While the A-side “Hey! Say!” was used as the second opening song for the anime Lovely Complex, the single’s B-side “Bon Bon” was used as the second ending song for the same anime.
On June 16, 2007, it was announced that Hey! Say! 7 would release “ Hey! Say! ” as a single on August 1, 2007. Express as it could mean that the group was splitting up and that Yuya Takaki and Daiki Arioka would permanently be in this group instead. Initially, the temporary status of the group was unclear, worrying a lot of fans of Johnny Jr’s groups J.J. History Early 2007: The Temporary Hey! Say! 7ĭuring a KAT-TUN spring concert on April 3, 2007, Johnny’s Juniors Yuya Takaki, Daiki Arioka, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima and Yuri Chinen were named to be part of a new group called Hey! Say! 7. Like agency seniors Hikaru Genji and V6, the group is split into two subgroups: Hey! Say! BEST ( Boys Excellent Select Team) and Hey! Say! 7 (not to be confused with the temporary group of the same name ), which consists of the five oldest members and five youngest members respectively. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny’s Ultra Music Power. Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates.
