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Juice=Juice has announced in an Instagram and Twitter video, that they are releasing their 14th single, a Double A-side titled "DOWN TOWN / Ganbarenai yo", March 24th, 2021 pushed back to April 28th, 2021

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Tracklist :

Limited Edition A, B, SP 1, SP 2, Normal Edition A, B
1. DOWN TOWN
2. Ganbarenai yo
3. DOWN TOWN (Instrumental)
4. Ganbarenai yo (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD
1. DOWN TOWN (Music Video)
2. DOWN TOWN (Music Video making)

Limited Edition B DVD
1. Ganbarenai yo (Music Video)
2. Ganbarenai yo (Music Video making)

Limited Edition SP #1 DVD
1. Ganbarenai yo (Kanazawa Tomoko Solo Ver.)
2. Ganbarenai yo (Takagi Sayuki Solo Ver.)
3. Ganbarenai yo (Uemura Akari Solo Ver.)
4. Ganbarenai yo (Inaba Manaka Solo Ver.)
5. Ganbarenai yo (Inoue Rei Solo Ver.)
6. Ganbarenai yo (Dambara Ruru Tomoko Solo Ver.)
7. Ganbarenai yo (Kudo Yume Solo Ver.)
8. Ganbarenai yo (Matsunaga Riai Solo Ver.)
*In the announcement, it says each member is solo singing in these close-up videos.

Limited Edition SP #2 DVD
1. DOWN TOWN (Dance Shot Ver.)
2. "Hitori de Ikiraresou" tte Sore tte Nee, Homete Iru no? / Inoue Rei x Taisei ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
3. Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne / Inoue Rei ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
4. Potsuri to / Inoue Rei x Kanazawa Tomoko ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
5. Sunao ni Amaete / Inoue Rei x Uemura Akari ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
6. CHOICE & CHANCE / Inoue Rei x Takagi Sayuki ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
7. Romance no Tochuu / Inoue Rei x Miyamoto Karin ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
8. Bitansan / Inoue Rei x Inaba Manaka ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
9. Suki tte Itte yo / Inoue Rei x Dambara Ruru ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series)
10. Naite Ii yo / Inoue Rei x Kudo Yume x Matsunaga Riai ("Inoue Rei Sings Juice=Juice..." series) -Inoue Rei says this one with Yume and Riai is new and has not been seen yet.
*These are from the youtube videos

Normal Edition A (DOWN TOWN trading card)
Normal Edition B (Ganbare nai yo trading card)

Ganbarenai yo Lyrics by Yamazaki Aoi, Composition and Arrangement by KOUGA
DOWN TOWN Lyrics by Ito Ginji, Composition Yamashita Tatsuro, Arrangement by Anders Dannvik
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Also, Both SP Editions cost a whopping 2,500 yen each for the content you're getting! Insane! More content = more expensive!

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They performed Ganbarenai yo at Miyamoto Karin's Graduation concert and then at the "Hello! Project Year-End Party 2020 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!" with the hot new outfits


DOWN TOWN is a cover song originally by "Sugar Babe", Yamashita Tatsuro's band (The only single they released together). Juice=Juice performed it at opening day of "Hello! Project 2021 Winter ~STEP BY STEP~" concert.

DOWN TOWN by Sugar Babe


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The release of the single was announced in a comment video posted on the group's official Twitter account. "Ganbarenai yo / DOWN TOWN" is the first single released by Juice=Juice in about a year and the first single after Inoue Rei joined the group. The single includes the new ballad song "Ganbarenai yo", which was first performed at the graduation performance of Miyamoto Karin, and a cover of the 1975 famous song "DOWN TOWN" by Sugar Babe, a band formed by singer/songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita and others. To make it a 2021 style cover, Swedish producer Anders Dannvik doing the city pop arrangements for the song is also a highlight. It also features voice percussion by Inoue Rei.

"DOWN TOWN" comments

Inoue Rei "I'm doing voice percussion in the interlude. I'm using a new technique, so I hope you'll pay attention! The dance corner in between is also very cool!"

Takagi Sayuki : "In "DOWN TOWN", I hope you can feel the nostalgia and the newness of our singing."

"Ganbarenai yo" comments

Kanazawa Tomoko : "It's a song that will gently help you cope with the negative feelings of not being able to do your best. By the end of the song, you'll feel like 'I'll try a little harder' with the gentle lyrics."

Dambara Ruru "When I listen to this song, I feel a little refreshed or relieved of my burden. Please listen to it!"

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Right now I just wanna say THOSE OUTFITS!!! I love them so much!!

Upon listening to DOWN TOWN, I can definitely hear Juice=Juice singing that. Really excited to hear their version now.

Nayoko-Kihara wrote:Those are some pretty dresses, it's a shame we probably won't see them used for a single or anything.

^from Miyamoto Karin’s graduation thread, Nayoko your dream is coming true!!

They don’t seem to show another outfit profile so I’m going to assume that their Mint dresses will be for Ganbare nai yo after all which seems fitting

Downtown sounds like a juice juice song, I’m excited to hear their take on it and excited for more Reirei percussion

Amped wrote:Also, Both SP Editions cost a whopping 2,500 yen each for the content you're getting! Insane! More content = more expensive!

The amount of content on the whole is quite extensive. A lot of value for money.
My only gripe would be the lack of a Blu-ray edition, but hey, can't have everything.

Moh wrote:Right now I just wanna say THOSE OUTFITS!!! I love them so much!!

Upon listening to DOWN TOWN, I can definitely hear Juice=Juice singing that. Really excited to hear their version now.

Yes!!!

My first reaction was "oh, those are reminiscent of (C-ute's) Middle Management outfits," and I thought it in a very positive way.

The mint dresses are pretty as well and I think I've commented before that they're very Tsubaki though.

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Tobo_Junny135 wrote:

Nayoko-Kihara wrote:Those are some pretty dresses, it's a shame we probably won't see them used for a single or anything.

^from Miyamoto Karin’s graduation thread, Nayoko your dream is coming true!!

This makes me happy! I'm loving both of the outfits.

I'm looking forward to hearing their version of "DOWN TOWN" since I like the original, and I'm still surprised by how much I enjoy "Ganbaranai.." in general. This single is already looking pretty solid to me.

So the A-sides switched place according to the main site.

H!P is obsessed with covers.

^In general, I get the impression that Japan LOVES covers. So many cover albums over all the years and all... And especially lately, so many veteran artists are releasing cover albums so it seems to be "in" right now.
What's fun is that H!P doesn't do the most common ones (except for during the ballad concerts) but we get new types of covers for singles, and foreign ones at that sometimes!