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Smile Again (Song)

Smile Again is a song by BE:FIRST and the title track of their third single. It was pre-released digitally on April 24, 2023 ahead of the CD release on the 26th.
It was selected as the Global Campaign Song for notable Shiseido sunscreen brand ANESSA.
It was included as the sixth track on their second album 2:BE.

Background and Release

Credits

Song

  • Lyrics: SKY-HI
  • Music: KEITA TACHIBANA, JUNE, SKY-HI
  • Producer: SKY-HI
  • Track by: KEITA TACHIBANA
  • Recording Engineer: Hideaki Jinbu (prime sound studio form)
  • Assistant Engineer: Kazuyuki Nishikawa (prime sound studio form)
  • Mixing Engineer: D.O.I. (Daimonion Recordings)
  • Choreographer: s**t kingz
  • Performance Director: s**t kingz

Music Video

Unit Producer:Takayasu Kuroda (stu), Hayato Arakawa (stu)
Director / Director of Photography:Kensaku Kakimoto (CONNECTION)
Choreographer / Performance Director:s**t kingz
Moving Camera Director:Takashi Noguchi (stu)
Assistant Director:Shinji Akiyama (AKIIRO INC.), Taito Hiroshima
Camera Chief:Sota Takahashi
D.I.T:Satoshi Naoi (Film. M. I. S. S. I. O. N.)
Steadicam:Genki Hidaka
Grip:Osamu Ichikawa (NKL)
Lighting Director:Tetsu Moritera (CONNECTION)
Lighting Chief:Kiron Omura
Production Designer:Takayuki Mitsuizumi (starboy)
Location Coordinator:Kyohei Kitamura (LONDON)
Color Grading:Masahiro Hasegawa
Mixer:Hiroshi Watanabe (panpot)
VFX Artist:Shunsuke Kakuuchi (CONNECTION)
Offline Editor:Asuka Mochizuki (C STUDIO)
Online Editor:Kaho Magome (C STUDIO)
CG Producer:Toshihiko Sakata (AnimationCafe)
CG Director:Shoma Mizutani (AnimationCafe)
Production Manager:Seigo Agatsuma (TYO)
Producer:Takumi Fujiwara (TYO), Ryo Koba (TYO)
Production:TYO PRO2 Division1
Hair:Yuki Oshiro (AVGVST), Ayumi Koseki, Lisa Kohama
Make-up:Shino Ariizumi, Tomoko Imai, Nana Ota
Styling:Yuji Yasumoto
Stand-in Dance Crew:AikA, ANRI, Kurumi Shiina, Money, Marimo Kanno, MATHEW, Riki Honda
Music Director:Ryota Ochi (B-ME, Avex Entertainment Inc.)
A&R:Naruki Niino (B-ME, Avex Entertainment Inc.), Mariko Koike (B-ME, Avex Entertainment Inc.)

Performances

  • [2023.04.22] Venue101 / NHK
  • [2023.04.26] BE:FIRST TV / NTV
  • [2023.04.27] DayDay. / NTV
  • [2023.04.28] Buzz Rhythm 02 / NTV
  • [2023.04.30] Love music / Fuji TV
  • [2023.05.01] CDTV LIVE! LIVE! / TBS
  • [2023.05.03] ZIP! / TBS
  • [2023.05.08] Premium MelodiX! / TV Tokyo
  • [2023.06.17] Kamioto -Kamigata Otomatsuri- / ytv

Chart Positions

Billboard

Hot 100
Week Rank Points Reference
1 2 19,494 [1]
2 3 9,807 [2]
3 11 4,163 [3]
4 21 2,960 [4]
5 26 2,700 [5]
6 12 3,465 [6]
7 36 2,348 [7]
8 85 N/A [8]
Out of chart
Streaming Songs
Week Rank Streams Reference
1 2 9,101,560 [9][10]
2 4 8,472,025 [11][12]
3 18 N/A [13]
4 29 N/A [14]
5 53 N/A [15]
6 11 N/A [16]
7 36 N/A [17]
Out of chart
Download Songs
Week Rank Downloads Reference
1 1 43,529 [18][19]
2 20 3,303 [20][21]
3 66 N/A [22]
4 80 N/A [23]
5 87 N/A [24]
Out of chart
  • Total Reported Downloads: 49,381[25]
First Half of 2023 Ranking
Chart Rank Reference
Hot 100 56 [26]
Download Songs 20 [25]

