Japanese Boyband GENERATIONS Release Digital Single ‘Two Steps Back’

Japanese boyband GENERATIONS released a new single, ‘Two Steps Back’ on April 7, This is the third installment in the PRODUCE 6IX COLORS project in which each of the six members of GENERATIONS will produce a new song for six consecutive months from February 2025. The new track was produced by GENERATIONS leader Alan Shirahama, with sound production courtesy of Shintaro Yasuda. Yasuda is a Grammy-nominated Asian-American producer, songwriter, DJ and musician based in Los Angeles, California, whose credits include Ariana Grande’s ‘Off the Table’ and ‘Dream’ from BLACKPINK member LISA’s album ‘Alter Ego’. The song’s repeating hook and rhythmic beats symbolically express the tactics of love and the sense of distance between two partners, balancing a sense of sorrow with a hot global sound. The lyric video was animated by illustrator Nui, who lends a cool retro feel reminiscent of the 1990s.

GENERATIONS made their debut in November 2012 with the single ‘BRAVE IT OUT’. The group held world tours in 2015 and 2017, as well as domestic arena tours in 2016 and 2017. Their 2017 world tour was followed the next year by their first domestic dome tour. In 2019, they held their first nationwide five-dome tour, titled GENERATIONS LIVE TOUR 2019 ‘Shonen Chronicle’, which drew 460,000 fans. They ended that year with their first of three consecutive appearances on NHK’s revered New Year’s TV show ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’.

In April 2024, GENERATIONS were appointed as Taiso Nippon Support Ambassadors, and their May 2024 song ‘Endless Journey’ was selected as the official Taiso Nippon “support song” for the Japanese gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics starting in July, and for all gymnasts in Japan.

At their GENERATIONS LIVE TOUR 2024 ‘GENERATIONS 2.0’ BONUS STAGE COUNTDOWN PARTY yearend concerts held on December 30 and 31, the group announced plans for six special new projects. The most highlighted is the PRODUCE 6IX COLORS project, where songs produced by each of the group’s six members will be released as digital singles over six consecutive months, along with an arena tour of Japan in the fall.