Amid the homebound anxiety of the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Japan seemed to take solace in one sonic solution: the NiziU hit, ¡°.¡±
The omnipresent song soundtracked a few of the better firsts for some of us in Tokyo: our first outdoors walk in warmer weather, our first socially distant drinking party at Yoyogi Park, or the first time we tried out TikTok by taking part in the cardio-friendly ¡°Make You Happy¡± dance challenge.
It was a year of firsts for the nine members of NiziU, too. Since forming out of ¡°,¡± a reality TV competition that aired in the first half of 2020, the group has topped the Oricon charts (most recently for ¡°¡±), scored its first ¡°exclusive desserts¡± at Lawson convenience stores and made its debut on Japan¡¯s end-of-year music extravaganza ¡°Kohaku Uta Gassen.¡±
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