LOL! (Meisa Kuroki song)
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"LOL!" is a song by Japanese fashion model, actress and musician Meisa Kuroki
Meisa Kuroki
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and...

, released as her third physical single in early October, 2010. The song, as of 2010, is her most popular single, outselling her other singles in terms of physical copies, and also being her only single to receive a digital download certification from RIAJ.

Promotion

The song was used in commercials for Kit Kat
Kit Kat
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s in Japan, in 2010. Kuroki set up an official Twitter
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 account, http://twitter.com/Meisa_Kuroki, on September 7 in promotion for the single. Originally, Kuroki intended to only use the Twitter account for a month, until October 7, however is currently still using the service. She promoted the single with two handshake events on October 9 held on the same day, one in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Shinjuku, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...

 and one in Nishinomiya.

Kuroki appeared on TV shows Music Lovers, Music Japan and Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight in promotion of the event. She also appeared on radio shows on Tokyo FM
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, most notably Love Connection four times throughout October. Kuroki was featured in many magazines to promote the single, such as 25ans, Floor, Nikkei Magazine, Gyao Magazine, Ori Star
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

, Sweet and WWD
Women's Wear Daily
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 Japan
.

Music video

The music video was directed by Shigeaki Kubo. It was initially aired on the internet on September 11, for a limited period of 24 hours. The video features Kuroki in a summery room, reclined on the floor reading a magazine, along with several other girls. Interspersed with these scenes are Kuroki and two back-up dancers in a monochrome room, as well as scenes inside a red cluttered room, in which Kuroki stands in a bath-tub. Occasional 3D speech bubbles appear with the lyrics of the song around Kuroki, as well as other computer graphics.

Track listing

Chart rankings

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100
Japan Hot 100
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62
Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

weekly singles
12
RIAJ Digital Track Chart
RIAJ Digital Track Chart
The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....

Top 100
4

Sales and certifications

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales 12,000
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads Gold (100,000+)

Personnel

  • D.O.I. (Daimonion Recordings) - Mixing
  • June (Wazz Up) - all instruments, music, production, programming, vocal production
  • Kaoru Kami - lyrics
  • Neeraj Khajanchi (Nippon no Kokoro Sound) - Recording, at Studio Empoint
  • Meisa Kuroki - vocals

Release history

Region Date Format
Japan Ringtone
Full-length cellphone download
CD single, CD+DVD single, rental CD
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