Oricon

Streaming Ranking
Week Rank Streams Reference
1 2 11,074,897 [27][28]
2 2 9,903,184 [29][30]
3 8 5,464,948 [31][32]
4 16 3,896,556 [33][34]
5 25 3,421,330 [35][36]
6 9 5,522,470 [37][38]
7 20 4,215,666 [39][40]
Out of chart
Download Ranking
Week Rank Downloads Reference
1 1 39,942 [41][42]
2 21 3,063 [43][44]
Out of chart for 3 weeks
6 38 1,322 [45][46]
Out of chart
  • Total Reported Downloads: 44,327

Others

Chart Rank Reference

Lyrics


Playlists

Trivia

Videos

Embedded media: //www.youtube.com/embed/ZZG7PAPCX4E?

References

  1. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/05/03
  2. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/05/10
  3. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/05/17
  4. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/05/24
  5. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/05/31
  6. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/06/07
  7. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/06/14
  8. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Hot 100 Week of 2023/06/21
  9. ↑ Billboard- YOASOBI「アイドル」がストリーミング3連覇達成、週間再生回数歴代2位に, 2023/05/03
  10. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/05/03
  11. ↑ Billboard- YOASOBI「アイドル」がストリーミング4連覇達成 ミセス／悠馬が初のトップ10入り, 2023/05/10
  12. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/05/10
  13. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/05/17
  14. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/05/24
  15. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/05/31
  16. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/06/07
  17. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Streaming Songs Week of 2023/06/14
  18. ↑ Billboard - BE:FIRST「Smile Again」DLソング初登場1位、トップ10に3曲を送り込む, 2023/05/03
  19. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Download Songs Week of 2023/05/03
  20. ↑ Billboard - YOASOBI「アイドル」異次元の強さは変わらず、ダントツで4週連続総合首位獲得, 2023/05/10
  21. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Download Songs Week of 2023/05/10
  22. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Download Songs Week of 2023/05/17
  23. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Download Songs Week of 2023/05/24
  24. ↑ Billboard - Billboard Download Songs Week of 2023/05/31
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Billboard - 【ビルボード 2023年上半期Download Songs】YOASOBI「アイドル」首位、アニメ関連曲がチャート席巻2023/06/09
  26. ↑ Billboard - 【ビルボード 2023年上半期JAPAN Hot 100】Official髭男dism「Subtitle」が歴代記録を塗り替え、総合首位 2023/06/09
  27. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/05/08
  28. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W1_(0424-0430).png
  29. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/05/15
  30. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W2_(0501-0507).png
  31. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/05/22
  32. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W3_(0508-0514).png
  33. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/05/29
  34. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W4_(0515-0521).png
  35. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/06/05
  36. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W5_(0522-0528).png
  37. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/06/12
  38. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W6_(0529-0604).png
  39. ↑ Oricon - Streaming Ranking Week of 2023/06/19
  40. ↑ Media:SA_Streaming_W7_(0605-0611).png
  41. ↑ Oricon - Download Ranking Week of 2023/05/08
  42. ↑ Media:SA_Oricon_DLs_W1_(0424-0430).png
  43. ↑ Oricon - Download Ranking Week of 2023/05/15
  44. ↑ Media:SA_Oricon_DLs_W2_(0501-0507).png
  45. ↑ Oricon - Download Ranking Week of 2023/06/12
  46. ↑ Media:SA_Oricon_DLs_W6_(0529-0604).png