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Punk (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by Japanese band Chai. The album was released on February 13, 2019 by Otemoyan Records.[14] It was released on March 15, 2019 in North America and Europe by Burger Records and Heavenly Recordings, respectively.[14]

Punk
Studio album by Chai
Released	February 13, 2019 (Japan) March 15, 2019 (US) / (UK)[1]
Genre	Bubblegum pop[2] indie pop[3] new wave[4] punk rock[5] synth-pop[6]
Length	31:06
Label	Burger Records Heavenly Recordings Otemoyan
Chai chronology
Wagama-mania (2018) Punk (2019) Wink (2021)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10[7]
Metacritic	86/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
DIY	[9]
Exclaim!	9/10[10]
The Guardian	[6]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[5]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[11]
Q	[12]
The Skinny	[1]
Spectrum Culture	[4]
Vice (Expert Witness)	A−[13]

Composition

AllMusic's Tim Sendra felt the record left some of the rap rock influences prominent on PINK behind in exchange for more pop-oriented stylings.[3] Indeed, PUNK dives into several pop-based genres from bubblegum to indie to synth-pop.

Kicking off the record is "Choose Go!", a "punchy" piece of "cheerleader rock",[3] that features "synths that churn like vacuum cleaners."[6] Following is "the pulsing electronic pop"[2] of "Great Job". "Wintime" is "Paramore-plucked, rose-tinted tropic-pop".[1]

"This is CHAI", the record's only song to have its writing credited to all four members, has been called everything from post-punk[11] to Europop[1] to "happily corny handbag house".[3] "Fashionista", along with "This is CHAI", "has some seriously infectious funk woven into its DNA".[5] "Curly Adventure" is a "synth-pop ballad" that "throw[s] heavy metal guitar grind" into its mix.[3]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Noisey	Top 100 Albums of 2019	97	[15]
Pitchfork	Top 50 Albums of 2019	46	[16]
RX Music	Best Albums of 2019 (Indie Pop)	5	[17]
Thrillist	Top 35 Albums of 2019	20	[18]

Tracks

Publication	Work	List	Rank	Ref.
Pitchfork	"Fashionista"	The 100 Best Songs of 2019	59	[19]

Accompanying music video

In 2019, a music video for the 8th track (Curly Adventure) was directed by Sean Solomon, using character designs from band member and visual director Yuuki, in which the video picks a load of eccentric (and surreal)scenes with vibrant colours[20] with the simplistic style of the album's cover, inspired by Peanuts characters and the hyper-stylized Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the 1970s.[21] The additional credits in the video are storyboards drawn by Evan Red Borja and animation by Sarah Schmidt and Ian Ballantyne.[22]

Track listing

All music by Mana and Kana, except where noted. All lyrics by Yuuki, except where noted.

Personnel

Chai

• Kana - vocals, guitar
• Mana - vocals, keyboards
• Yuuki - bass guitar, chorus
• Yuna - drums, chorus

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23]	50
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24]	72

In Popular Culture

A song from the album, "This is Chai," was prominently featured in an episode of the American television series Better Call Saul in 2020.[25]

References

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Punk — второй студийный альбом японской группы Chai, выпущенный 13 февраля 2019 года в Японии и 15 марта в США и Великобритании[6].

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