This Is Arashi

This Is Arashi
Studio album by
Arashi
ReleasedNovember 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
Length42:39
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelJ Storm
Arashi chronology
Arashi Reborn Vol.1
(2020) 		This Is Arashi
(2020)
Arashi studio album chronology
Untitled
(2017) 		This Is Arashi
(2020)
Singles from This Is Arashi
  1. "Brave"
    Released: September 11, 2019
  2. "Turning Up"
    Released: November 3, 2019
  3. "In the Summer"
    Released: July 24, 2020
  4. "Kite"
    Released: July 29, 2020
  5. "Whenever You Call"
    Released: September 18, 2020
  6. "Party Starters"
    Released: October 30, 2020

This Is Arashi (Japanese: This Is 嵐) is the seventeenth studio album by Japanese idol group Arashi, released through J Storm on November 3, 2020.[1] It was the group's final recording before entering an indefinite hiatus on December 31, 2020.[2][3] It was preceded by and includes the singles "Brave"; "Turning Up"; their first song primarily in English, "In the Summer"; "Kite"; their first entirely English song, "Whenever You Call"; and "Party Starters". "Do You...?" served as the lead song upon the album's release on November 3.[4]

The limited edition of the album includes a second disc with all songs from Arashi's 2020 digital EP Arashi Reborn Vol.1 and the other "Reborn" re-recordings of their earlier tracks, as well as a DVD or Blu-ray featuring the music videos for the singles.[1]

This Is Arashi debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling over 699,000 copies in its first week.[5]

The album was released for digital download and streaming on December 11, 2020.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Arashi to release new album in November". Tokyo Hive. September 15, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "J-pop stars ARASHI release all-English single before hiatus". Borneo Bulletin. September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Arashi announces that their 2020 concert will be live-streamed from empty National Stadium". Yahoo! Lifestyle. September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Discography(ARASHI)". Johnnys-net.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2020年11月02日～2020年11月08日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Arashi news". .j-storm.co.jp. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.