=LOVE Releases 20th Single 'Gekiyaku Chudoku' Today! Hits Over 300,000 in First-Day Sales (Total Shipments Exceed 400,000) and Debuts at #1 on Oricon Daily Chart!!

Produced by Rino Sashihara, the idol group =LOVE is currently recording viral hits across multiple platforms. Their song 'Tokubetsu, Shite', released last February, has surpassed 140 million cumulative streams and 2.2 billion total views on TikTok. Furthermore, their new song 'Gekiyaku Chudoku', which had an early digital release in February, saw its music video reach 10 million views in just 19 days—the fastest for the group—and has already exceeded 28 million cumulative streams.

Today, the highly anticipated 20th single 'Gekiyaku Chudoku' was released. It has been confirmed that the group achieved over 300,000 copies in first-day sales (with total shipments exceeding 400,000), successfully debuting at #1 on the Oricon Daily Single Ranking for April 1, 2026.

The new song 'Gekiyaku Chudoku' features Iori Noguchi and Maika Sasaki as double centers. It is a passionate love song about falling into the poison of love and drowning in an incurable romance. The music video, released on March 1st, has already surpassed 12 million views in about a month, marking a personal best for the group and making it a hot topic even before its release.

=LOVE is currently holding their largest-ever tour, the '=LOVE 8th ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM TOUR', with the tour finale scheduled for April 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun) at Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Furthermore, a large-scale '=LOVE STADIUM LIVE' has been announced for June 20th (Sat) and 21st (Sun) at the MUFG Stadium (National Stadium) in Tokyo, where they expect to mobilize approximately 120,000 people over two days. Please continue to pay close attention to the accelerating momentum of =LOVE.