They released their first album "WOLF" on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, and the music video for "BAKUON -Bakuon-", the lead song from their first album, has been released.
<WOLF HOWL HARMONY / "BAKUON" Music Video>
https://youtu.be/KouPKw7Q59A
This music video is a collaboration with LIFFUL ALT-RHYTHM, who is also active in D.LEAGUE.
WOLF HOWL HARMONY is a rising leader of the times, and LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM is an advocate that understands and spreads the spirit of WHH.
Their base is the abandoned space in this work.
It expresses how, despite the dystopian atmosphere of this space, the group's unity and determination continue to grow stronger.
This is WOLF HOWL HARMONY 's most challenging dance to date, and the piece aims to leave an overwhelming visual impact through choreography and expressiveness.
The choreography was done by LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM Director Nagai Naoya.
The music video was directed by YERD, a video artist and music video director who has attracted attention for his stunning visual beauty and unique storytelling.
With his direction skills that bring out the artist's unique worldview to the fullest and his visual sense that pays close attention to detail, he has worked on many popular works.
"BAKUON" was filmed in an artificial and realistic abandoned building.
The setting for this story is a remote location that no one visits anymore.
Based on the concept that cultural evolution and the emergence of movements also initially happen in unknown places, the video aims to be a statement of WHH's determination to change the times to come by capturing the moment from a variety of angles, large-scale aerial photography using drones, spatial situations, and dizzying editing techniques.
■ WOLF HOWL HARMONY Comments
For this music video, we collaborated with LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM, and a lot of chemical reactions were created, making WOLF HOWL HARMONY!
I would be happy if this work could start a new movement, so I hope you will definitely check it out!
Comment from Chaki Zulu
We tried and tested many things to make this a song that would allow WOLF HOWL HARMONY to take over the world. I think it's a song that sparks their singing and dancing in a poisonous way.
■Comment from LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM Director Naoya Nagai
A sense of speed that is ahead of the times,
I created a genre-less choreography based on the image of powerfully stomping one's feet on the ground.
The choreography, which includes hand signs reminiscent of WHH and elements that have become icons of the song, is fast-paced and you'll be hooked once you start dancing.
The worldview that was born from this collaboration left a strong impression on me, as it gave me many new insights into expression and a sense of reconstructing the appeal of dance.
We hope that the fresh wind that WHH brings will reach you all and that you will dance and have fun together.
■LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM calin's comment
It feels like this song was a new challenge for both WOLF HOWL HARMONY and LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM.
Rather than matching shapes and silhouettes, I conveyed the image of my body being influenced by something, or influenced by something, as I gave the choreography. It must have been very difficult.
Responding to the energy of the music, everyone's expressions and dancing brought out a whole new side to the performance.
It's new, but still retains their charm. I hope you enjoy it.
■ Director's Notes from YERD
The setting of this work is an abandoned space that exists within the everyday life of the people, but where no one ventures.
WOLF HOWL HARMONY uses this space as their hideout.
This means that cultural evolution and the emergence of movements often happens in hidden places at first.
In this era where the cutting edge of things changes dramatically every day, who will be the next new artist to lead the world?
Along with this question, and with the hope that WOLF HOWL HARMONY will grow into artists who will lead the times, we expressed the power of demonstrating one's existence and place in this vast world of expression, together with those who share the same aspirations.
The dance is symbolic yet powerful, which is a major theme of this work.
We welcomed members of LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM, who have a unique presence even in the D-LEAGUE,
We exist as comrades of WOLF HOWL HARMONY a pioneering force of the times.
The members of LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM, who collaborated on this album, have fulfilled their role as speakers spreading the ideas of WOLF HOWL HARMONY, greatly expanding its worldview with their unique choreography full of attractive contemporary rhythm.
The dance (physical expression) that could only be communicated by members of the same tribe represents the creation of a new language (style) and a new country (culture), and stoically expresses the way WOLF HOWL HARMONY, who previously existed as solitary lone wolves, evolve together with their new friends.
BAKUON -Roaring Sound-
Lyrics: Kenya Fujita, Chaki Zulu, T.Kura
Music: Chaki Zulu, T.Kura, Kenya Fujita
Produced by: Chaki Zulu, DJ DARUMA
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Takeshi Saito
Recording & Mixing Studio: prime sound studio form, Giant Swing Studio
Dance Director: Naoya Nagai(LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM Director),Jun Morii(LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM Sub Director)
"BAKUON" is a truly shocking song, characterized by the tricky sound and intense tempo changes created by Chaki Zulu. WOLF HOWL HARMONY will devour the music scene and grab the top of "MAJOR". Such a powerful message is contained in the song.
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■RELEASE INFORMATION
Release: Friday, March 12, 2025
WOLF HOWL HARMONY from EXILE TRIBE
1st Album「WOLF」
https://wolfhowlharmony.lnk.to/WOLF_dlstr
https://wolfhowlharmony.jp/news/detail.php?id=1122165#WHH
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