Encore (Yoasobi song)

"Encore"
Promotional single by Yoasobi
from the EP The Book
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJuly 2, 2021
GenreJ-pop
Length4:30
LabelSony Japan
Songwriter(s)Ayase
Producer(s)Ayase
Music video
"Encore" on YouTube
English version on YouTube

"Encore" (アンコール, Ankōru) is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It appears as the second track from their debut EP The Book, released on January 6, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan.[1] The song was released as a standalone promotional single on July 2, to commemorate the song's 100 million streams achievement and its own cover artwork. The English version was included on the duo's first English-language EP, E-Side, released on November 12.[2]

The song was based on the short story Sekai no Owari to, Sayonara no Uta ("The End of the World, and the Goodbye Song") written by Kanami Minakami and won the Yoasobi Contest Vol. 1. The story is about a man and a woman who meet in a warehouse full of old musical instruments before the world ends.[3] The song also featured in Google Pixel 5, Pixel 4a (5G) advertisement.[4]

  1. ^ "YOASOBI、『CDTVライブ!ライブ!』で披露した新曲「アンコール」MV公開!". Excite (in Japanese). January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "YOASOBI、初の英語版第1弾EP『E-SIDE』11/12リリース。"群青"英語Verの"Blue"配信&MV公開も". Rockin'On (in Japanese). October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Shiba, Tomonori (October 23, 2022). "【決定版】YOASOBIの名曲10選。小説から作曲したきっかけは?". The First Time (in Japanese). Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "YOASOBI、『CDTVライブ!ライブ!』で披露した新曲「アンコール」MV公開!". M-ON! Press (in Japanese). January 19, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Excite.