EBiDAN Marks 15th Anniversary With Number One Single and Summer Concert Tradition
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EBiDAN, a large Japanese entertainment collective made up of several smaller idol groups, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.
To mark the occasion, EBiDAN released a special single, "Yes! Tokyo". A single is a short music release, usually with one or two main tracks.
The song had a strong debut, selling 1,053,000 copies in its first week. This success let it enter the charts straight at number one, showing how popular the group remains.
Alongside the release, a member of EBiDAN gave an exclusive interview about the group's yearly summer concert, a live event that has become a regular tradition.
In the interview, they explained that the summer concert is more than just a performance. It is a moment when each smaller group inside EBiDAN can show how much it has grown over the past year.
According to the interview, the groups present their progress to each other during the show. This creates a sense of friendly competition, as each group tries to improve and impress the others.
The member described the concert as a valuable chance for the groups to push one another to get better, rather than simply performing separately.
The combination of the anniversary single's success and the ongoing tradition of the summer concert highlights EBiDAN's long history and its continued popularity among fans in Japan.
Vocabulary10 words
- EBiDAN
- a large Japanese entertainment group made of several smaller idol groups
- anniversary
- a special day that marks how many years since something started
- single
- a short music release with one or two main songs
- charts
- official lists showing the best-selling songs
- interview
- a conversation where someone answers questions, often for the news
- concert
- a live music performance
- grown
- become bigger, stronger, or better over time
- friendly competition
- a nice kind of competition where people try to do better without being unkind
- debut
- the first appearance of something, like a new song
- collective
- a group of people or smaller groups working together
Quiz
Answer key
1. Its 15th anniversary 2. 1,053,000 3. It is a chance for groups to show growth and improve through friendly competition
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EBiDAN, a large Japanese entertainment _____ made up of several smaller idol groups, is celebrating its 15th _____ this year.
To mark the occasion, EBiDAN released a special single, "Yes! Tokyo". A single is a short music release, usually with one or two main _____.
The song had a strong _____, selling 1,053,000 copies in its first week. This success let it enter the charts straight at number _____.
Alongside the release, a member of EBiDAN gave an exclusive _____ about the group's yearly summer _____, a live event that has become a regular tradition.
In the interview, they explained that the summer concert is a moment when each smaller group inside EBiDAN can show how much it has _____ over the past year.
According to the interview, the groups present their progress to each other during the show, creating a sense of friendly _____.