is the third studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on July 29, 2020, by Universal J. Following That's Why I Gave Up on Music, this was their second album to be released by a major label.
Like the previous two albums, it is also a concept album and depicts "the story of a man who plagiarizes music".
Track listing All lyrics, music, and arrangement by n-buna.
Awards +YearAwardResultref.202113th CD Shop Awards
Live tour One year after the album's release, a live tour titled "Yorushika Live Tour 2021 "Plagiarism"" was held from August 1, 2021 to October 2, 2021 and the duo performed the songs from their album Plagiarism and EP Creation. Setlist
Tracks 1, 5, 9, 14, and 19 are stories narrated by n-buna.
Tie-ups "Plagiarism" was used in 2019 RPG game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius'''s TV commercial. Later, from December 23, 2020, instead of the original, a cover version of the song performed by Jun Shison and Mayu Matsuoka was used. "Night Journey" and "Ghost in a Flower" were used as insert and theme songs for the 2020 anime film A Whisker Away'', respectively.
Personnel
Main n-buna – lyrics, music, chorus, arrangement, guitar, piano, other instruments, and producer suis – vocals
Supporting – guitar – bass Masack – drums – piano, keyboards
Engineers／Directors／Producers – recording engineer, mixing engineer , , , , – assistant engineers – mastering engineer , , – executive producers
Coordinators , – artist management – A&R – marketing planner – sales promotion – artwork coordinator
Art DMYM/No.734 – art director, design – design management – artwork
Studios Recording studios – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), Aobadai Studio (Meguro, Tokyo, Japan), Volta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), aLIVE Recording Studio (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan), ABS Recording Studio (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan), Sounduno Studio (Minato, Tokyo, Japan) Mixing studio – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan) Mastered by at Sony Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan)
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for PlagiarismChart (2019)PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)3Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)1Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)1
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for PlagiarismChart (2020)PositionJapanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)35
Certifications
Notes
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