RADWIMPS To Release 14th Album ‘Anew’ This October 2025
The upcoming new album from the veteran Japanese rock band notably follows Suzume — the soundtrack album for the popular animé movie of the same name, directed by Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering With You).

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RADWIMPS: courtesy of @RADWIMPS
RADWIMPS are officially releasing their 14th album later this year, entitled Anew. First announced by the veteran Japanese rock band on June 29, 2025 (Sunday), the upcoming full-length record is set to come out on October 8, 2025 (Wednesday).
Consisting of a total of 12 tracks, the album follows the release of its first two singles: “Tamamono,” which serves as the theme song of the NHK drama series Anpan; and “Meidai,” which serves as the theme song for Nippon TV’s news zero.
Check out the tracklist for Anew below:
- “Meidai”
- “MAAFAKA”
- “World End Girl Friend”
- “DASAI DAZAI”
- “How should I”
- “Tamamono”
- “MOUNTAIN VANILLA”
- “Odakyu Line”
- “Hitsu Zetsu”
- “Period.”
- “Echo in the Ruins”
- “Piaf”
Pre-orders for the album can now be made here.
Serving as part of RADWIMPS’ 20th major debut anniversary celebrations, Anew follows Suzume, the soundtrack for the popular animé movie of the same name, directed by Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering With You). Suzume is notably a collaboration album, with RADWIMPS having worked with renowned composer Kazuma Jinnouchi, who has done work on other films such as Detective Pikachu and Jumanji: The Next Level, as well as video games such as Halo 4 and Star Wars Outlaws.
With the release of Anew, RADWIMPS are releasing a 20th Anniversary Special Box edition of the record. It will include “exclusive footage from their June 29th special studio performance, behind-the-scenes content, interviews, and rare performance clips from their very first arena show at Yokohama Arena in August 2007.” Additionally, fans of the band “will also be treated to four songs from their recent FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’25 set.”
The Special Box set will come with “an original anniversary pouch containing three limited-edition goods designed exclusively for this milestone year.” Fans outside of Japan can now avail of preorders for the set via the official RADWIMPS overseas store.
In line with the new album’s release and the band’s 20th anniversary this year, RADWIMPS are set to embark on an arena tour of Japan starting this October 2025, in which they will be playing a total of 17 shows across nine cities. This notably includes a three-day concert at the prestigious Yokohama Arena, where they will notably be celebrating their 20th anniversary and having one special guest act for each day. Namely, these guests are alternative rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN (Day 1), singer-songwriter Vaundy (Day 2), and J-pop duo YOASOBI (Day 3). Find out how to get tickets here.
In other news, RADWIMPS’ frontman Yojiro Noda was confirmed last month to have have contributed music for the upcoming music Japanese drama Glass Heart, starring Takeru Satoh. The series is set to come out next month exclusively on Netflix. In addition, that band is also releasing five of their albums on vinyl throughout the entirety of 2025.
Listen to RADWIMPS’ “Tamamono” below: