Maisondes
Japanese musical project
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Maisondes (stylized as MAISONdes; Japanese pronunciation: [med͡zoɴ.de]) is a Japanese musical project formed in 2021. With the Manager as the only permanent member, the project explores the concept of songs created and performed by different songwriters and singers, who act as residents in a fictional 6.5-tatami (10.53 square meters) apartment.
Maisondes | |
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Logo of Maisondes | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Years active | 2021–present |
| Labels | |
| Spinoffs | Nichimezo |
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| Website | maisondes-6half |
The project is best known for its 2021 single, "Yowanehaki", featuring Asmi and Wanuka, and theme songs for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura. Outside of regular works, Maisondes partnered with Weekly Shōnen Sunday for the spinoff project Nichimezo (日曜日のメゾンデ, Nichiyōbi no Mezonde) to perform songs based on the magazine's manga.
History
Planned in 2020 with an undecided name,[1] on January 25, 2021, a music video for the "Bedroom" version of "Hello/Hello" (101) by an unidentified artist named Maisondes, featuring vocals by Yama, and written by Nakimushi, was uploaded to Yama's YouTube channel.[2] The full version of the song was later released to digital music and streaming platforms on February 3, and also featured on the first episode of 7-Eleven Japan's original net animation Rainbow Finder.[3]
The project's fifth single, "Yowanehaki" (102), featuring vocals from Asmi and composition by Wanuka, was released on May 19.[4] The song gained popularity on short-form video social media TikTok, which topped the Billboard Japan's TikTok Weekly Top 20 for four consecutive weeks,[5] was one of the most popular track on the platform in Japan in 2021,[6] and won the 2021 TikTok Buzzword Awards in Music Category.[7] Commercially, the song reached number 13 and 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] and the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, respectively,[9] and was certified platinum for surpassing 100 million streams by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[10]
From 2022 to 2024, Maisondes produced all opening and ending themes for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978–1987). The songs consist of "Aiue" (373; featuring Minami and Sakuramoti) and "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous" (239; featuring Kaf and Tsumiki) for the first cour;[11] "Love Trap Muchū" (333; featuring Asmi and Threee)[12] and "Not Enough" (210; featuring Yama and Nito) for the second cour;[13] "Lock-On" (609; featuring Hashimero and Megurimeguru) and "Sakura Blossom" (397; featuring 9Lana and Sakuramoti) for the third cour;[14] and "By My Darling" (039; featuring Miki Maria and Nito) and "You Make Me Feel Spring" (430; featuring Ayuni D and Nito) for the final cour.[15]
Maisondes released their first EP, titled Noisy Room, on March 15, 2023, which features themes from the first two cours of Urusei Yatsura.[16] Later, all the anime's themes featured on the project's compilation album, Noisy Love Room – Maisondes × Uruseiyatsura Complete Collection, issued on June 5, 2024.[17] The project's other tie-ups include "Infinite" (888; featuring Sorane and Meiyo) for Toyota Corolla commercial,[18] "Wannabe" (322; featuring Hoshimachi Suisei and Sukuma) for anime series Trapezium (2024),[19] "Popcorn!!" (1101; featuring Narumiya and Sasuke Haraguchi) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty,[20] and "Bake no Kawa" (800; featuring Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga, and TeddyLoid) for anime series Gnosia (2025).[21]
In 2024, Maisondes was transferred from Mastersix Foundation to the newly established label and management, Echoes.[22] The next year, Echoes and Weekly Shōnen Sunday announced a partnership to launch a project as a sub-unit of Maisondes, Nichimezo (日曜日のメゾンデ, Nichiyōbi no Mezonde; lit. 'Monday's Maisondes'), to contribute songs based on manga published on Weekly Shōnen Sunday and its webcomic platform Sunday Webry,[23] with Rei (former member of Tuyu) as the fixed vocalists for the project.[24] Its debut single, "Modoki Step", was released on March 19, based on the Sunday Webry manga Nisemono Kyōkai and featuring the composition by Masadara.[25]
Artistry
The name Maisondes comes from the French words maison des, meaning "the house of...". Musician and Vocaloid producer WhaleDontSleep advised the project's titling and formatting.[1] The project's concept "six-and-a-half-tatami apartment somewhere" is taken from a lyric of Yama's song "Haru o Tsugeru", "shin'ya Tōkyō no roku-jō han" (深夜東京の6畳半; lit. 'A 6.5-tatami room in late-night Tokyo').[1] The Manager is listed as the only permanent member of the project,[26] who taking a role of recruitment musicians for the project,[27] or "looking for new residents."[28]
