Ai Ai Fire!! / Watashitachi (with friend) (愛愛ファイヤー!!／私達(with friends); Love Love Fire!! / We (with friend)) is the 24th indies single by Up Up Girls (Kari). It was released on November 6, 2018. The single had a limited release on October 28, at Shinjuku Blaze during Up Up Girls (Kari) Road to Live of All Songs, a concert held in anticipation of their six-hour long concert on December 27.[1]
"Watashitachi (with friend)" is a rearranged and rerecorded version of the last track on their 5th album. This version features THE Inazuma Sentai as the live band and back-up vocalists, and the Up Up Girls (Kari) members also played some of the background instruments themselves.
Tracklist
Up Up Girls (Kari) Ai Ai Fire!! (MV)
Up Up Girls (Kari) Watashitachi (with friend) (MV)
- Ai Ai Fire!!
- Watashitachi (with friend)
- Ai Ai Fire!! (Instrumental)
- Watashitachi (with friend) (Instrumental)
Featured Members
Up Up Girls (Kari), promoting the single
Single Information
- Ai Ai Fire!!
- Lyrics: NOBE
- Composition: michitomo
- Arrangement: KOJI oba
- Watashitachi (with friend)
- Lyrics: Uenaka Joya
- Composition: Kubo Hiroyuki
- Arrangement: michitomo
- Band Performance: THE Inazuma Sentai
- Music Video Director: Ninomiya Yuuki
TV Performances
- [2018.10.15] The Girls Live (Ai Ai Fire!!)
Oricon Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6[2] | - | - | - | 9[3] | 24[4] | 10[5] | 21 | 3869[6] |
Total sales reported: 3,869*
Trivia
- This is their first indies single since "Zenryoku! Pump Up!! / Kono Melody wo Kimi to" to only be released in one edition.
- This is their first indies single since "Beautiful Dreamer / Zenryoku! Pump Up!! -ULTRA Mix- / Itadaki wo Mezase!" to not have any b-sides.
- All of the release events for this single were live streamed on YouTube.
- The music video for “Ai Ai Fire!!” premiered live on YouTube on November 1, 2018.
Additional Videos
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tpalette/status/1056376452587773952?s=21
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2018-11-05/
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2018-11-09/
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2018-11-10/p/3/
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2018-11-11/
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2018-11-19/p/3/
External Links
- Announcement
- Release Event Information: T-Palette Records, YouTube
- Single Covers (Twitter)
- Discography: Up Up Girls (Kari)