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Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D・N・A! / Go Waist

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Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D・N・A! / Go Waist (眼鏡の男の子/ニッポンノD・N・A！/Go Waist; Glasses Boy / Japanese D・N・A! / Go Waist) is BEYOOOOONDS' major debut single. It was released on August 7, 2019 in 6 editions: 3 regular and 3 limited.[1] The first press of the regular editions included a random trading card of 13 kinds depending on the jacket (39 in total). The limited editions included an event lottery serial number card.

"Go Waist" is a Japanese cover and parody of the 1979 hit "Go West" by the Village People. The BEYOOOOONDS version interprets "Go West" as a waist exercise song.[2]

"Megane no Otoko no Ko" was selected as the August 2019 ending theme for CDTV,[3] and "Nippon no D・N・A!" was selected as the September 2019 ending theme for uhb Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting's Doyou Presents Hour[4] and Iwate Menkoi Television's Beatniks.[5]

This is their first single to be certified gold by the RIAJ, recognizing the sale of over 100,000 copies.[6]

Tracklist[]

CD[]

Regular Edition A[]

  1. Megane no Otoko no Ko
  2. Nippon no D・N・A!
  3. Go Waist
  4. GIRL ZONE - Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
  5. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Instrumental)
  6. Nippon no D・N・A! (Instrumental)
  7. Go Waist (Instrumental)
  8. GIRL ZONE (Instrumental)

Regular Edition B[]

  1. Megane no Otoko no Ko
  2. Nippon no D・N・A!
  3. Go Waist
  4. Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi (文化祭実行委員長の恋; Cultural Festival Committee Executive Chairman's Love)
  5. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Instrumental)
  6. Nippon no D・N・A! (Instrumental)
  7. Go Waist (Instrumental)
  8. Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi (Instrumental)

Regular Edition C[]

  1. Megane no Otoko no Ko
  2. Nippon no D・N・A!
  3. Go Waist
  4. Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete (都営大江戸線の六本木駅で抱きしめて; Embrace Me at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo Line) - CHICA#TETSU
  5. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Instrumental)
  6. Nippon no D・N・A! (Instrumental)
  7. Go Waist (Instrumental)
  8. Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete (Instrumental)

Limited Editions A-C[]

  1. Megane no Otoko no Ko
  2. Nippon no D・N・A!
  3. Go Waist
  4. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Instrumental)
  5. Nippon no D・N・A! (Instrumental)
  6. Go Waist (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD[]

  1. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Music Video)
  2. Megane no Otoko no Ko (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition B DVD[]

  1. Nippon no D・N・A! (Music Video)
  2. Nippon no D・N・A! (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition C DVD[]

  1. Go Waist (Music Video)
  2. Go Waist (Dance Shot Ver.)

Featured Members[]

BEYOOOOONDS-MeganenoOtokonoKo

BEYOOOOONDS promoting "Megane no Otoko no Ko"

BEYOOOOONDS-NipponnoDNA

BEYOOOOONDS promoting "Nippon no D・N・A!"

Single Information[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko
Nippon no D・N・A!
  • Lyrics, Voice: Nozawa Toru
  • Composition, Arrangement, Programming, Voice: Hoshibe Sho
  • Additional Programming: Hashimoto Shin
  • Guitar: Asai Yasuo[8]
  • Chorus: Shiobara Namiko
  • Voice: Ito Yoshinori, Yamao Masato
  • Dance Choreography: Kumagai Hiroaki[9]
  • Music Video: Shimotsu Yuta
Go Waist
  • Original Song: Go West
  • Lyrics: Henri Belolo, Victor Edward Willis
  • Composition: Jacques Morali
  • Japanese Lyrics: Kodama Ameko
  • Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Okubo Kaoru
  • Piano: Kobayashi Honoka (BEYOOOOONDS)
  • Chorus: BEYOOOOONDS, Nozawa Toru, Hoshibe Sho, Yamao Masato
  • Dance Choreography: Kumagai Hiroaki[9]
  • Music Video: Ue+Kita
GIRL ZONE
  • Lyrics and Composition: Oomori Seiko
  • Arrangement, Keyboard, and Programming: Okubo Kaoru
  • Dance Choreography: Kumagai Hiroaki[9]
Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi
  • Lyrics and Composition: Hoshibe Sho
  • Arrangement, Guitar, Bass, and Programming: Itagaki Yusuke
  • Chorus: Yamao Masato
  • Dance Choreography: Suzuki Ayaka, Kumagai Hiroaki[7]
Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete
  • Lyrics and Composition: Hoshibe Sho
  • Arrangement, Keyboard, and Programming: Shimizu Nobuyuki
  • Chorus and Demo Vocals: Shiobara Namiko[10]
  • Dance Choreography: Kumagai Hiroaki[9]

