This Is Arashi

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]

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

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]

Promotion

An online concert pre-recorded without an audience at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo was streamed in promotion of the album on November 3, the day of the album's release. The concert, AraFes (short for Arashi Festival),[3] had been postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Arashi performed "Do You...?" on Music Station on November 6.[8]

Track listing
Standard edition / Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Show Time"
  • Akira
  • Singo Kubota
  • Satoru Kurihara
3:43
2."Turning Up"
3:03
3."I Can't Wait for Christmas"
  • Miwaflower
  • DWB
  • Mike Macdermid
  • Julie Morrison
3:46
4."Whenever You Call"
3:15
5."Itsuka Byōshin no Au Koro" (いつか秒針のあう頃; Someday When the Second Hand Meets)
3:30
6."In the Summer"
  • Rami Yacoub
  • Gregory Hein
  • Funk Uchino
4:49
7."Kite" (カイト; Kaito)Kenshi Yonezu4:43
8."Brave"
4:34
9."Party Starters"
3:14
10."Do You...?"
  • Atsushi Shimada
  • MiNE
  • Sho Sakurai
  • Takuya Harada
3:58
11."The Music Never Ends"
  • Julian Bunetta
  • John Ryan
  • Uchino
4:04
Total length:42:39
Disc two (Limited edition only)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Turning Up" (R3hab remix)
  • Erik Lidbom
  • Andreas Carlsson
  • Sho Sakurai
  • Funk Uchino
2:46
2."A-ra-shi: Reborn"
3:25
3."A Day in Our Life: Reborn"
  • Shun
  • Shuya
  • Andreas Carlsson
  • Sho Sakurai
3:30
4."One Love: Reborn"
  • Youth Case
  • Yusuke Kato
  • Andreas Carlsson
3:22
5."Love So Sweet: Reborn"
  • Spin
  • Youth Case
  • Ellen Shipley
3:26
6."Face Down: Reborn"
  • Eltvo
  • Albi Albertsson
  • Royce.H
  • Vincent Stein
  • Konstantin Scherer
  • Ellen Shipley
3:53
Total length:20:22
Disc three / DVD / Blu-ray (Limited edition only)
No.TitleLength
1."Do You...?" (Music video + making) 
2."Brave" (Music video) 
3."Kite" (Music video) 
4."Turning Up" (Music video) 
5."In the Summer" (Music video) 
6."Whenever You Call" (Music video) 
7."Party Starters" (Music video) 

Charts

Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance of This Is Arashi
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[10] 1

Year-end charts
Year-end chart performance of This Is Arashi
Chart (2020) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 2
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[12] 3

References
  1. "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.
  7. "Japanese boy band Arashi to stream postponed concert on Nov. 3". Kyodo News. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  8. "Arashi, Misako Uno, Juju, Stray Kids, Sexy Zone, and Wanima to appear on the next episode of 'Music Station'". Natalie (in Japanese). October 30, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  9. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2020-11-16" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  10. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2020/11/16 付け". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  11. "オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2020年度" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  12. "YOASOBI Tops Billboard Japan's 2020 Year-End Charts With Song Not Released on CD". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
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