wings freely gives off a strong feeling. This music gives a complete feeling of I want to be able to fly away into the sky”.

Concert Performances

 * Black Butterfly
 * Juice=Juice First Live Tour 2014 News=News ~Kakuchi yori Otodoke Shimasu!~
 * Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~KOREZO!~
 * S/mileage LIVE 2014 Natsu FULL CHARGE ~715 Nippon Budokan~
 * Kaze ni Fukarete
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~6gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
 * Juice=Juice First Live Tour 2014 News=News ~Kakuchi yori Otodoke Shimasu!~
 * Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~KOREZO!~
 * Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~YAPPARI!~

Promotions
Mini Lives=
 * July 24, 2014 (Tokyo, Japan)
 * July 27, 2014 (Nagoya, Japan)
 * July 31, 2014 (Yokohama, Japan)
 * -|Handshake Events=
 * July 31, 2014 (Yokohama, Japan)
 * -|Television Appearances=
 * [2014.07.22] Summer Station Music Live (performing "Black Butterfly & Kaze ni Fukarete")
 * [2014.07.24] The Girls Live (performing "Black Butterfly")
 * [2014.07.25] Music Dragon (performing "Kaze ni Fukarete")
 * [2014.07.27] Music Japan (performing "Kaze ni Fukarete")
 * [2014.07.31] The Girls Live (performing "Kaze ni Fukarete")

Single Information

 * All lyrics and composition by Tsunku
 * All arrangements by Hirata Shoichiro

Trivia

 * The outfits for "Kaze ni Fukarete" are refreshingly fluffy, pastel color plain clothes.
 * "Black Butterfly" has a tango and adult feel to it.
 * This is currently Juice=Juice highest selling first day single.

Oricon Chart Position
Total Reported Sales: 37,984*