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko
  • [2018.11.05] The Girls Live
  • [2019.08.12] Premium MelodiX!
  • [2019.10.15] Utacon
  • [2020.04.22] KURAGAE ~Watashitachi no Koto, Oshite Kudasai!~
  • [2020.03.27] RAGAZZE! ~Shoujotachi yo~[11]
Nippon no D・N・A!
  • [2019.02.09] @JAM TV powered by LIVE DAM Ai
  • [2019.10.19] J-MELO
  • [2020.03.27] RAGAZZE! ~Shoujotachi yo~[11]
GIRL ZONE
Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi
  • [2019.01.14] The Girls Live
  • [2020.03.18] Numa ni Hamatte Kiite Mita
Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete

Concert Performances[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko
Nippon no D・N・A!
Go Waist
GIRL ZONE
Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi
Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete

Event Performances[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko
Nippon no D・N・A!
Go Waist
  • [2019.08.02] TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
GIRL ZONE
Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete

Chart Positions[]

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Daily & Weekly Rankings
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1
80,087 		3
5,063 		3
4,014 		1
3,914 		4 1
5,048 		1 99,875
27 23 18 11 7 43 34 23 3,479
18 - - 25 4 - - 22 4,025
- - - - 5 - - 32 3,005
- - - - 6 - - 36 1,819
- - - - - - - 194 164
Monthly Ranking
Year Month Month Rank Sales Ref
2019 August 4 110,384 [15]

Total Reported Sales: 112,367

Weekly Combined Ranking
Week Rank Points
1 105,949
43 4,883
44 4,754

Total reported points: 115,586

Yearly Ranking
Year Year Rank Sales Ref
2019 55 112,367 [16]

Billboard Japan Top Single Sales[]

Week Rank Sales Ref
1 94,375 [17]
17 5,747 [18]
20 4,252 [19]
29 3,632 [20]

Total Reported Sales: 108,006

Recochoku Music Video Rankings[]

Song Daily Rank Weekly Rank Monthly Rank
Megane no Otoko no Ko 7 9 30
Nippon no D・N・A! 5 8 34
Go Waist 8 21 56

Other Chart Rankings[]

Country Chart Highest
Position 		Ref
Japan Billboard Japan Single Sales (First Three Days) 1
(85,636) 		[21]
Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End 59 [22]
"Megane no Otoko no Ko" only
Billboard Japan Hot 100 2 [23]
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 30 [24]
"Nippon no D・N・A!" only
Billboard Japan Hot 100 82 [25]
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 60 [24]
"GIRL ZONE" only
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 100 [24]
"Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi" only
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 77 [24]
"Toei Oedo Sen no Roppongi Eki de Dakishimete" only
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 56 [24]

Campaigns[]

Minna ga Kimeru!! BEYOOOOONDS TV CM Campaign[]

On July 16, 2019, the day the official music videos were uploaded onto BEYOOOOONDS's newly opened YouTube channel, the "Minna ga Kimeru! BEYOOOOONDS TV CM Campaign" (みんなが決める!! BEYOOOOONDSテレビCMキャンペーン; Everyone Decides! BEYOOOOONDS TV CM Campaign) was also announced to decide which one would be aired as a commercial. The video with the most number of views by 9:00 PM JST on July 25 would be chosen.[26][27]

Under production versions of the 15 and 30-second commercials for each song were uploaded onto BEYOOOOOND's YouTube channel on July 23.[28]

The music video for "Nippon no D・N・A!" had the most views by July 25, but due to the great response for all three music videos, it was decided that all three songs would have commercials with their air time divided based on their number of views:[29]

  • "Megane no Otoko no Ko" with over 500,000 views would air 35% of the time.
  • "Nippon no D・N・A!" with over 590,000 views would air 51% of the time.
  • "Go Waist" with over 350,000 views would air 24% of the time.