Assigned a room number, the project's songs are created and performed by different songwriters and singers, mostly teenagers and young adults, who act as residents of the apartment. The lyrics generally express "loneliness" and "gloominess" of young people in a small room in a city.[28][29][30] The Manager described its genre a "6.5-tatami pop music", an updated version of the 1970s 4.5-tatami folk music.[31][32] Illustrator Nakaki Pantz is in charge of all the project's visuals,[33] which the music vidoes are animation and begin with the door opening.[28] Maisondes also contributed the series "Re:Maisondes" for remix songs[34] and "Dig:Maisondes" for cover songs.[35]
Members
- Manager (管理人, kanrinin)
Discography
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
| No. | Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [41] |
JPN Cmb. [42] |
JPN Hot [37] | |||||
| 101 | "Hello/Hello" (featuring Yama and Nakimusho) |
2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| 310 | "For Ten Minutes, For a Hundred Yen" (featuring Moka Satō and WhaleDontSleep) |
— | — | — | |||
| 000 | "Hontō wa Yoru no Hashi made" (featuring OOO and WhaleDontSleep) |
— | — | — | |||
| 301 | "Irenai" (featuring Miu Dōmura, 301, and Geg) |
— | — | — | |||
| 102 | "Yowanehaki" (featuring Wanuka and Asmi) |
— | 14 | 13 | |||
| 103 | "Dance Dance Dada" (featuring Ema and Tanaka) |
— | — | — | |||
| 308 | "Grumpy" (featuring Haruno and Aqu3ra) |
— | — | — | |||
| 107 | "Melt in Late Summer" (featuring Riria and Nagumoyuuki) |
— | — | — | |||
| 111 | "Rally, Rally" (featuring Pii and Meiyo) |
— | — | — | |||
| 201 | "Bed Hair" (featuring Kohana Lam and Zettakun) |
2022 | — | — | — | ||
| 302 | "Cheers" (featuring Tani Yuuki and Kei Sugawara) |
— | — | — | |||
| 032 | "You Don't Understand" (featuring Atashi and Zumita) |
— | — | — | |||
| Dig:001 | "Juice Box" (featuring Aruma and Kksi) |
— | — | — | |||
| 417 | "Color of Cardboard Box" (featuring 4na and Mossa) |
— | — | — | |||
| 373 | "Aiue" (featuring Minami and Sakuramoti) |
27 | 13 | 63 | Noisy Room and Noisy Love Room | ||
| 239 | "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous" (featuring Kaf and Tsumiki) |
21 |
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| 888 | "Infinite" (featuring Sorane and Meiyo) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 245 | "I Like You" (featuring Aimer and Wanuka) |
2023 | — | — | — | ||
| 333 | "Love Trap Muchū" (featuring Asmi and Threee) |
— | — | — | Noisy Room and Noisy Love Room | ||
| 210 | "Not Enough" (featuring Yama and Nito) |
— | — | — | |||
| 128 | "That's Enough" (featuring Kankan and Hynome) |
— | — | — | |||
| 610 | "Toraenohime" (featuring Muto and Sohbana) |
— | — | — | |||
| 349 | "Show Me Your Phone" (featuring Hashimero and Maeshima Soshi) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 832 | "You Were Wet" (featuring Aizawa and Shikiura Sōgo) |
— | — | — | |||
| XYZ | "A Lonely Night (Lonely Get Wild)" (featuring Ainy and Red) |
— | — | — | |||
| 900 | "Bathroom" (featuring Ren and Maeshima Soshi) |
— | — | — | |||
| 404 | "Double Push Off" (featuring Suisoh and A4) |
— | — | — | |||
| 609 | "Lock-On" (featuring Hashimero and Megurimeguru) |
2024 | 36 | — | — | Noisy Love Room | |
| 397 | "Sakura Blossom" (featuring 9Lana and Sakuramoti) |
— | — | ||||
| 1101 | "Popcorn!!" (featuring Hello Kitty, Narumiya, and Sasuke Haraguchi) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 430 | "You Make Me Feel Spring" (featuring Ayuni D and Nito) |
— | — | — | Noisy Love Room | ||
| 039 | "By My Darling" (featuring Miki Maria and Nito) |
— | — | — | |||
| 322 | "Wannabe" (featuring Hoshimachi Suisei and Sukuma) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 202 | "Pain, Pain, Go Away" (featuring Yuika and Kafuné) |
— | — | — | |||
| ††† | "Alibi Game" (featuring Noa and Kayayu) |
— | — | — | |||
| 365 | "I Want" (featuring Yuri and Hashimero) |
— | — | — | |||
| 717 | "Träumerei" (featuring Isekaijoucho and Issey) |
2025 | — | — | — | ||
| 334 | "Unspoken Days" (featuring Kano and Mimi) |
— | — | — | |||
| 800 | "Bake no Kawa" (featuring Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga, and TeddyLoid) |
— | — | — | |||
| 420 | "Ash＆Ember" (featuring Lisa and Nanahoshi Kangengakudan) |
2026 | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||
Nichimezo
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Modoki Step" (with Rei and Masadara) |
2025 | Non-album singles |
| "Pretender" (with Rei and Daibakuhashin) | ||
| "Beautiful Ugly World" (with Rei and Sakuma) | ||
| "A Miracle Worthy of You" (with Rei and WhaleDontSleep) | ||
| "Colorful Palette" (with Rei and Furu_ri) | ||
| "You" (with Rei and Twinfield) | ||
| "Bakebake" (with Rei and Nayutan Seijin) | ||
| "Rhapsody of Lies" (with Rei and Akasaki) | ||
| "Enormous Frontier" (with Rei and Satsuki) | ||
| "Love Says So" (with Rei and Tomoya Tabuchi) |
2026 | |
| "Day by Day" (with Rei and Meiyo) | ||
| "Eyes" (with Rei and Hynome) |
Guest appearances
Concerts
Awards and nominations
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee(s)/work(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Gold Disc Award | 2023 | Best 5 New Artists (Japan) | Maisondes | Won | [48] |
| TikTok Buzzword Awards | 2021 | Music Category | "Yowanehaki" | Won | [49] |