"Gokuraku Jodo" is a song by Japanese pop rock duo Garnidelia. It was first released digitally on July 28, 2016 as the B-side to its advance single, "Yakusoku -Promise Code-". Despite not being used as an official single by itself, the song got more popularity than the single itself, considering the music dance video of this song hit 62 million on YouTube as on June 7, 2020. The song received tremendous popularity in China, leading to a great number of song and dance covers on YouTube and Bilibili.
Background and release
In interview with Asianbeat on 12 December 2016, MARiA stated that she want to make a song with a Japanese style, and try to find the good timing to make that. When "Yakusoku -Promise Code-" is announced to be used as the ending theme song of anime Qualidea Code, She stated she inspired with the character in the anime that used Japanese Sword, and she was thinking if the costume of the song is using Japanese style. with that thing already settle, the song finally make with using combination of dance and Japanese style, with the costume being designed by Her and Her team, and Choreograpy is made by Miume. The music dance video of the song was released on April 25, 2016, and the song was released digitally on July 28, 2016, before a physical release as the B-side to its advance single, "Yakusoku -Promise Code-" on August 17, 2016. The song is featured in their second album "Violet Cry", and also featured in their second compilation eurodance-style album "Kyouki Ranbu".
The music dance video feature MARiA, Miume, and Nina as the dancers, with the costume is using Japanese style. The dance and the music itself is inspired by the combination of dance and Japanese. Cause of these combination, the song is become phenomena and gain significant popular. Many dancers from around the world cover this dance and uploaded on YouTube, Bilibili, and also Niconico. The song is also got popular in China, as many dancers that cover this song are from China. This cause Garnidelia be invited to concert on Bilibili Macro Link on 2017, 2018, and 2019. A Chinese Boyband X Nine cover the song at their concert in Shanghai on April 2, 2017.
