The Film 2 is the second video album by Japanese duo
Yoasobi. It was released on
Blu-ray exclusively on April 10, 2024, through
Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Similar to the previous video album The Film (2022), the video album contains the selected 2023–2024 live performances from three concert tours—the
Denkōsekka Arena Tour in
Saitama, the
Asia Tour 2023–2024 in
Seoul, and the
Pop Out Zepp Tour in Tokyo—as well as their documentary about the tours.[1] Commercially, The Film 2 topped the
Oricon Blu-ray Disc Chart with 16,751 copies.[2]
Background and promotion
On January 25, 2024, at the first show of their
Pop Out Zepp Tour, Yoasobi announced their second video album, titled The Film 2, alongside their fifth anniversary Dome Live 2024. Scheduled for release on April 10, it initially unveiled that comprised footage of the
Denkōsekka Arena Tour at
Saitama Super Arena on June 4, 2023, and two other concerts, as well as behind-the-scenes.[3]
On March 19, the duo revealed additional contents, which are the performances of their
Asia Tour 2023–2024 at
Tiger Dome,
Seoul, South Korea, on December 17, 2023, and the Pop Out Zepp Tour at
Zepp Haneda,
Tokyo on January 26, 2024, as well as a behind-the-scene documentary at the Denkosekka Arena Tour, the 2023
Head in the Clouds Festival at
Pasadena, California, the United States, and the Asia Tour.[4]
To commemorate the release, costumes Yoasobi wore and
megaphone used by
Ikura, and selected photos taken at the live performances were displayed as exhibition at selected
record shops in Japan between April 9 and 15.[5] They also uploaded the performances of "
Seventeen" and "
Heart Beat" at Pop Out Zepp Tour, and "
Gunjō" at the Asia Tour to promote the album.[6][7][8]
