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:
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camp” Lil Happy and FYA’M’s versions) + 11 bromides (random out of 44 available – 22 of those being rare bromides) + unpublished designs by Shirobami sensei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.
SOURCE: aoppella official website
