Bootleg (Kenshi Yonezu album)

Bootleg is the fourth album by Kenshi Yonezu, released on November 1, 2017. It is his first album with Sony Music and won the Album of the Year award at the 60th Japan Record Awards.

Bootleg
Studio album by Kenshi Yonezu
Released	November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
Length	60:08
Label	Sony
Kenshi Yonezu chronology
Bremen (2015) Bootleg (2017) Stray Sheep (2020)

Background

"Dune" (or Sand planet) is the birthday song for Hatsune Miku, which Yonezu sings himself on the album. Yonezu considered titling the album Dune as he was confident that he could make beautiful music, and want to prove it to people. He later decided to use Bootleg as the title.[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hien" (飛燕 "A Swallow in Flight")	4:03
2.	"LOSER"	4:03
3.	"Peace Sign" (ピースサイン, Piisu Sain)	3:58
4.	"Dune" (砂の惑星 "Dune" (lit. "Planet of Sand"), featuring Hatsune Miku)	4:00
5.	"orion"	4:41
6.	"Kaijyuu no March" (かいじゅうのマーチ "Monster March")	4:55
7.	"Moonlight"	3:44
8.	"Shunrai" (春雷 "Spring Thunder")	4:48
9.	"Fogbound" (featuring Ikeda Elaiza)	4:15
10.	"Number Nine" (ナンバーナイン; Nanbaa Nain)	4:21
11.	"Alice" (爱丽丝)	3:09
12.	"Nighthawks"	4:20
13.	"Uchiage Hanabi" (打上花火 "Fireworks", rearrangement)	4:19
14.	"Haiiro to Ao" (灰色と青 "Gray and Blue", with Masaki Suda)	5:32
Total length:		60:08

The song "Peace Sign" was used as an opening theme for the second season of the anime My Hero Academia[2] and also the song "orion" was used as a second ending theme of the anime March Comes in Like a Lion.

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[4]	1

References

1. "Kenshi Yonezu/Hachi Interview: BOOTLEG - vgperson's Interview Translations". vgperson.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
2. "Kenshi Yonezu looks back at his boyhood in the new music video for his latest single "Peace Sign"".
3. "BOOTLEG | 米津玄師". Oricon. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
4. "BOOTLEG / 米津玄師 | CHART insight". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-06.