Extra Terrestrial Biological Entities

Production

From May 25 to June 19, 2011, Ryo of Supercell held auditions for the vocalist on the band's third album Zigaexperientia (2013). While not chosen to sing for Supercell, then 17-year-old female singer Chelly was selected out of about 2,000 candidates to sing songs for the 2011 anime television series Guilty Crown under the name Egoist, which is a fictional band featured in the series. Additionally, Chelly sings under the persona of the band's vocalist Inori Yuzuriha. At the time of the auditions, Ryo had already written "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)" for Guilty Crown and was in search of a vocalist for the song. During the final audition, all of the candidates sang the song together, but according to Ryo, Chelly was the only one who fit the song perfectly. The album's title is meant to reflect Inori's character, including how her initial concept was based on a goldfish. The album's cover art is by Redjuice and shows Inori in a blue dress sitting down and holding a ball of red yarn; two goldfish are also depicted next to her.

Release and reception

Extra terrestrial Biological Entities was released on September 19, 2012 in two editions: a regular CD version and a CD+DVD limited edition. The DVD contained music videos of the songs "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)", "The Everlasting Guilty Crown", and "Planetes", in addition to a video featuring "Planetes" to promote the visual novel Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas. The album sold over 33,000 copies in September 2012, and on Oricon's weekly albums chart, it peaked at No. 9 and charted for 22 weeks.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ryo, except "LoveStruck" in which the lyrics were written by Chelly.

Personnel