{"id":395578,"date":"2023-07-10T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=395578"},"modified":"2023-07-10T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:06:33","slug":"niziu-collaborates-with-mva-on-1-2m-youtube-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/niziu-collaborates-with-mva-on-1-2m-youtube-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"NiziU collaborates with MVA on $1.2M YouTube exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_395579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395579\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa365663fb2.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-395579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa365663fb2.image_-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NiziU films at Micro Beach on Saipan in April 2023. (\u00a9JYP ENTERTAINMENT\/SONY MUSIC LABELS INC.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>J-Pop girl group NiziU started streaming last July 7 an eight-part series on YouTube about their recent vacation in the Marianas, reaching over 2 million subscribers and generating an estimated $1.2 million in ad exposure value for the destination.<\/p>\n<p>NiziU\u2019s debut album \u201cU\u201d was released in November 2021 and reached No. 1 on both Billboard Japan and the Oricon Albums Chart, the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart. The group was in the Marianas in April 2023 on the video-shooting tour collaborated with the Marianas Visitors Authority and Saipan World Resort to increase awareness of the destination, its attractions, and available activities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395580\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa366846f6b.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-395580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa366846f6b.image_-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"541\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NiziU films at Bird Island Lookout on Saipan in April 2023. (\u00a9JYP ENTERTAINMENT\/SONY MUSIC LABELS INC.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to have NiziU choose the Marianas as their first overseas vacation destination, and we\u2019re very excited to collaborate with them on this project, which is going to put the Marianas on the map for their millions of fans and followers,\u201d said MVA managing director Christopher A. Concepcion. \u201cBeing only three and a half hours away from Japan makes it so easy for any of their fans to also have the \u2018NiziU\u2019 vacation experience here in our beautiful island paradise, and we expect some of them will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Episodes of \u201cNiziU\u2019s Summer Vacation in Saipan\u201d will premiere for eight consecutive Fridays at 9pm ST on NiziU Official YouTube channel. During their first overseas vacation, the members took on the challenge of a \u201cSaipan Stamp Tour,\u201d visiting popular tourist spots on the beautiful, nature-rich island while completing missions and collecting stamps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395581\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa367b2270f.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-395581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64aa367b2270f.image_-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"541\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NiziU films at Saipan World Resort in April 2023. (\u00a9JYP ENTERTAINMENT\/SONY MUSIC LABELS INC.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group\u2019s highly anticipated second album \u201cCOCONUT\u201d will be released on July 19. The title song has already received nearly 3 million views in its first day on YouTube. A music video filmed on Saipan to also be released shortly.<\/p>\n<p>While on Saipan the group filmed at Mariana Lighthouse, I Love Saipan, Smiling Cove Marina, Saipan World Resort, Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport, Surf Club Saipan, and aboard a glass-bottomed boat. Scenic sights visited included Managaha, Bird Island Lookout, Ladder Beach, and Obyan Beach. <em>(MVA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J-Pop girl group NiziU started streaming last July 7 an eight-part series on YouTube about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":395579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-395578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-mva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}