On August 5, the commercials began airing on TV across seven regions of Japan and on the web (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram).[29]

"BEYOOOOONDS Megane" Twitter Campaign[]

A Twitter campaign was announced on August 5, 2019 in order to commemorate their debut and give 30 people the chance to win a pair of "BEYOOOOONDS Megane (Glasses)".[30][31]

To enter, Twitter users had to follow two simple steps:

  1. Follow the BEYOOOOONDS official Twitter account (@BEYOOOOONDS_).
  2. Retweet the campaign tweet.

The campaign began on August 5, 2019 at 7:00 JST and ended on August 18, 2019 at midnight. Only people living in Japan were eligible to win.

Trivia[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko
  • "Megane no Otoko no Ko" led songwriter Hoshibe Sho to join UP-FRONT. It was the song he submitted (as a member of a unit) for the Dai 2kai Forest Award NEW FACE Audition in 2012. The demo was originally written in around 2009 or 2010, under the title "Megane no Onna no Ko" (眼鏡の女の子; Glasses Girl), with a male perspective and a heavy beat closer to hip-hop. For the audition, the song was changed to its current shuffle beat as a homage to Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover". Although his unit was rejected during application screening, the song was appraised and Hoshibe received the opportunity to work with UP-FRONT as a sort of apprentice writer. In 2017, Hoshibe was asked to change the lyrics to a female perspective so a Hello! Project group could sing it. Aside from the protagonist's gender, the outline of the story was mostly unchanged from the original.[34]
  • In "Megane no Otoko no Ko", the date in Kiyono Momohime's line, "It takes place in the spring of the first year of the Reiwa era" (時は令和元年の春), changes for live performances. For example, the date was "summer of 2018" (2018年の夏) for Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER, "summer of the first year of the Reiwa era" (令和元年の夏) for Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER, and so forth.
  • The Regular Edition A CD jacket and the manga cover in the "Megane no Otoko no Ko" music video are spoofs of the cover design that was used until the early 2000s for shoujo manga tankoubon published under the Ribon Mascot Comics label.
  • "Megane no Otoko no Ko" was selected for the August 2019 TBC Ichi Oshi Powerplay,[35] and the "Yushu Shinjin" powerplay by NBS.[36]
  • To commemorate the single reaching #1 on the Oricon weekly charts in its first week, a Panic Train Ver. music video of "Megane no Otoko no Ko" was uploaded onto YouTube on August 14, 2019 at 21:00 JST.[37]
  • The MV for Megane no Otoko no Ko was filmed along the Kominato railway line in Chiba prefecture. Fans have marked specific location settings at Umadate Station and Kofudai Station. Additionally, fans noticed that the Streetview option on Google Maps for the month of April 2019 captured images of the BEYOOOOONDS members filming at this location.[38]
Nippon no D・N・A!
  • Lyricist and performance director Nozawa Toru appears in the "Nippon no D・N・A!" music video as the company president.[39]
  • "Nippon no D・N・A!" is described as a message song with a "'90s TK sound".[2]
  • "Nippon no D･N･A!" was selected for the August 2019 "B-HOT! Rookies" powerplay by RADIO BERRY[40] and the "8gatsu no Manpure" powerplay by CBC Radio,[41] as well as the August 2019 "Plus Tune" for Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (JOQR).[42]
Go Waist
  • Kobayashi Honoka's piano scene in the "Go Waist" music video is a parody of the pianist introductions in the NHK calisthenics TV program Minna no Taisou.
  • "Saya's Bootcamp" in the "Go Waist" music video is a parody of the at-home workout program Billy's Bootcamp by American fitness guru Billy Blanks, which became a pop culture phenomenon in Japan in 2007.
Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi
  • "Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi" is a spin-off of "Megane no Otoko no Ko", which takes place when the titular glasses boy disappears from riding the train every morning. Hoshibe Sho explains that the glasses boy was absent in preparation for his school festival. There (and in the story of "Bunkasai Jikkou Iinchou no Koi") he enters and wins the crossdressing competition and also meets his girlfriend.[34]
Sales
  • Within the single's first week, BEYOOOOONDS has the second highest major debut sales of all the current Hello! Project groups, being surpassed only by Morning Musume. They also have the eighth highest major debut sales in all of Hello! Project including past acts, but excluding shuffle units and Gomattou. 
  • BEYOOOOONDS has the fifth highest first week sales for a major debut single in all of Hello! Project including past acts, but excluding shuffle units.
  • BEYOOOOONDS is the first main Hello! Project group to rank as #1 on the Oricon weekly singles chart with their debut single.[43] They are overall the fourth Hello! Project act to achieve this feat, excluding one-shot units.
  • BEYOOOOONDS is also the first main Hello! Project group to rank as #1 on Billboard Japan's top singles chart with their debut single.
  • BEYOOOOONDS is the second Hello! Project act not affiliated with Morning Musume to have their debut single be certified gold by the RIAJ after Taiyou to Ciscomoon.
  • BEYOOOOONDS is the fifth Hello! Project act not affiliated with Morning Musume to have any of their singles be certified gold by the RIAJ after Taiyou to Ciscomoon, Matsuura Aya, ℃-ute, and Juice=Juice.

