The Star (album)
The Star (stylized as The STAR) is the first studio album of Japanese boy group JO1, formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan. Consisting songs from their previous singles "Protostar" and "Stargazer", the album was released by Lapone Entertainment into four different editions on November 25, 2020, with "Shine a Light" as the promotional single.
| The Star | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | November 25, 2020 |
| Recorded | 2020 |
| Genre | J-pop |
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| Language | |
| Label | Lapone Entertainment |
| Singles from The Star | |
To promote the album, the group performed in several awards and year-end music shows along with two solo performances by member Junki Kono on the music YouTube channel The First Take. The group also held their first live streaming concert titled Starlight, and is set to hold a second concert on February 20, 2021.
The album debuted at number two on Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums only behind BTS's Be and has sold 173,753 copies by the end of 2020.
Background and release
On October 5, 2020, seven months after their debut, JO1 held a press conference at Esports Ginza Studio in Tokyo to announce the release of their first studio album The Star and first online concert titled Starlight.[1] The concept photos for the album were released on the same day and showed the members in light-colored stars-studded costumes, expressing their "shining self" to continue the concept of their previous release.[2]
The album was released on November 25 into four different editions, consisting of songs from their previous singles "Protostar" and "Stargazer" as well as seven new songs.[3] The three limited editions (Red, Blue, Green) feature 15 tracks including "Starlight", "Shine a Light", and another new song that is different for each edition. The limited edition Red comes with a bonus DVD featuring a talk segment with the members titled JO1 Party. The limited edition Green and Blue come with a photo book and an accordion card, respectively.[4] The normal edition comes with a solo poster and features 19 tracks, including all of the new songs in the limited editions and JO1 version of "Yancha Boy Yancha Girl" and "Happy Merry Christmas" that had been performed in Produce 101 Japan.[2] It is also available in digital format for streaming and download.
The group also released performance videos for tracks "Safety Zone" and "Monstar".[5][6]
Promotion
To commemorate the album's release, JO1 held a live streaming event on their official YouTube channel on the release day.[7] They were also featured in a special program on Music On! TV,[8] and released their second official Line stickers set.[9]
JO1 promoted the album by performing "Shine a Light" in several TV shows, including the 2020 FNS Music Festival held on December 2.[10] They also performed the song along with "Infinity" at the MTV VMAJ 2020 and the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) where they received the Rising Star Award and the Best New Asian Artist, respectively.[11][12][13] On December 4, member Junki Kono performed an acoustic solo version of "Infinity" on the music YouTube channel The First Take.[14] Due to the exposure from his appearance on the channel as well as the group's performance on the FNS Music Festival and MAMA, four songs from the album, namely "Infinity", "Shine a Light", "Monstar", and "Oh-Eh-Oh", reappeared in the top 100 rank of Oricon's YouTube Chart of the week.[15] Kono's solo performances of "Infinity" and "Voice" were subsequently released as digital songs on January 13, 2021.[16]
Singles
The album's lead single "Protostar" was released on March 4, 2020, which is also the group's debut release. The single was released as an extended play and features "Infinity" as its lead track.[17] The single reached number one on both the Oricon Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100,[18][19] and received a Platinum certification by the RIAJ.[20] Earning an estimate of 640 million yen, the single helped JO1 to rank second on Oricon's Mid-Year New Artist Total Sales ranking.[21]
"Stargazer" was released as the album's second single on August 26, 2020.[22] The single continued the group's number one position on the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts.[23][24] Released with a concept about teenagers in distress, the music video of its lead track "Oh-Eh-Oh" features the members fighting as high school students against a mysterious group.[25] Hui from the Korean boy group Pentagon participated in the production of the song.[26]
The music video of the promotional single "Shine a Light" was released on November 10.[27] The concept of the music video is dubbed as "intersecting space-time". It depicts the members roaming around the same intersection in a fictional city, separated by time and era, with shining light as the only connection between the different timelines.[28] The song peaked at number fifty-eight on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[29]
Concerts
JO1 1st Live Streaming Concert "Starlight" is a virtual pay-per-view concert held on December 19, 2020, via Pia Live Stream.[1][30] Lasting for two hours and twenty minutes, the concert also consisted of talk and game segments.[31] According to the news reports, the concert amassed an estimate of 120,000 viewers from 30 countries and regions beside Japan, such as United States, Australia, China, South Korea, and Indonesia.[32][33] The concert is scheduled to be broadcast on TBS' cable TV channel TBS Channel 1 on January 31, 2021, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interview with the members.[34]
- "Shine a Light"
- "Monstar"
- "Kungchikita (JO1 ver.)"
