Tropical Night (EP)
Tropical Night is an extended play (EP) marketed as the seventh single of Japanese boy group JO1, featuring the lead track "Tiger". It also served as the second single of their third studio album, Equinox (2023). Consisting a total of six songs and two instrumental versions, the EP single was released into four editions on April 5, 2023. It features the group's frequent collaborators such as Jung Ho-hyun, 1by1, Nmore, and Poptime, and first collaboration EDM artist Asher Postman. The EP single also includes the Japan Record Excellent Work Award winner "Trigger" as well as "We Good" and "Romance", theme songs of television series Our Little Love Story and Blue Birthday, starring members Syoya Kimata and Shion Tsurubo, respectively.
| "Tropical Night" | ||||
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Normal and digital special edition cover | ||||
| Single by JO1 | ||||
| from the album Equinox | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| A-side | "Tiger" | |||
| Released | April 5, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2023 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
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| Label | Lapone Entertainment | |||
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| "Tiger" on YouTube | ||||
To promote the EP single, JO1 performed "Tiger" at the Hanshin Tigers vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp match in Hanshin Koshien Stadium and did several international live performances, such as KCON in Thailand and Dream Concert in South Korea. Tropical Night marked JO1's seventh consecutive number-one single on Oricon chart, with "Tiger" topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and became the group's first appearance on Billboard's Hot Trending Songs.