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23rd Monster
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Digital Single
- 23rd Monster
- Released
- 2021.04.08
- Tracklist
- 23rd Monster
- Information
"23rd Monster" is a digital single released by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was released to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of her debut single, "poker face".
On June 18th, two months and a half after the release of the single, a music video was published.
Live Performances
- [2021.06.26~27] ayumi hamasaki MUSIC for LIFE ~return~
- [2021.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2021-2022 A ~23rd Monster~
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- Hara Kazuhiro
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Shimizu Takehito & Sato Atsushi
Music Video
The music video for "23rd Monster" was directed by Sunaga Hideaki.
It was filmed in dark colors and tonalities, with gothic-like dressing style. It has three set-ups: one with an up-close shot of Hamasaki, which is in fact a recording on a TV; one with her and her dancers performing their choreography in a desolate ruin, with the moon behind them; and another one with Hamasaki singing in front of a round glass window whilst her dancers crawl up to her.
Credits:
- Directed by Hideaki Sunaga
- Dancer: ZIN, KAZUMA, TOMOKI, PEY, HIKARU, MIDORI, iseki, Minami, RISATO, HAYATE, SORA, YUKI, RINKA, SATSUKI, AikA, KiKi
- Choreographer: MATSU GORI, KAZUMA, PEY
- Stylist: Kei Ito
- Costume Design: Masataka Kato
- Hair: Takayuki Shibata
- Make: Ryuji
- Nail: Eri Nakaya
- Dancer Management: Mariko Takezawa
- Dancer Stylist: Yuko Honda
- Dancer Costume Design: Hirosumi Saito
- Dancer Hair&Make: Tomoko Naka
- Director of Photography: Koji Matsuura
- Bcam: Susumu Takata
- Chief Camera Assistant: Shunsuke Hamada [koki123]
- DIT: Hitoshi Watabe [koki123]
- Lighting Director: SHOGEN Yamamoto
- Chief Lighting Assistant: Takayuki Niibe
- Special Equipment: Hirohide Ibusuki [SiS]
- Production Designer: Kozen Fujiwara
- Special Effect: Yoshio Komatsu [JIYURO]
- VFX Artist: Isamu Nakashima [CONCEPT LAB.]
- Colorist: Yumeto Kitayama [IMAGICA Lab.]
- Online Editor: Toyokatsu Tanno [IMAGICA Lab.]
- Mixer: Itsuki Tanitsu [IMAGICA Lab.]
- Production Manager: Masato Kudo
- Production Manager: Hirona Abe [NAGAIHOSHI]
- Production Manager: Minako Kaneko [NAGAIHOSHI]
- Producer: Takuya Morohoshi [NAGAIHOSHI]
- Production: NAGAIHOSHI
Charts
Hamasaki promoting the single.
Oricon Digital Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | - | - | 29 | 3,236 |
Recochoku Single Charts
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 38 | 93 | 26 | |||
| 83 | 78 | 122 | 120 | 136 | - | - | 164 |
| - | 173 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| out for 7 weeks | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | 185 | - | - |
| out for 10 weeks | |||||||
| 189 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Month | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | April | 88 |
Total Reported Sales: 3,236*
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