aoppella!? collaborates with The Gospellers + to release 1st album

FYA’M’ and Lil Happy team up with legendary acappella group The Gospellers and announce the release of the franchise’s 1st album.

A brief introduction

aoppella!? “is KLab’s latest original multimedia music project built on the themes of “youth” and “a cappella”!

The project features 2 groups specializing in performing acappella music and representing 2 fictional schools: Otowa Public High School (Lil Happy) and Kanadezaka Private High School (FYA’M’).

For reference: Acappella music consists of group or solo performance without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

To get to know all there is about aoppella!?, check THTFHQ’s original feature on it.

Collaboration with The Gospellers

Team aoppella!? – represented by Toshiyuki Toyonaga (tenor), Ryota Osaka (lead), Takuya Sato (bass), Tetsuya Kakihara (baritone), and Daiki Hamano (bass + percussion) – teamed up with the legendary Japanese acappella group The Gospellers to perform “Hitori“.

Check the performance in the video below!

1st full-length album

“Ａ” (read: ace) is scheduled to be released on 15/06/2022, available in 4 editions: Lil Happy, FYA’M’, luxury and regular.

The cover art is the following for each edition:

Regular
FYA’M’
Lil Happy
Luxury

The new songs “Follow Me” and “RAINBOW” are written and composed by The Gospellers. The complete tracklist is the following:

1 - アオペラの「ア」-introduction song-
2 - Follow Me [NEW SONG]
3 - キセキノウタ
4 - Think about U
5 - Playlist
6 - Come on up, Baby
7 - リルリルHappy!
8 - Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow
9 - RAINBOW [NEW SONG]

The full music video for アオペラの「ア」-introduction song- (aoppella no「A」-introduction song-) is out.

The highlight medley is out.

Contents for each edition:

Regular: CD only + bromide (1 random out of 44 available – 22 of those being rare bromides)
Lil Happy: CD + bonus disc (drama “Night at the training camp” Lil Happy version) + 5 bromides (5 random out of 44 available – 22 of those being rare bromides) + Special Sleeve Case with Lil Happy Design
FYA’M’: CD + bonus disc (drama “Night at the training camp” FYA’M’ version) + 5 bromides (5 random out of 44 available – 22 of those being rare bromides) + Special Sleeve Case with FYA’M’ Design
Luxury: CD box set including regular version + 2 drama CDs (drama “Night at the training camp” Lil Happy and FYA’M’s versions) + 11 bromides (random out of 44 available – 22 of those being rare bromides) + unpublished designs by Shirobami sensei

“A” is available for purchase at CDJAPAN.