Mō Sukoshi Dake

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"Mō Sukoshi Dake"
High school girl will goes out and the television screen shows fortune-telling text, with the song title and artist name in white.
Single by Yoasobi
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedMay 10, 2021 (2021-05-10)
Recorded2021
GenrePiano pop
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)Ayase
Producer(s)Ayase
Yoasobi singles chronology
"Yasashii Suisei"
(2021) 		"Mō Sukoshi Dake"
(2021) 		"Sangenshoku" / "Into the Night" / "Encore"
(2021)
Audio video
"Mō Sukoshi Dake" on YouTube

"Mō Sukoshi Dake" (もう少しだけ, lit. "Just a Little More") is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on May 10, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan under the name Yoasobi. Written by Ayase and based on Chiharu's short story Meguru, the song is described as a piano pop song that tells about giving the courage to take a little more at the beginning of a day. The song was featured as a theme song for Fuji TV's morning news, Mezamashi TV.

Upon its release, the song received acclaim from music critics, who complimented its encouragement lyricism, comfortable, warm and gentle feeling, and friendly and colorful voice. Commercially, the song debuted atop the Oricon Digital Singles Chart with 53,000 download units, and number four on both the Oricon Combined Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100, and also charted on the Global 200 and top 40 of Global Excl. U.S.

Background and release[]

Mezamashi TV (studio in 2012) appointed "Mō Sukoshi Dake" as the theme song since April 2021.

On January 18, 2021, Yoasobi announced they will be in charge of singing and writing a new theme song for Mezamashi TV, Fuji TV's morning news since April 2021. The new theme song would be based on a short story which was chosen from contest Yoasobi Contest Vol.3 with Mezamashi TV (夜遊びコンテスト vol.3 with めざましテレビ) held by Mezamashi TV and a novel website operated by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Monogatary.com.[1][2] The selected short story was announced on March 15, titled Meguru (めぐる。, lit. "It Will Come Around"), which was written by Chiharu, from a total of 5,605 short stories.[3] It is about a chain of small happiness, starting from a slight happening that occurs in three characters: salaryman, elderly woman, and high school girl, who saw the same fortune-telling in the morning.[4][5]

The title of the song "Mō Sukoshi Dake" was announced on March 29, and used as a theme song for the program for one year since the same day.[3] The full song was aired on May 4 on their radio show Yoasobi's All Night Nippon X and released officially on May 10 to digital music and streaming platforms.[6][7][8] The music video will be released around the summer of the year.[9] The cover artwork was designed by Hmng, an animation director and character creator. The artwork shows the world view of the short story and the music from the fortune-telling of the television screen, and the illustration cuts out the moment when the high school girl goes out, which appears in the short story.[6][7] The duo performed the song for the first time at the free online concert collaborated with Uniqlo's T-shirt brand UT, Sing Your World via the duo's official YouTube channel on July 4, where the song was the number three.[10][11]

Lyrics and composition[]

"Mō Sukoshi Dake" is a refreshing[12] light melody and light tempo[13] piano pop[14] song written by Ayase, a member of the group, and composed in the key of G♯ major, 100 beats per minute with a running time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.[15] The lyrics describe giving the courage to take just a little more at the beginning of each person's day.[14] Yoasobi describes "Mō Sukoshi Dake" as a song make a listener feel like a good day whether it's a refreshing or gloomy morning.[16]

Critical reception[]

Rockin'On Japan's Miho Takahashi has described "the song matches the timing when you want to take a break", "the song is sung as if walking as usual and saying 'if you can step a little further' and 'may you find a little happiness'", and "Ikura's friendly and colorful voice matches the song and it makes comfortable feeling".[13] Utaten's MarSali wrote that "the song expresses the message contained in Meguru along with the charm of music", and "the meaning of the lyrics will be deeper and more memorable if listen to the song after reading the short story".[12] Salute Project stated that "the song made me warm and gentle" and "I want to be kinder and kinder to others by one step than now from tomorrow".[5]

Commercial performance[]

In Japan's Oricon weekly chart issue dated May 24, 2021, "Mō Sukoshi Dake" debuted at number one on the Digital Single (Single Track) Chart with 53,131 download units,[17] becoming the fifth song that charted number one on the chart and made Yoasobi becoming the third most number-one song artist on the Oricon Digital Single Chart history ("Yoru ni Kakeru", "Gunjō", "Kaibutsu", "Yasashii Suisei" and "Mō Sukoshi Dake"), along with Hikaru Utada, behind Kenshi Yonezu (7 songs) and Bump of Chicken (6 songs).[18] The song also debuted at number four on both the Combined Singles Chart with 43,062 points[19] and the Streaming Chart with 6,542,525 streams.[20]

"Mō Sukoshi Dake" also debuted at number four on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the chart issue date of May 19, 2021 with 11,097 points, behind Hey! Say! Jump's "Negative Fighter", HKT48's "Kimi to Dokoka e Ikitai" and Twice's "Kura Kura",[21][22] marked the duo's best-debuted number song on the chart.[2] The song also debuted and topped of the Download Songs chart with 45,931 units[23][24] and number four on the Streaming Songs chart with 7,022,437 streams.[25][26] On Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S charts of May 22, "Mō Sukoshi Dake" debuted at numbers 147 and 57, respectively,[27][28][29] and peaked at number 103 and 38, respectively for the chart issue date of May 29.[30][31]

Track listing[]

  • Digital download and streaming[8]
  1. "Mō Sukoshi Dake" (もう少しだけ) – 3:40

Credits and personnel[]

Credits adapted from the official website.[6]

  • Ayase – producer, songwriter
  • Ikura – vocals
  • Meguru (written by Chiharu) – original short story
  • Hmng – cover artwork design

Charts[]

Chart performance for "Mō Sukoshi Dake"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[30] 103
Japan (Oricon Combined Singles)[19] 4
Japan (Oricon Digital Singles)[17] 1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[21] 4

Certifications[]

Certifications for "Mō Sukoshi Dake"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[32] Gold 50,000,000dagger

dagger Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release dates and formats for "Mō Sukoshi Dake"
Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10)
[6][8]

References[]

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