Videos[]

Megane no Otoko no Ko (MV) (Promotion Edit)

Nippon no D・N・A! (MV) (Promotion Edit)

Go Waist (MV) (Promotion Edit)

Megane no Otoko no Ko (15byou・30byou CM)

Nippon no D･N･A! (15byou・30byou CM)

Go Waist (15byou・30byou CM)

Megane no Otoko no Ko (Panic Train Ver.)

References[]

  1. ↑ "ハロー！プロジェクト新時代！！ BEYOOOOONDSメジャーデビュー決定！！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-04-30.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BEYOOOOONDSメジャーデビューシングル 詳細発表！！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-06-29.
  3. ↑ "「眼鏡の男の子」TBS「CDTV」8月度エンディングテーマに決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-07-31.
  4. ↑ "「ニッポンノD・N・A！」uhb 北海道文化放送(テレビ)「土曜プレゼンアワー」9月度エンディングテーマに決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-09-05.
  5. ↑ "「ニッポンノD・N・A！」岩手めんこいテレビ「Beatniks」9月度エンディングテーマに決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-09-06.
  6. ↑ https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html#read-list-1
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "BEYOOOOONDS 第1章 vol.3" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Station. 2019-01-18.
  8. ↑ "【アプカミ#150】「眼鏡の男の子」台詞レコーディング・「ニッポンノD・N・A！」ギターレコーディング・新沼希空の私服コーディネート MC : 野村みな美 和田桜子" (in Japanese). Upcoming (via YouTube). 2019-08-15.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "【アプカミ#151】モーニング娘。'19 15期メンバーのダンスレッスン・「ニッポンノD・N・A！」振り入れ・浜浦彩乃の「ヘアアレンジ」 MC : 前田こころ 山﨑夢羽" (in Japanese). Upcoming (via YouTube). 2019-08-22.
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/namy_xxx/status/1160477915923939328
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "AKB48、モーニング娘。’20、ももいろクローバーZら出演『RAGAZZE！～少女たちよ！～』、セットリスト発表" (in Japanese). Real Sound. 2020-03-27.
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  13. ↑ "#SPARK2022 ʚ♡ɞ" (in Japanese). BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Official Blog. 2022-07-17.
  14. ↑ "王国中の歌自慢が一挙集結！コラボも続々飛び出した「ヤノフェス 歌う王国」" (in Japanese). Music Natalie. 2021-09-27.
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  16. ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/y/2019/p/6/
  17. ↑ "【ビルボード】BEYOOOOONDS『眼鏡の男の子/ニッポンノD・N・A！/Go Waist』が9.4万枚でSGセールス首位獲得　三代目/ONEUSが続く" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2019-08-13.
  18. ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2019&month=08&day=26
  19. ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2019&month=09&day=2
  20. ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2019&month=09&day=9
  21. ↑ "【先ヨミ】BEYOOOOONDSメジャー・デビュー作が8.5万枚で現在セールス首位　三代目JSB『SCARLET』は前作超えスタート" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2019-08-09.
  22. ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2019
  23. ↑ "【ビルボード】三代目JSB「SCARLET feat. Afrojack」がシングル・セールス差を逆転、総合首位獲得　King Gnu「飛行艇」総合10位に初登場" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2019-08-14.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2019&month=08&day=19
  25. ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2019&month=08&day=19
  26. ↑ "みんなが決める!! BEYOOOOONDSテレビCMキャンペーン" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-07-16.
  27. ↑ "はじめまして、BEYOOOOONDSです！" (in Japanese). BEYOOOOONDS (via YouTube). 2019-07-16.
  28. ↑ "BEYOOOOONDS テレビCM鋭意制作中！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-07-23.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "​BEYOOOOONDS テレビCM決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-07-26.
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  38. ↑ BEYOOOOONDS「眼鏡の男の子」聖地巡礼 (in Japanese) 2021-02-15
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  40. ↑ "「ニッポンノD・N・A！」RADIO BERRY(エフエム栃木)8月度パワープレイ「B-HOT！ルーキーズ」に決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-07-31.
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