=LOVE (イコールラブ, イコラブ, ikorabu, eqlove)

ZuruZuru first day sales are 126,687 copies!
1st place in Oricon!

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2019-10-29/

first day sales of previous singles for comparison
11,017　　31,969　　52,930　　69,385　　85,788

 

Nice ! Can we get Nonno and Emiri's center MV to celebrate that ? XD

 

wow huge jump! Guess because of: more popular, added +1 edition, ≠ME promo + song and GREAT single
=LOVE is such a nice group! SO proud of the achievement of the girls And this in this short time!

 

and yes they surpassed ngt single 1st day sales
let them to perform this song to music station or utacon pls

 

Music Station PLS !!!!

So happy for them ! They broke through the 100k barrier, got a bigger jump compared to the previous singles and seems like the shops are now willing to sell more compared to the past where the fans are unable to buy more due to lack of supply.

 

would the increased sales this time be partially due to the fact that there is 1 additional disc for sale though? meaning the people who normally would buy A+B+C would now be buying A+B+C+D to get the full set?

more sales is good regardless I guess

 

Big comic spirits November



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Day 2

 

yes, and added Noeme handshakes

according to Billboard, first day sales are 165,465 copies!

http://billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/81691

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fans say that ZuruZuru is now available on Apple Music and Spotify! not sure if it's region locked or not though, haven't checked yet

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Anna, Iori, Risa in a Showroom 191030


if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Wow, very impressive sales for an idol group with limited members compared to 46/48. How cool would it be if they get invited to MSTA for this breakthrough

 

Day 3 - 3,228 (Total : 137292)

on the same day they also scheduled to make an appearance on NHK Uta-Tube
https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/uta-tube/live_20191108.html

they moved music station to 9 pm, so it's impossible for both kiara & nagisa to make an appearace in there

 

today both groups had a "HS + mini live" event
the weather was sunny, so cameko took a lot of great photos

photo gallery
https://photos.app.goo.gl/x6BUP7nWsCgL8jNq8

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4th day sales: 2,070 copies
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2019-11-01/

 

1st weekly for the first time with 143k sales!

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191105-00000307-oric-ent

=LOVE becomes more and more popular as a group and individually!

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Risa will have a weekly kanmuri radio show on JFN PARK called "=LOVE Otoshima Risa no Suki Yaken Kiitekuren?" starting 11/6!

https://park.gsj.mobi/program/show/47494



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Mirinya and Naatan in collaboration with Pino Gacha

https://www.pinoice.com/movie/gacha/

(Mod edit: removed dead video links)

 

Ah congrats! Great sale number! The single is really nice & good!

 

6th single release event

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74679993

and articles about it with many great photos

https://tokyopopline.com/archives/122245
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2147893/full/
http://www.wws-channel.com/girls2/175706.html?view=more
https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1891376
https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1891480
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2148002/full/

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appearances on Hayadoki and Love Music 191105

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74598648

Doumo Radio 191101

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74220379

Tresen Friday 191101

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74220263

FM North Wave 191101

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74216754

HBC radio Best Ten Hokkaido 191103

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74428403

 

The MV for Otani Unit's 'Sweetest Girl' has just dropped:


if the video does not show watch the video here

 

hmm cute feature of the girls, but why is the aspect ratio like this??! are they trying to save budget so bad they can only afford to shoot in portrait?

I'm guessing this means that when they perform this song in future it will be only by Otani Unit members?

 

I don't understand it either but portrait shots have become somewhat common lately...? Is it because people use their phones now more than a laptop/desktop? Little Mix have done a portrait style video for two of their singles (one of which became a viral trend on Tik Tok) and just two days ago a former One Direction member also dropped an 'alternate' version music video for his latest single in portrait mode.

 

^ it's a schtick specially used to watch it on smartphones in portrait mode (it really looks great that way, try it!). and since this song's theme are girls to whom phones are the main tools to surf net this is a pretty smart move

yes

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Sasshi said that Mirinya was the one who chose clothes and styling for this MV!

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ZIP 191107

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74858775

 

I don’t know about lately Koda Kumi made On and On pv a mobile version in 2016.
I think it looks cute, it’s not the main pv.

 

according to Youtube and Twitter comments this MV format is very convenient for making screenshots and setting them as lock screen wallpapers which is especially great for such visually pleasing MV. P knows what she's doing