Week End (Gen Hoshino song)
2015 promotional single by Gen Hoshino / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Week End" (Japanese pronunciation: [ɯiːkɯeꜜɴdo]) is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino from his fourth studio album, Yellow Dancer (2015). It is the album's sole promotional single, released for exclusive airplay on the Japan FM League on October 20, 2015, and was also promoted with a listening video. Written and produced by Hoshino as the theme song to the morning news program Mezamashi Saturday [ja], it is a pop-like dance song that draws influence from black music genres such as R&B and soul for an upbeat sound. Lyrically, Hoshino in falsetto encourages listeners dance freely.
"Week End" | |
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Promotional single by Gen Hoshino | |
from the album Yellow Dancer | |
Language | Japanese |
Released | December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02) |
Genre | Dance |
Length | 4:30 |
Label | Speedstar |
Songwriter(s) | Gen Hoshino |
Producer(s) | Gen Hoshino |
Listening video | |
"Week End" on YouTube | |
The song was praised by album reviewers for its exciting sound and was described as representative of Yellow Dancer. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for paid digital downloads. The song was particularly successful in airplay, ranking on Billboard's year-end radio songs lists for both 2015 and 2016. It had its debut performance on the music program Music Station, after which Hoshino featured the song on the 2016 Yellow Voyage tour with dance performance from Elevenplay.