Hitsujibungaku are back with new music.
On January 20, 2025 (Monday), the Japanese indie rockers came out with a new single via F.C.L.S., entitled “Koe.” With its hopeful tone and theme, the song explores finding courage and using one’s voice as a defiant outcry against the world’s familiar darkness.
On January 27, 2025 (Monday), the band premiered an accompanying music video for the song, which you can watch below:
First announced on January 17, 2025 (Friday), “Koe” is the band’s first release of 2025 and the follow-up to August 2024’s “Burning” — the ending theme song for season 2 of the popular Oshi no Ko animé. Similarly, “Koe” serves as the theme song for Fuji TV’s 119: Emergency Call — a J-drama which “brings to life the reality faced by fire dispatchers” who are “the first responders connecting people to help with a single call.”
Last July 2024, Hitsujibungaku made their long-awaited arrival to the Philippines by holding a show at Eastside Events Place in Marikina City as part of their 2024 Asia tour. They were notably joined by Miku Onuki — drummer of fellow J-rock act the peggies — who was filling in for Hitsujibungaku drummer Hiroa Fukuda.
Listen to Hitsujibungaku’s “Koe” below: