Difference between revisions of "Utsukushī Hire"
(→References) |
|||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | {{nihongo|'''Beautiful Fins'''|美しい鰭|Utsukushii Hire}} is a song by rock band [[Spitz]] that was released on April 10, 2023 as digital single and on April 12, 2023 as CD single. The song is featured as the ending theme for the 26th movie, ''[[Black Iron Submarine]]''. With Masamune Kusano as voice and guitar, Tetsuya Miwa as second guitar, Akihiro Tamura as bass and Tatsuo Sakiyama as drums, it was written and composed by Kusano and arranged by the band and Seiji Kameda as their 46th single. The digital single peaked at | + | {{nihongo|'''Beautiful Fins'''|美しい鰭|Utsukushii Hire}} is a song by rock band [[Spitz]] that was released on April 10, 2023 as digital single and on April 12, 2023 as CD single. The song is featured as the ending theme for the 26th movie, ''[[Black Iron Submarine]]''. With Masamune Kusano as voice and guitar, Tetsuya Miwa as second guitar, Akihiro Tamura as bass and Tatsuo Sakiyama as drums, it was written and composed by Kusano and arranged by the band and Seiji Kameda as their 46th single. The digital single peaked at 3rd position on the weekly Oricon Chart, while the regular version peaked at 4th. |
== Song Info == | == Song Info == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:04, 11 January 2024
| ‹ Chronostasis | List of Songs | Daitan › |
| Movie 26 Theme | |
|
| |
| Original title: | 美しい鰭 |
|---|---|
| English title: | Beautiful Fins |
| Artist: | Spitz |
| Movie: | 26 |
| Release date: | April 10, 2023 (digital single) April 12, 2023 (CD single) |
| CDs: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Original Cost: | 1,350円 |
| CD Number: | UPCH-6001 |
| Record Label: | Polydor Records |
| Oricon chart peak: | #4 (Weekly single) #3 (Weekly digital single) |
Beautiful Fins (美しい鰭 Utsukushii Hire) is a song by rock band Spitz that was released on April 10, 2023 as digital single and on April 12, 2023 as CD single. The song is featured as the ending theme for the 26th movie, Black Iron Submarine. With Masamune Kusano as voice and guitar, Tetsuya Miwa as second guitar, Akihiro Tamura as bass and Tatsuo Sakiyama as drums, it was written and composed by Kusano and arranged by the band and Seiji Kameda as their 46th single. The digital single peaked at 3rd position on the weekly Oricon Chart, while the regular version peaked at 4th.
Contents
Song Info
Background and release history
Beautiful Fins is Spitz's first official single since "Yasashii Ano Ko" (優しいあの子) released in June 2019 and since "Daikōbutsu" (大好物), released in November 2021 as a limited-edition single[1]. It was announced as the theme song of Movie 26 on March 1st, 2023[2], while the promotional ad for Movie 26 aired first on February 28th, with the song playing between the 41st second and the 85th second[3]. On March 8th, it was announced that it will be released as a CD single on April 12th, and as part of their 17th studio album "Himitsu Studio" (ひみつスタジオ) on May 17th[4].
The digital version came out on April 10th, along with the official music video, directed by Daigo Matsui and featuring actresses Moka Kamishiraishi and Eri Fuse[5],[6]. The studio album released in May of the same year also featured a short movie previewing the song ; it was title "Okogamashii Hire" (烏滸がましい鰭)[7]. The song was used again in a May 15th commercial commemorating the 10 billion yen in sales for "Black Iron Submarine"[8]. It was performed live the same on the TV programme Count Down TV Live! Live![9].
By July 5, 2023, the song was streamed more than 100 million times according to the Billboard Japan Charts, and on November 16, it passed the 200 million streams[10],[11]. It peaked at first in Oricon's Rock Songs and Anime Songs charts[12] and reached 2nd on Billboard Japan's weekly Hot singles[13].
It was released with 2 other songs, "Akehono", and "Inori wa Kitto", which were not featured in their May 2023 studio album[14].
Artists
- Performer : Spitz[15]
- Guitar / Voice : Masamune Kusano
- Guitar : Tetsuya Miwa
- Bass : Akihiro Tamura
- Drums : Tatsuo Sakiyama
- Saxophone : Takuo Yamamoto
- Trumpet : Koji Nishimura
- Lyrics / Composer : Masamune Kusano
- Arrangement : Spitz & Seiji Kameda
Lyrics
CD Info
CD track listing
| # | Song Title | Romaji | Translation | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 美しい鰭 | Utsukushī Hire | Beautiful Fins | 3:31 |
| 2 | 祈りはきっと | Inori wa Kitto | Praying Surely | 3:16 |
| 3 | アケホノ | Akehono | Akehono | 4:30 |
Gallery
Album cover for "Himitsu Studio"
References
- ^ https://natalie.mu/music/news/515774
- ^ https://natalie.mu/music/news/514763
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKx9O6qsG-E
- ^ https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270760/full/
- ^ https://rockinon.com/news/detail/205914
- ^ https://twitter.com/daradaradayo/status/1645384142065135617
- ^ https://natalie.mu/music/news/517629
- ^ https://natalie.mu/music/news/524638
- ^ https://natalie.mu/music/news/523168
- ^ https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/127111/2
- ^ https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/131856/2
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422084837/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/rs/w/2023-04-24/
- ^ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2023&month=04&day=24
- ^ https://rockinon.com/news/detail/205663
- ^ https://muuseo.com/Inmyhead/items/2179
- Lyrics
- Full Japanese and Romaji lyrics from Lyrical Nonsense: Utsukushī Hire - Lyrical Nonsense. Retrieved on April 30, 2023.
- English translation partially imported from Lyrics Translate: 美しい鰭 - Lyrics Trnslate. Retrieved on January 7, 2024.