- "GrandMaster (JO1 ver.)"
- "Happy Merry Christmas (JO1 ver.)"
- "Yancha Boy Yancha Girl (JO1 ver.)"
- "Go"
- "Oh-Eh-Oh"
- "Tsukame (It's Coming)"
- Encore
- "Be With You"
- "Infinity"
JO1 Live Streaming Concert "Starlight Deluxe" is the second virtual concert by JO1 and set to be held on February 20, 2021. With the concept of traveling in space with the group, the concert is said to be more refined than the previous one.[33]
Critical reception
Azusa Takahashi from Real Sound praised the group's rapid growth that is evident throughout The Star, especially in singing. She also mentioned that one of the album's charms is the amount of possibility shown from the wide range of tastes in the songs. Although some tracks have been performed in Produce 101 Japan, she described those songs as "cohesive while retaining the freshness of the time." To close her review, Takahashi stated the album is good in showing "factors that makeup JO1 as an artist", namely the bond between members, the "spices" found in the songs thanks to the uniqueness of the members, and gratitude to their fans.[35]
Commercial performance
After its release, The Star debuted at number one on Oricon Daily Albums Chart with an estimate of 114,560 copies sold.[36] It eventually ranked at number two on the Weekly Albums Chart after BTS' album Be with 158,333 copies sold.[37] The album also ranked at number two on Billboard Japan Hot Albums and number one on the Top Albums Sales on the week of its release.[38][39] The commercial success of the album also put JO1 in the third place for Billboard Japan Artist 100 of the week which was also the chart's inaugural week.[40] The album later ranked at number twenty-one on Oricon Annual Ranking 2020 with 173,753 physical copies sold.[41]
Track listing
Credits are adapted from QQ Music and the album's liner notes.[42]
Limited edition red
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" |
|
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| 1:15 |
| 2. | "Shine a Light" |
|
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| 3:16 |
| 3. | "Safety Zone" |
|
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| 3:26 |
| 4. | "Infinity" (無限大; Mugendai) |
|
|
| 3:03 |
| 5. | "La Pa Pa Pam" |
|
|
| 3:08 |
| 6. | "Running" |
|
|
| 3:50 |
| 7. | "Oh-Eh-Oh" |
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| 3:04 | |
| 8. | "So What" |
|
| Young Jay (KCKT) | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Go" |
|
|
| 3:19 |
| 10. | "Voice" (君の声; Kimi no Koe; lit. Your Voice) |
|
| Eastwest | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Tsukame (It's Coming)" (ツカメ ～It's Coming～; JO1 ver.) | Kanata Nakamura |
|
| 3:57 |
| 12. | "Young" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Versachoi | 3:24 |
| 13. | "GrandMaster" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Coach & Sendo | 3:28 |
| 14. | "Kungchikita" (JO1 ver.) |
|
|
| 3:31 |
| 15. | "My Friends" |
|
| Nthonious | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 48:42 | ||||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "JO1 Party" | 59:00 |
Limited edition green
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" |
|
|
| 1:15 |
| 2. | "Shine a Light" |
|
|
| 3:16 |
