Anata (song)

"Anata"
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Hatsukoi
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
RecordedSummer 2017, London
Genre
Length4:41
Label
Songwriter(s)Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)Hikaru Utada
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Forevermore"
(2017) 		"Anata"
(2017) 		"Lonely One"
(2018)
Music video
"Anata (Short Version)" on YouTube

"Anata" (あなた, lit. "You") is a song by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It is their third single under the label Epic Records Japan, from their seventh Japanese-language studio album Hatsukoi. The song was used as a tie-in for movie Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, and was released as a digital download on December 8.[1] The song is their first movie tie-in in 5 years, since "Sakura Nagashi" was released in 2012 for Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. The song was written with a Buddhist's view to show both the real and fantasy mixed world shown in the movie.[2] Besides the movie, the song is also featured in a Sony campaign to promote a wireless headphone line, in which they themself also appears.[3]

  1. ^ "New Single "Anata" Chosen As Main Theme for Film "DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari"". UtadaHikaru.jp. Utada Hikaru Official Website. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Utada Hikaru to Perform Theme Song for New Yamazaki Takashi Film". aramajapan.com. arama! JAPAN. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Utada Hikaru Shoots Commercial For Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones + Releases Preview For "Anata"". JPopAsia. Aysohmay. Retrieved October 2, 2017.