Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red is a soundtrack album by Japanese singer Ado, released on August 10, 2022, by Virgin Music. The album accompanies the 2022 Japanese animated film, One Piece Film: Red. The album was preceded by three singles: "New Genesis", "I'm Invincible" and "Backlight", all of which charted within the top 5 of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the top 80 of the Billboard Global 200.

Upon its release, Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red debuted and peaked at number 1 on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart and on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Following the global success of the album, Ado signed a record deal with Geffen Records.

Background Ado previously released her debut studio album, Kyōgen, in January 2022. The album broke previously set records in Japan, most notably becoming the first debut studio album by a solo female artist to debut at number one since Miwa's 2011 album, Guitarissimo.

On June 8, the cast for the upcoming film, One Piece Film: Red was revealed. Amongst the cast, Ado was revealed as the singing voice actress for the character Uta while Kaori Nazuka reprised her role for Uta's non-singing parts. A single titled "New Genesis" was announced for release later that month. Shortly after, a press release reported that Mrs. Green Apple, Vaundy, Fake Type, Hiroyuki Sawano and Yuta Orisaka were amongst those announced providing songs for the soundtrack album. On June 15, the album art was revealed, drawn by Eiichiro Oda. "New Genesis" topped Apple Music's Top 100: Global playlist, a first for a Japanese song. Shortly after the release of "New Genesis", a second single titled "I'm Invincible" was announced alongside its music video, which was released on June 22. The third and final single "Backlight" was released on July 6, 2022. "Fleeting Lullaby" later was released as a promotional single, days before the release of the album.

Release Uta's Songs: One Piece Red was released on August 10, 2022. Alongside the standard version of the album, a limited DVD and first press version was released in Japan on the same day, the latter containing two bonus remixes and three music videos. Shortly after Ado signed with Geffen Records, Decca Records began to sell copies of the standard version of Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red in the United Kingdom. Geffen later announced they would physically release the album globally on December 16.

Critical reception

Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red was met with positive reviews from critics. Just Lunning of IGN praised Ado's versatility, stating the album "allow[ed] Ado to show off her fantastic tonal range." Gizmodo commented that "nearly all of [the songs] will be an earworm for some time, and some of the final songs may end up being tearjerkers for viewers."

Commercial performance

Japan Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and the Oricon Combined Albums chart. In physical sales, the album debuted and peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart. For the month of August, the album debuted and peaked at number two on the monthly Oricon Albums chart. Within one month, Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red received a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

The album broke multiple records on the Billboard Japan and Oricon charts. For the first time in Billboard Japan history, Ado became the first artist to have three songs simultaneously on the top 3 of the Japan Hot 100. Ado later broke her own record, having five songs from the album chart in the top 5 of Japan Hot 100. On the Oricon charts, Ado became the first artist in Oricon history to have five songs chart in the top 5 of the Streaming chart.

Americas Following the release of the film in North America in November 2022, Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and number 7 on the World Albums chart. Spotify reported that streams of the One Piece Film: Red playlist rose 32.7 times in the United States.

Europe In Belgium, Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red debuted and peaked at number 168 on the Ultratop Wallonia charts. In France, the album debuted and peaked at number 97. In Spain, Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red debuted and peaked at number 95.

Track listing

Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians Ado – vocals Keisuke Oyama – background vocals Kenta Isohi – background vocals Mayumi Watanabe – background vocals Mika Akiba – background vocals Sak – background vocals Shiori Sasaki – background vocals Yasutaka Nakata – songwriting, production Motoki Ohmori – songwriting, production Shuhei Ito – cello Sonoko Muraoka – cello Hideyuki Kurakazu – drums, triangle, tambourine Natsuhiko Mori – electric bass Ken Ito – horn arrangement Ryoka Fujisawa – piano Ken Ito – string arrangement Nobuhide Handa – trombone Tatsuhiko Yoshizawa – trombone Mei Mishina – viola Sumire Segawa – viola Anzu Suhara – violin Daisuke Yamamoto – violin Honoka Sato – violin Kon Shirasu – violin Sena Oshima – violin Shino Miwa – violin Tsukasa Nagura – violin Yuki Nakajima – violin Johngarabushi – guitar Toshino Tanabe – bass Makoto Fujisaki – drums Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar Hiroyuki Sawano – production, songwriting, keyboard, piano Daisuke Kawaguichi – piano Erika Aoyama – strings Hiroomi Shitara – acoustic guitar Yu Suto – bass Noriyasu "Kaasuke" Kawamura – drums Hideyo Takakuwa – flute Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp Otohiko Fujita – horn Tomoyo Shoji – horn Satoshi Shoji – oboe Ryoichi Kayatani – percussion Tomi Yo – piano Hideyo Takakuwa – piccolo Koichiro Muroya – strings Toshiyuki Muranaka – cello Nishi-ken – production, piano Daisuke Kadowaki – string arrangement, violin Sena Oshima – viola Daisuke Yamato – violin Yasutaka Nakata – production, songwriting Vaundy – production, songwriting Uechang – bass Bobo – drums Taking – guitar FAKE TYPE. – production, songwriting TOPHAMHAT-KYO – songwriting Canon – songwriting Yuta Orisaka – production, songwriting Motohiro Hata – production, songwriting Kohei Tanaka – songwriting Eiichiro Oda – songwriting Junya Kondo – alto saxophoneTechnical Yasutaka Nakata – recording arrangement Ken Ito – recording arrangement Mrs. Green Apple – recording arrangement Vaundy – recording arrangement Dyes Iwasaki – recording arrangement Hiroyuki Sawano – recording arrangement Daisukue Kawaguchi – programming, recording arrangement Motohiro Hata – recording arrangement Tomi Yo – recording arrangement Nishi-ken – recording arrangement

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2022) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 1 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 1 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) 9 US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) 82 US World Albums (Billboard) 7

Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2022) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 2

Year-end charts + 2022 year-end chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2022) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 10 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 3 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 3 + 2023 year-end chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2023) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 68 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 45 + 2024 year-end chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2024) Position Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) 32 + 2025 year-end chart performance for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Chart (2025) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 54

Certifications

Release history + Release history and formats for Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red Region Date Format(s) Version Label Various August 10, 2022 Standard Japan First Press Limited Taiwan August 12, 2022 Standard Limited United Kingdom November 4, 2022 Standard Various December 16, 2022 Standard First Press Limited Japan June 14, 2023 Vinyl Standard

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