| 3. | "Infinity" (無限大; Mugendai) |
|
|
| 3:03 |
| 4. | "La Pa Pa Pam" |
|
|
| 3:08 |
| 5. | "Running" |
|
|
| 3:50 |
| 6. | "Oh-Eh-Oh" |
|
| 3:04 | |
| 7. | "So What" |
|
| Young Jay (KCKT) | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Go" |
|
|
| 3:19 |
| 9. | "Voice" (君の声; Kimi no Koe; lit. Your Voice) |
|
| Eastwest | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Tsukame (It's Coming)" (ツカメ ～It's Coming～; JO1 ver.) | Kanata Nakamura |
|
| 3:57 |
| 11. | "Young" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Versachoi | 3:24 |
| 12. | "GrandMaster" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Coach & Sendo | 3:28 |
| 13. | "Kungchikita" (JO1 ver.) |
|
|
| 3:31 |
| 14. | "Be with You" (足跡; Ashiato; lit. Footprints) |
| Ouow | Ouow | 3:39 |
| 15. | "My Friends" |
|
| Nthonious | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 48:55 | ||||
Limited edition blue
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" |
|
|
| 1:15 |
| 2. | "Shine a Light" |
|
|
| 3:16 |
| 3. | "Infinity" (無限大; Mugendai) |
|
|
| 3:03 |
| 4. | "La Pa Pa Pam" |
|
|
| 3:08 |
| 5. | "Running" |
|
|
| 3:50 |
| 6. | "Oh-Eh-Oh" |
|
| 3:04 | |
| 7. | "So What" |
|
| Young Jay (KCKT) | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Go" |
|
|
| 3:19 |
| 9. | "Voice" (君の声; Kimi no Koe; lit. Your Voice) |
|
| Eastwest | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Tsukame (It's Coming)" (ツカメ ～It's Coming～; JO1 ver.) | Kanata Nakamura |
|
| 3:57 |
| 11. | "Young" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Versachoi | 3:24 |
| 12. | "GrandMaster" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Coach & Sendo | 3:28 |
| 13. | "Kungchikita" (JO1 ver.) |
|
|
| 3:31 |
| 14. | "Monstar" |
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| Teito (KCKT) | 3:24 |
| 15. | "My Friends" |
|
| Nthonious | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 48:40 | ||||
Normal edition
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" |
|
|
| 1:15 |
| 2. | "Shine a Light" |
|
|
| 3:16 |
| 3. | "Safety Zone" |
|
|
| 3:26 |
| 4. | "Infinity" (無限大; Mugendai) |
|
|
| 3:03 |
| 5. | "La Pa Pa Pam" |
|
|
| 3:08 |
| 6. | "Running" |
|
|
| 3:50 |
| 7. | "Oh-Eh-Oh" |
|
| 3:04 | |
| 8. | "So What" |
|
| Young Jay (KCKT) | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Go" |
|
|
| 3:19 |
| 10. | "Voice" (君の声; Kimi no Koe; lit. Your Voice) |
|
| Eastwest | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Tsukame (It's Coming)" (ツカメ ～It's Coming～; JO1 ver.) | Kanata Nakamura |
|
| 3:57 |
| 12. | "Young" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Versachoi | 3:24 |
| 13. | "Grandmaster" (JO1 ver.) |
|
| Coach & Sendo | 3:28 |
| 14. | "Kungchikita" (JO1 ver.) |
|
|
| 3:31 |
| 15. | "Yancha Boy Yancha Girl" (やんちゃ BOY やんちゃ GIRL; JO1 ver.) |
|
| Nthonius | 3:24 |
| 16. | "Happy Merry Christmas" | Yu-ki Kokubo |
| Bae Jae-seok (Solcire) | 3:44 |
| 17. | "Monstar" |
|
| Teito (KCKT) | 3:24 |
| 18. | "Be with You" (足跡; Ashiato; lit. Footprints) |
| Ouow | Ouow | 3:39 |
| 19. | "My Friends" |
|
| Nthonious | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 1:02:53 | ||||
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[42] Track listing is based on The Star normal edition.
