Baroque (band)

[1][2] Originally signed to S'Cube, a sub-division of the independent record label Free-Will, the band later switched to the company's Firewall Division, with distribution handled by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

[1][6] They signed to a major label in Spring 2003, however, Yuji officially left the band in May 2003 due to problems with his brain/memory.

[10] On September 11, two days after the release of their first album Sug Life, baroque announced that they would break up, but they continued activities through the rest of the year.

[5][11][12] Their last concert was a sold-out performance at Zepp Tokyo on December 25, 2004, titled "baroque Last Live Mumirai -No Future-".

[1][9] Vocalist ryo and guitarist Kei then reformed their previous band Kannivalism in 2006,[10] while Bansaku and Akira formed boogieman in 2007.

[13] baroque consisting of ryo, Kei, Bansaku and Akira reunited for a free live, titled "Odai ha Kekkou Irimasenkara", on July 17, 2011, at Yokohama Red Brick.

[18] A month later, on July 30, a message was posted on their website stating that a representative of Bansaku's contacted the band saying he was safe, but due to his health has decided to leave baroque.

[31] The band undertook the tour "THE BIRTH OF LIBERTY" with a total of 21 venues across Japan starting from July 24 at Nagoya E.L.L.

Their 4th album PUER ET PUELLA (Latin words for "boys and girls") was released on July 30, 2019, that includes the three preceding singles.

On November 1, 2019, while the band intensively carried on their live concerts, they suddenly started mysterious countdown on Twitter.

[32] The fans and people around them were very surprised at the news because it was announced in the middle of the tour for the previous album that had been released only four months before then.

The entire movie was produced by Ryo and Kei using online communication tools while completely staying at home under the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the band were recording the full version of the music, they invited their fans to post photos or comments on "what they think precious, what they want to protect, or what they love" on Twitter and LINE OPENCHAT.