No Pressure (Album)

## No Pressure

* Cover
* Cover 2

No Pressure cover

No Pressure (BMSG MUSIC SHOP CD+Blu-ray cover)

## Audio

**No Pressure** is the second major album released by Novel Core on August 3, 2022.

## Background and release

On June 3, 2022 at the end of his one man live, Novel Core 1st ONEMAN LIVE "I AM THE TROUBLE", Novel Core announced the release of his second album. He explained to the fans that by "No Pressure" he means "acceptance of the existence of pressure and the ability to move forward without fear."

Novel Core explained, "In the previous album I was confronted with depressive feelings and trauma, and because I was able to put a period to the past, I think that this album is a new start for Novel Core now that I have seen what is important in front of me.

"No Pressure" was produced based on his "realization" that he accepted the existence of negative emotions he had been feeling up to this point, and now he can sing "positive" songs in the true sense of the word because of those negative emotions, meaning that you can not know what positivity is unless you have experienced negativity. He said "Until now, many of the songs were against "negativity," but with this album, I have come to love negativity and the pressure it puts on me, and I can now sing about all of them as important parts of myself."

When deciding on a producer, he worked with the premise that they should fit the theme and concept of what he wanted to create, but also if they could respond to the image of the song he shared with them. However, he was open to their ideas a well.

The jacket for the album is designed with a motif of a "Lonely Bear" that appears in the lyric video for the title track.

About the song order, he said:

>  I wanted to show the emotional change from "A GREAT FOOL" and depict the flow of feelings from "THANKS, ALL MY TEARS" to "HAPPY TEARS". There is a clear link between "THANKS, ALL MY TEARS," a song about the strength to hold on through hard times, and "HAPPY TEARS," a song about the positivity that even the wrong answers up to now could be turned into right answers depending on the future. However, since I did not change my mind in an instant, I needed to pack in the process of arriving at "HAPPY TEARS". That's why "TROUBLE" and "JUST NOISE" came in at the beginning, and "No Pressure" is before "HAPPY TEARS".
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On August 6, Novel Core held an AWA LOUNGE event to celebrate the release of the album.

## Track Listing

* CD Only
* CD + Blu-ray

Standard Edition* Jacket size sticker A

BMSG MUSIC SHOP Limited Edition* Jacket size sticker B

Blu-ray Contents
Music Videos* HAPPY TEARS feat. Aile The Shota
* Dokusou Fantasista

Lyric Videos* TROUBLE
* No Pressure

Live
"A GREAT FOOL" BIRTHDAY LIVE (2022.01.22) at CLUB CITTA'

Documentary Movie
Behind the Scenes of No Pressure

External Bonuses
Standard Edition* Autographed Zine ver.1 (24 pages)

BMSG MUSIC SHOP Limited Edition* Three-sided case
* Different cover design
* Autographed Zine ver.2 (24 pages)

## Other Credits

### No Pressure

* Single & Album Artwork: Ruka Noguchi
* MV Director: Ryunosuke Takahashi
* MV Illustration: Ruka Noguchi
* MV Production: ODDJOB inc.

## Trivia

* Novel Core sent most of the songs to Aile The Shota during the production period.

## References

1. ↑ *avex news - 【Novel Core】初のZepp単独公演を開催、2nd Album ｢No Pressure｣を発表！, 2022/6/3*
2. ↑ *rockin'on - Novel Coreが新作『No Pressure』を語り尽くすインタビュー！ 過去の傷に向き合ったからこそ湧き出た、ピュアな音楽への想い, 2022/8/4*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2  *QJ Web Novel Coreが辿り着いた“No Pressure”という心境「自分にかかる重圧を愛せるようになった」 2022/08/15*
4. ↑ *PR Times - Novel Core、メジャー2ndアルバム『No Pressure』のジャケット＆収録内容を公開, 2022/6/21*
5. ↑ Lounge event announcement
6. ↑  *Billboard - Hot Albums Chart, 2022/08/10*
7. ↑  *Billboard - 【ビルボード】すとぷり初の配信限定EP『Are You Ready?』がDLアルバム首位, 2022/08/10*
8. ↑  *Oricon - Weekly Album Ranking, 2022/08/15*
9. ↑  *Oricon - Weekly Digital Album Ranking, 2022/08/15*
10. ↑  *Oricon - Weekly Combined Album Ranking, 2022/08/15*
11. ↑  Novel Core Twitter
12. ↑  *Natalie - Novel Core「初めて自分自身を許せるようになった」瞬間 BE:FIRSTから刺激、Aile The Shotaとの制作秘話も＜「No Pressure」インタビュー＞ 2022/08/28*