Maps of Music

Hitotsu Sora no Shita (2010)

Where the lyrics of Hitotsu Sora no Shita take you, and where it was really made.

One song on this Japanese album, Soratomo, was given away free on a weather site and reached 1.4 million downloads.

Key places

Studio GREENBIRD, recording location (2010)

Recording site Studio GREENBIRD — Listed as a studio where songs for this album were recorded. The pin marks the area, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

TOM·TOM STUDIO, recording location (2010)

Recording site TOM·TOM STUDIO — Listed as a studio where songs for this album were recorded. The pin marks the area, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

WHITEBASE STUDIO, recording location (2010)

Recording site WHITEBASE STUDIO — Listed as a studio where songs for this album were recorded. The pin marks the area, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Hitotsu Sora no Shita (Japanese: ひとつ空の下; Under the Same Sky): studio album by Korean singer Younha
• Released September 22, 2010
• Second regular album in Japanese, five years after Go! Younha
• Includes the previously released singles Girl and Sukinanda
• Twelve tracks
• Most songs have lyrics written or co-written by Younha herself
• Track list: Wind; Tomatoes sun; I like - Sukinanda; What is goodbye?; Soratomo - look up at the sky; Girl; Complicated; Daily Daily; Remember; Hold Your Hand; End of the rainbow; All lies

Background

• Japanese pre-orders began in August 2010
• Korean release followed one week later, on October 4, 2010
• Streaming on Melon began September 29, 2010
• Japan-only first-press limited edition included a DVD of five promotion videos
• Collaborators: i-dep and Sotte Bosse's Nakamura Hiroshi, acoustic guitar duo DEPAPEPE, and JIN
• Tomatoes sun is the official support song of the Weathernews SOLiVE24 site
• I like - Sukinanda is the ED theme of tvk program saku saku
• What is goodbye? is a collaboration with DEPAPEPE
• Soratomo is an official support song of the SOLiVE24 site
• Girl is the ED theme of TV Asahi program Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle
• Remember is a Japanese version of Memory, the ED theme of anime RIDEBACK
• End of the rainbow is the theme song of the movie On Next Sunday

Recording

• Listed recording studios: Studio GREENBIRD, TOM·TOM STUDIO, WHITEBASE STUDIO
• Mastering listed at Sony Music Studio
• Mixing listed at TOM·TOM STUDIO and WHITEBASE STUDIO
• Soratomo lyrics were collected from weather site supporters before the song was completed

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born Ko Younha, April 29, 1988, in South Korea; began piano at age 5.
• Dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue singing in Japan; later studied Japanese at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
• Debuted in Japan in 2004 with "Yubikiri"; nicknamed the "Oricon Comet".
• Breakthrough single "Houkiboshi" (anime Bleach soundtrack) entered the Oricon top 20, making her the second South Korean artist after BoA to do so.
• Debuted in South Korea in 2006 with the digital single "Audition".
• First Korean album "The Perfect Day to Say I Love You" (2007) peaked at No. 1; "Password 486" won SBS Inkigayo Mutizen awards.
• Won Best New Solo Artist at the 2007 MKMF.
• Her 2017 album "RescuE" was ranked No. 8 by Billboard among top K-Pop albums of the 2010s.
• "Winter Flower" with RM of BTS made her the first Korean female solo artist to top the US iTunes chart.
• Released the seventh album "Growth Theory" in 2024; celebrated her 21st debut anniversary in 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in Japan on September 22, 2010, after pre-orders from August
• Korean release followed one week later, on October 4, 2010
• Streamed first on Melon on September 29, 2010
• Five years after the Japanese album Go! Younha
• Japan-only first-press limited edition with a DVD of five promotion videos
• Singles Girl and Sukinanda were already out before the album
• Tie-in songs were used in TV programs, a weather site, a movie, and an anime
• Soratomo lyrics were collected from weather site supporters before the song was finished

Records

• Soratomo was given away free on the SOLiVE24 site and reached 1.4 million downloads there
• Second regular album in Japanese for Younha
• The Japanese title means Under the Same Sky

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Soratomo lyrics came from weather site supporters, and the song was given away free on the SOLiVE24 site.
• The music video for the DEPAPEPE collaboration What is goodbye? was made by staff of the tvk program saku saku.
• Participants on the album included i-dep and Sotte Bosse's Nakamura Hiroshi, DEPAPEPE, and JIN.
• Most songs have lyrics written or co-written by Younha herself.
• The Japan-only first-press edition came with a DVD of five promotion videos.

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact