| "Halzion" | ||||
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| Single by Yoasobi | ||||
| from the EP The Book | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Released | May 11, 2020 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Sony Japan | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ayase | |||
| Producer(s) | Ayase | |||
| Yoasobi singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Halzion" on YouTube English version on YouTube | ||||
"Halzion"[1] or "Harujion"[2] (ハルジオン, lit. "Philadelphia fleabane") is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their debut EP, The Book (2021). It was released as a single on May 11, 2020, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song depicts the protagonist who spends days of disappointment after parting with her lover, finding hope while re-questioning her dreams and the meaning of life, and regains her motivation to move into the future.[3] The English version of the song was included on the duo's second English-language EP E-Side 2, released on November 18, 2022.[4]
"Halzion" was based on Soredemo, Happy End, a short story written by Hashizume Shunki, marking the first time that Yoasobi collaborated with a professional novelist. Unlike the duo's former two songs, the source material was not based on the novel-centered social media Monogatary.com.[5] The song and the story it is based on were released as part of an advertising campaign Immersive Song Project by Suntory, to promote their new energy drink branded Zone.[6][7]
- ^ Ayase / YOASOBI (May 11, 2020). YOASOBI「ハルジオン・Halzion」Official Music Video (video). Retrieved September 1, 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ Yoasobi. "Harujion – Single". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "【10リスト】YOASOBI、一生聴き続けられる名曲10はこれだ！". Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). December 22, 2021. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "YOASOBI楽曲の英語版8曲入り「E-SIDE 2」配信決定（動画あり）". Natalie (in Japanese). November 9, 2022. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "YOASOBI「ハルジオン」原作者・橋爪駿輝が語る、音楽と文学の融合「文章が別の形へ昇華されていくのはエキサイティング」". Real Sound (in Japanese). May 12, 2020. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ "YOASOBI、コラボ企画『IMMERSIVE SONG PROJECT』に書き下ろした新曲「ハルジオン」リリース決定" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Kizuna AI、YOASOBI、花譜がエナジードリンク「ZONe」とコラボ" (in Japanese). Natalie. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.