On June 20, the debut album of the three-member limited band OKAY of Ye Zhao, Okuda Minsheng and Yoichi Kuramochi was officially distributed and put on the shelves of record stores across the country.

The original and final album was titled "OKAY", and the album cover was a guitar with three necks facing outwards to form a three-pointed star logo, and if you only look at this cover and the name of the band, 99% of them would be considered the album of a rookie band that had just debuted from Sony.

Of course, Sony and the record store will not let this mini album be regarded as the debut of an unknown new band.

Although there is no TIE-UP for a song, and the publicity budget is also very economical, there is still a publicity configuration that should be there. In the days before the announcement of the disc newspaper and the release of the album, the three of them also appeared in a lot of music magazines, and there were four on the magazine covers alone, although there were not many, but they all had what they should have.

And when the album was put on the shelves, the record store, at the top of the shelf, also directly used cardboard to indicate the origin of the band called "OKAY", Ye Zhao, Okuda Minsheng, Kuramochi Yoichi, the names of the three were directly written on the side, explaining the true identity of the band to every consumer who came to this neighborhood.

However, even if it is the cooperation of three famous musicians, this is a mini album that is not included in the main song of a single, and the record store is also very cautious when sending orders, and there is no such blind follow-up.

It's a very real problem, and buying a single and buying an album are two different things for consumers.

Without a single that they feel comfortable with, and where they can easily understand what the band's specific musical style is like, even if it is a collaboration between famous musicians and the great success of their activities as individuals or as a band, consumers will not hesitate to choose this album.

As a result, the first shipments of this mini-album were set at 200,000 copies after weighing.

It's not a lot, compared to Ye Zhao and Okuda Minsheng's million-dollar albums (the commercial performance of Yoichi Kuramochi's band is much inferior to these two), but it's really a lot to say less, only bands that have accumulated a certain audience base, record companies will produce so much in one go when they carry out the first batch of production.

"Still, even now, I still have to say that it's really fast, you three. At the bar in Akasaka, Takuro Yoshida said.

Sitting with him were, of course, Ye Zhao, Okuda Minsheng, and Kuramochi Yoyoichi.

"Actioners, of course, do whatever comes to mind. "Besides, it's nice to have some other music like this once in a while." ”

The combination of him and his partner Hidetoshi Sakurai is biased towards folk songs, and in this mini album, Yoichi Kuramochi, who broke away from the group, tried a rock style, and the effect was unexpectedly good.

"That's right. Takuro Yoshida nodded.

"But then again," Kuramochi Yoichi was a little curious, "When did Takuro-san have such a good relationship with Ye Jun?" The reason why I asked this question was because when we met tonight, Ye Zhao and Yoshida Takuro were quite familiar with each other.

Obviously, he only met him once under the recommendation of Okuda Minsheng, but the relationship became so good when they didn't know it, which naturally made people curious, what intersection these two people had in private.

"The two of us, in a place you don't expect, have been quite intimate for a while. Takuro Yoshida took a sip of whiskey and said.

"Tuolangsang," Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, "You shouldn't be drunk yet, ......right?"

However, Takuro Yoshida occasionally likes to joke like this with the same sex, which is something that many people know, and even if he says so, Okuda Minsheng and Kuramochi Yoichi are just laughing and don't really take it seriously.

However, because he likes to make such jokes, there are really some strange rumors that have spread to Takuro Yoshida, but for the sake of him being married several times and being shy when he sees beautiful women, this is actually just a boring uncle joke.

If you want to say that your private life is really colorful, you have to look at Mimi Club's Ishii Ryuya. That is really a merry man who has no dead ends at 360 degrees up and down. Compared to him, everyone else is just scum.

"Actually, I met Ye Jun in the driving school before. Takuro Yoshida finished his joke and explained, "However, he is working hard to get his first driver's license, and my word is the second." ”

Takuro Yoshida was disqualified from his driver's license because he had too many points deducted, and after the one-year ban ended, he returned to the driving school and took classes honestly in order to get a new driver's license.

It was also in the driving school that Ye Zhao met him by chance, and after coming and going, he became a familiar face.

"By the way, what is the relationship between Ye Jun and Kinki?" asked Takuro Yoshida suddenly.

"Gangjun's words are quite familiar, and Guangyijun hasn't met yet. Ye Zhao replied, "What's wrong?"

"Actually, I received an invitation from Fujitai and Jenny San, and wanted me to do a music group with the two of them. "I haven't met those two yet, and you seem to have worked with them a few times, so I wanted to ask." ”

"What kind of group is it?" Kuramochi Yoichi was a little curious, after all, Takuro Yoshida didn't appear on TV much.

"Basically, it's a LIVE session with a talk session and a live band. Takuro Yoshida replied, "The band team that is being negotiated now is quite powerful, and Sakazaki of ALFFE, as well as Keisan Nakanishi, are all within the scope of being invited. ”

"That's pretty impressive. Even Okuda Minsheng looked surprised, "Coupled with Takuro's predecessors, these two Kinki are really blessed to be able to gather so many musicians in this show." ”

"I think it's incredible. Takuro Yoshida said.

"However, it's incredible that he will do a music group with a young idol group, or a senior of Takuro. Okuda Minsheng commented.

"I originally wanted to refuse, but in the past, I was taken care of by Fuji TV, and Jenny San was also helped by him, and there were old friends in the band I worked with, so I agreed. ”

is like a star who makes a bad movie to repay his favors, to the point where Takuro Yoshida is regarded as a "god" by later musicians, he still has to do what he is not good at for the favor he owes at the end of the year.