Turning Up

## Streaming

**"Turning Up"** is the first digital single of ARASHI and the second single from the studio album *This is ARASHI*. It was released through J Storm on November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03).

The song was written by Andreas Carlsson, Erik Lidbom, Funk Uchino, and Sho Sakurai, and produced by Erik Lidbom.

## Background

On November 3, 2019, ARASHI held a press conference in Tokyo on the 20th anniversary of their debut, and announced that they had lifted the ban on SNS from 11 am. At the same time, the first digital single "Turning Up" was released, and a total of 65 songs including the same song and all 64 single title songs released so far was available for download and streaming from 7:00 pm.

## Downloads

The digital single recorded 28,000 downloads and topped the *Oricon Daily Digital Single Ranking* on November 4. It later recorded 68,000 downloads and topped the *Oricon Weekly Digital Single Ranking* for two consecutive weeks on November 18.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romanized
* Translated

You know what's coming　You caught the feeling
閉ざされたドア　開く鍵はHere
近づく　聴こえてくる
全身を虜にさせるHarmonies

照れさえも揺さぶって　Moves baby　Moves baby
Yes！リミッター振り切って　Loose baby　Loose baby
'そっぽ向いても感じる Ah Yeah
Quiet storm　オーシャン超えて Wave'
際限なく響く　このNews baby

We got that something　Your guilty pleasure
ポケットには Funky beats to drop
We bring the party　Let's get it started
世界中に放て Turning up with the J-pop！

Turning up with the J-pop...

Here comes the weekend　Call everybody
底抜けに愉(たの)しむ　瞬間(とき)をBounce
So You Got Lucky！　さぁ踊ろうよ
This tornado from the East's gonna hit your town！

句読点の無い情熱を　Moves baby　Moves baby
終わりなき夢を　Loose baby　Loose baby
'巻き起こせ空前の Ah Yeah
誘(いざな)うぜ　ほら East and West'
最前列 Stay with us　このNews baby

We got that something　Your guilty pleasure
With pockets full of funky beats to drop
We bring the party　Let's get it started
We got it going yeah, We're turning up with the J-pop！

Wow Wow Turning up with the J-pop...

Hey！ Everybody！　お待たせ
もう seamless　あの空まで
山　風(嵐)とほら　朝まで
もう seamless　あの'彼方へ'
Let's get the party started again
ずっと近くで smile again and again

際限なく響く　このNews baby

We got that something　Your guilty pleasure
ポケットには　Funky beats to drop
We bring the party　Let's get it started
世界中に放て　Turning up with the J-pop！

Turning up with the J-pop...

## Watch

The music video was released at the same day and recorded 3.091 million views during the first week, entering the top three of the *YouTube Chart Weekly Music Ranking*. It has also surpassed 8.3 million views worldwide.

ARASHI - Turning Up -Official Music Video-ARASHI - "Turning Up" Behind The Scenes in L.A.ARASHI - "Turning Up" Behind The Scenes in TOKYOARASHI - Turning Up -Official Choreography Video-
## Performances

"Turning Up" was performed for the first time on TV in the *Nippon TV Music Festival Best Artist 2019* broadcast on November 27, 2019.

On December 27, 2019, ARASHI performed the song at *MUSIC STATION ULTRA SUPER LIVE 2019* on TV Asahi.

On December 31, 2019, at the 70th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen broadcast live from NHK Hall, ARASHI, who appeared as "Ootori" in the first year of Reiwa and their second year in a row, performed "ARASHI x Kohaku Special Medley" of their debut song "A・RA・SHI" and their latest song "Turning Up".

On November 25, 2020, ARASHI performed the special medley of their 2008 hit song "One Love" and "Turning Up" in the  *Best Artist 2020* on Nippon TV.

On November 26, 2020, ARASHI appeared live at the *Spotify presents Tokyo Super Hits Live 2020* held by the music streaming service Spotify for the first time. They performed the remix of "Turning Up" by the world-famous DJ & producer R3HAB with a virtual rendition of the city of Shibuya, "Whenever You Call" written and produced by Bruno Mars with a romantic stage setting, and "Party Starters" produced by Sam Hollander with a captivating production in which the background LEDs interlocked with the lyrics, and the ending was wrapped in a snowflake. They also celebrated Ohno's birthday at the event.

## References

1. ↑ 嵐20周年 SNS一斉解禁 全シングル配信&初のデジタルシングルリリースも
2. ↑ 嵐、初のデジタルシングル「Turning Up」が初日首位 早くも大反響
3. ↑ 嵐、2週連続1位&歴代最多7作同時TOP10入り デジタルSGランキングを席巻【オリコンランキング】
4. ↑ 【YouTubeチャート】嵐「Turning Up」初登場TOP3　TOP20内に5曲ランクイン
5. ↑ 『ベストアーティスト』嵐は新曲「Turning Up」を披露 ジャニーズ青春ドラマメドレーのラインナップ発表
6. ↑ 『Mステ ウルトラSUPER LIVE』歌唱曲発表 欅坂46平手はソロ曲も
7. ↑ 【紅白】嵐、令和元年の大役果たす 活動最終年に櫻井翔「新しい景色描きたい」
8. ↑ 嵐『ベストアーティスト』メドレー曲&ジャニーズメドレーPart1解禁
9. ↑ 嵐、大野智40歳誕生日に初の生配信イベント 相葉は今年の漢字ボケで「ごめん…」