The Empire Strikes Start!!

The Empire Strikes Start!! is the debut studio album from Japanese girl group Empire. It was released on April 11, 2018, by Avex. The album consists of eleven tracks.^[1] The song "Black to the dreamlight" was used as the third closing theme for the anime Black Clover.^[2]

The Empire Strikes Start!!
Studio album by Empire
Released	April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11)
Genre	J-pop
Length	47:39
Language	Japanese
Label	WACK Avex
Empire chronology
The Empire Strikes Start!! (2018) Empire Originals (2018)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"For Example??"	BeeViCee, Oni	4:20
2.	"Buttocks beat! beat!"	Kenta Matsukuma, Hakei Tsubanebuyu Alumi Foil	3:17
3.	"Black to the dreamlight"	Beat mint boyz, Kenta Matsukuma	5:47
4.	"Mad Love"	Kenta Matsukuma, Fujun Sasaki	4:42
5.	"Don't tell me why"	Kenta Matsukuma, Yu-ki Empire	3:35
6.	"Tokyo Moonlight"	Kenta Matsukuma, Mayu Empire	3:55
7.	"Empire is Coming"	Beat mint boyz, Kenta Matsukuma	3:27
8.	"Dead Body" (デッドバディ)	Kenta Matsukuma, Iku Ryuguji	4:09
9.	"Little Boy"	Kenta Matsukuma, Yuka Empire	4:58
10.	"Kono Sekai no Katasumi de" (コノ世界ノ片隅デ)	You-Oh Oki, Yuka Empire	4:22
11.	"Akarui Mirai" (アカルイミライ)	JxSxK, Kenta Matsukuma	5:12
Total length:			47:39

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	7
Japanese Albums (Billboard)^[4]	4

References

1. "EMPiRE、本日4/11リリースの1stフル・アルバム『THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!!』より昨日夜まで撮影を続けた「MAD LOVE」MV公開". Skream!.
2. "WACK×avex新グループ EMPiRE、4/11リリースの1stフル・アルバム・リード曲「Black to the dreamlight」がTVアニメ"ブラッククローバー"EDテーマに決定". Skream!.
3. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-04-23" (in Japanese). Oricon.
4. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019-04-09" (in Japanese).