Seventeen (Yoasobi song)

"Seventeen"
Single by Yoasobi
from the EP Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedMarch 27, 2023
GenreJ-pop
Length3:19
LabelSony Japan
Songwriter(s)Ayase
Producer(s)Ayase
Yoasobi singles chronology
"Adventure"
(2023) 		"Seventeen"
(2023) 		"Idol"
(2023)
Music video
"Seventeen" on YouTube
English version on YouTube

"Seventeen" (セブンティーン, Sebuntīn) is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their EPs, Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3 (2023). It was released through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on March 27, 2023, as the fourth and final single from the short story collection project Hajimete no, following "Mr.", "Suki da", and "Umi no Manimani". It was based on 120th Naoki Prize-winning Miyuki Miyabe's story Iro Chigai no Trump.

Background and release

On December 1, 2021, the same day as their extended play The Book 2 release, Yoasobi announced the project Hajimete no, a collaboration between the duo and four Naoki Prize-winning novelists, comprising Rio Shimamoto, Mizuki Tsujimura, Miyuki Miyabe, and Eto Mori, to produce songs based on the authors' stories with theme of "a story to read when you do [something] for the first time". All novels were published as a book on February 16, 2022, titled Hajimete no.[1][2] One of four novels written by Miyabe is Iro Chigai no Trump (色違いのトランプ, Iro Chigai no Toranpu, lit. "Color-different playing cards") with the theme "a story when you first become a suspect".[3] "Seventeen" expresses a 17-year-old girl who bids farewell to the world she lived in and her parents to save the crisis in the parallel world.[4]

In January 2023, Lawson's Machi Café partnered with Yoasobi for customers to offer a special drink called "Yoasobi Honey Caffè Latte"; they would also receive a sleeve with two-dimensional code for listening to the snippet of the duo's then-unreleased song from Hajimete no project, "Seventeen".[5] Two months later, on March 22, Yoasobi announced that the song would be available for download and streaming platforms on March 27.[6] An accompanying music video premiered on the same date as the release, produced by Contrail Co., Ltd and MAPPA, and directed by Masatsugu Nagasoe.[7][8] The song was included on the duo's EPs Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3, released on May 10 and October 4, 2023, respectively.[9][10] The English version appeared on their third English-language EP E-Side 3, released on April 12, 2024.[11]

Commercial performance

"Seventeen" debuted at number 32 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart,[12] and atop the Digital Singles Chart for the issue dated April 10, 2023, with 12,645 downloads, becoming Yoasobi's eleventh number-one since "Shukufuku" (2022).[13] For Billboard Japan, "Seventeen" entered the Japan Hot 100 at number 21 dated April 5, earning 10,737 downloads, peaked at number two on the Download Songs.[14] The song also debuted at number 63 on the Streaming Songs,[15] and ascended to number 36 the following week with 2,847,845 streams, an increase of 130%.[16]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Seventeen"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[19] Gold 50,000,000†

† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Seventeen"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various March 27, 2023
Sony Japan [20]

References

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  3. ^ "鏡のような、ふたつの並行世界が存在する日本。娘·夏穂の身柄が拘束されていると知った宗一は…【宮部みゆき 色違いのトランプ】／はじめての③". Davinci Web (in Japanese). October 15, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
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  10. ^ "YOASOBI、新曲「勇者」がTVアニメ"葬送のフリーレン"OPテーマに決定。同曲収録した3rd EP『THE BOOK 3』10/4リリース". Skream! (in Japanese). September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
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  16. ^ "【ビルボード】Official髭男dism「Subtitle」がストリーミング25連覇 なとり「フライデー・ナイト」が初登場". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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  18. ^ "Billboard Japan Download Songs – 2023 Year-End". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  19. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – YOASOBI – セブンティーン" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Select 2023年10月 on the drop-down menu
  20. ^ "4/24(月)20時、４月開業の東急歌舞伎町タワー内「THEATER MILANO-Za」のこけら落としライブをTikTok LIVE配信！抽選で現地ライブ観覧が当たる投稿チャレンジスタート！そして直木賞作家コラボ『はじめての』プロジェクトのラストを飾る宮部みゆき原作曲「セブンティーン」3/27(月)配信開始＆同日20時MVプレミア公開決定！". Yoasobi Official Website (in Japanese). March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.