''The Film'' is the first video album by Japanese duo

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. It was released on March 23, 2022, through

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exclusively. It consists of the duo's 2021 three concerts: Keep Out Theater, Sing Your World, and Nice to Meet You (day 2); and the enlarged version of their episode of documentary program '' Jōnetsu Tairiku'', broadcast in December 2021. ''The Film'' debuted atop both the

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Blu-ray Disc Chart, and the Music DVD and Blu-ray Chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week.

Background and release

On January 26, 2022, Yoasobi announced to release the video album, titled ''The Film'', on March 23. It contains two

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of the duo's three concert films–the first livestream concert, Keep Out Theater; the collaboration with Uniqlo's UT free livestream concert, Sing Your World; and the second day of their first in-person concert Nice to Meet You, as well as unreleased footage from for the Yoasobi episode of '' Jōnetsu Tairiku'', a

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documentary program which aired on December 12, 2021. It also included a photobook taken during the concerts. To commemorate the release, the duo teased three concerts by four performances uploaded via

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" from Keep Out Theater on February 15, " Gunjō" from Sing Your World on March 1, and "

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" and " Tsubame" from Nice to Meet You on March 8 and 23, respectively.

Track listing

Notes * Track 1–8 of disc 1 is noted as "2021.2.14 Yoasobi 1st Online Live "Keep Out Theater" at

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Milano Former Site" * Track 9–17 of disc 1 is noted as "2021.7.4 UT×Yoasobi Online Live "Sing Your World" at Uniqlo

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Headquarters / Uniqlo City Tokyo" * Track 1–15 of disc 2 is noted as "2021.12.5 Yoasobi Live at Budokan " Nice to Meet You" at

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Charts

Sales

Release history

References

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