Musicians
- JO1 – vocals (all tracks)
- Yoske – chorus (track 1)
- Lee Min-young (Eastwest) – bass (1,2,6), drum (1,2), computer programming (1,2,6,10), guitar (6,10), piano (10)
- Yeul (1by1) – piano (1,2), computer programming (1,2)
- Mook – chorus (2,6,10,17)
- Score (13) – piano (3), drum (3, 9)
- Esbee – chorus (3,18), piano (18), drum (18)
- Megatone (13) – guitar (3), bass (3,9,18)
- Yhanael – japanese translation (3)
- KZ – MIDI programming (4), synthesizer (4), drum (4,15,19), bass (4,15,19), chorus (4,15,19), electric piano (15,19), guitar (19)
- B.O – chorus (4,15,19)
- Nthonious – MIDI programming (4,15,19), synthesizer (4,15,19), drum (4,15,19), bass (4), guitar (19)
- Kim Seung-soo – MIDI programming (4), synthesizer (4), drum (4), bass (4)
- Kim Hye-kwang – chorus (4), vocal editing (15,19)
- Who's H – vocal editing (4)
- Young Jay (KCKT) – bass (5), chorus (5,814), drum (8,14)
- Buggy (KCKT) – drum (5), chorus (5,8,14), keyboard (14), bass (14), synthesizer (8)
- Ven (KCKT) – synthesizer (5), chorus (5,8,14), guitar (14), bass (8)
- Teito (KCKT) – chorus (5,8), vocal tuning (5), synthesizer (14,17), keyboard (8), bass (17), drum (17)
- Kohway (KCKT) – chorus (5,8,14)
- Minit – acoustic piano (7), synthesizer (7), electric guitar (7), bass (7), drum (7), string (7), sound effect (7)
- Airair – acoustic piano (7), synthesizer (7), electric guitar (7), bass (7), drum (7), string (7), sound effect (7)
- Lazier – chorus (7)
- Onestar (Monotree) – chorus (9)
- Ryan S. Jhun – producing (11), vocal directing (11)
- Andrew Choi – vocal directing (11), background vocals (11)
- Eunsol (1008) – producing (11), keyboard (11), bass (11), drum (11)
- Seo Yi-sung – producing (11), drum (11)
- Sun – tune (12)
- Dono – chorus (12)
- Coach – guitar (13), chorus (13)
- Sendo – bass (13)
- Yuki – chorus (13)
- Ji Seung-gyu – chorus (13)
- Bae Jae-seok (Solcire) – chorus (16), digital editing & tuning (16)
- Jkun – guitar (17)
- Ouow – producing (18)
- Nile Lee – string arranging (18)
- Yundak – piano (18), drum (18)
- Last P – piano (18), drum (18)
- Lee Tae-wook – guitar (18)
- Yinail – string arrangement (18)
- On The String – string (18)
Technicals
- Osamu Shiota – recording (1–3,7–10,16–19)
- Kim Min–hee – recording (4,5,6)
- Jang Woo-young – recording (11,12)
- Min Sung-su – recording (13)
- Eugene Kwon – recording (14)
- Kwon Yoo-jin – recording (15)
- Gu Jong-pil – mixing (1–3,9,10,15–18)
- Master Key – mixing (4,7,8)
- Teito (KCKT) – mixing (5), asst. mixing (14)
- Hong Sung-joon – mixing (6)
- Jennifer Hong – asst. mixing (6)
- Jeung Eun-kyung – mixing (11)
- Park Seong-min – mixing (12)
- Coach & Sendo – mixing (13)
- Ko Hyun-jeong – mixing (14)
- Lee Gun-ho – mixing (19)
- Kwon Nam-woo – mastering (all tracks)
- Jang Seung-ho – asst. mastering (9)
Locations
Recording
- Sound Valley
- Doobdooob Studio
- 821 Sound
- Studio A-tone
- Studio Fine
Mixing
- Klang Studio
- Ingrid Studio
- Mesunshine
- Studio C
- Koko Sound Studio
- Team N Genius
- Gaenari Sound
- 821 Sound
Mastering
- 821 Sound
Vocal editing
- Kwang Sound
Visual
- Cho Dae-yong (Rainbowbus) – album design
- Shin Hyo jin (Rainbowbus) – album design
- Shim Jee-hee (Rainbowbus) – album design
- Min In-hong – style director
- Takashi Kamei – photographer
- VITA – retouch
- LiNK-UP – retouch
- Shohei Fujinaga – stylist
- Cheeks – hair & make–up
- Tamzin (Choi Young-joon) – choreography (2–4,6,7)
- Sorr (AP) – choreography (5,8)
- You Seung-hyun – choreography (17)
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ)[46] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | November 25, 2020 | Lapone Entertainment | YRCS-95102 | |
| YRCS-95103 | ||||
|
YRCS-95104 | |||
|
YRCS-95105 | |||
| N/A | ||||
| Various | N/A |
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