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| Released | March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
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| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | YGEX | |||
| Producer | Kameda Seiji | |||
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D-Day is the secondJapaneseextended play ofSouth Korean artist,Daesung, also known by his Japanese stage name, D-Lite, member of boy bandBig Bang. The album was released digitally on March 28 and physically on April 12, 2017.
In December 2016, Daesung's firstDome Tour was announced, with shows in the Japanese cities ofSaitama andOsaka.[1] In support of this tour, a new album's name and release date was announced in February of the following year.[2]D-Day contains seven songs written and composed by top Japanese artists, includingAyaka,Hata Motohiro and Mizuno Yoshiki.[2]Kameda Seiji, who previously produced his Japanese covers album,D'scover, will be the album's main producer.[3] Daesung wrote some songs himself as well, including "Spring Breeze Melody."[4]
Compared to his previous album, Daesung stated thatD-Day is more upbeat and energetic, and that he recorded with "the spirit of a 20-year-old."[4] The track "Venus" is a funk song with a "groovy rhythm" reminiscent of his previous song "Joyful".[4] In contrast, "Anymore" is a "heartrending ballad with emotional vocals" and rock elements.[4]
To promote the album, Daesung gave an interview to the radio stationTokyo FM[5] and appeared in several Japanese TV shows, including Sakigake,[6]AbemaTV,[7] andMusic On! TV.[8] He also covered the magazineAn an[9] and landed editorials onNuméro Tokyo,[10]ViVi[11] andTV Life.[12]
On March 13, a teaser of the title track's music video was posted on Big Bang's official YouTube channel.[13]Jiji Press released an exclusive behind the scenes video of "D-Day" the following day.[14]YGEX then posted daily previews of the other tracks on their website.[15]
D-Day was Daesung's first album to be released for digital download in South Korea.[16]
After its digital release,D-Day debuted at number-two onOricon's Digital Weekly Album Chart with 3,462 copies sold.[17] A week later, the physical edition debuted at number one on Oricon's Daily Album Chart with 29,038 copies sold.[18]D-Day debuted at number one at theOricon Albums Chart weekly, with over 38,000 copies sold, making Daesung the second foreign male solo artist to have two consecutive number one albums in Japan afterMichael Jackson.[19] Additionally, it was the best selling album by a Korean soloist in the first half of 2017 in Japan.[20]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro (To You)" (君へ) | Sung Hwak Cho, Kenn Kato | Sung Hwak Cho, Cokejazz | Kameda Seiji | |
| 2. | "D-Day" | Hata Motohiro | Hata Motohiro | Kameda Seiji | |
| 3. | "Venus" | Mizuno Yoshiki | Mizuno Yoshiki | Kameda Seiji | |
| 4. | "The Sign" | Ayaka | Ayaka | Kameda Seiji | |
| 5. | "Spring Breeze Melody" (ハルカゼメロディ) | D-Lite, Kameda Seiji, Kota76 | D-Lite | Kameda Seiji | |
| 6. | "Close Future" (近未来) | Kameda Seiji | D-lite, Kameda Seiji | Kameda Seiji | |
| 7. | "Anymore" | Sung Hwak Cho, Yeon Jae Min | Sung Hwak Cho, Cokejazz | Kameda Seiji |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "D-Day" (Music Video) | |
| 2. | "Wings" (Music Video) | |
| 3. | "Utautai no Ballad (歌うたいのバラッド)" (Music Video) | |
| 4. | "I Love You" (Music Video) | |
| 5. | "Rainy Rainy" (Music Video) | |
| 6. | "Shut Up" (Music Video) | |
| 7. | "Look at me, Gwisun (ナルバキスン)" (Music Video) | |
| 8. | "D-Day" (Behind the Scenes) | |
| 9. | "DLive GOODS" (Interlude Movie) | |
| 10. | "DLive 2014 GOODS" (Interlude Movie) | |
| 11. | "Encore!! 3D Tour" (Interlude Movie) | |
| 12. | "Wings + Look at Me, Gwisun" (Performance form Big Bang's0.TO.10 concert in Osaka) | |
| 13. | "Joyfull (withSeungri)" (Performance form Big Bang's0.TO.10 concert in Osaka) | |
| 14. | "Utautai no Ballad (歌うたいのバラッド)" (Performance form D'scover Tour) | |
| 15. | "Rainy Rainy" (Performance form D'slove Tour) | |
| 16. | "Dress" (Performance form Encore!! 3D Tour) |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Albums[18] | 1 |
| Oricon Weekly Albums[19] | 1 |
| Japan Hot Albums(Billboard)[22] | 1 |
| Japan Top Albums Sales(Billboard)[23] | 1 |
| Country | Sales |
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| Japan | 53,873[24][25] |
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| South Korea and Japan[16] | March 28, 2017[21] | YGEX | Digital download |
| Japan | April 12, 2017[15] | CD, CD+DVD, Playbutton |
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