Kudaranai no Naka ni

"Kudaranai no Naka ni"
The single's standard edition cover. It is edited to grayscale and features Gen Hoshino looking at the camera, wearing a casual sweater and jeans.
Standard edition cover
Single by Gen Hoshino
from the album Episode
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Uta o Utau Toki wa"
  • "Yuge"
  • "Blanco"
  • "Kuse no Uta"
ReleasedMarch 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)
Studio
Genre
Length4:19
Label
Songwriter(s)Gen Hoshino
Producer(s)Gen Hoshino
Gen Hoshino singles chronology
"Kudaranai no Naka ni"
(2011)
"Film"
(2012)
Music video
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" (Official Video) on YouTube

"Kudaranai no Naka ni" (Japanese: くだらないの中に, lit. "In the Nonsense")[a] (Japanese pronunciation: [kɯdaɾanaꜜi no naꜜka ɲi]) is the debut single by Japanese musician Gen Hoshino, who self-produced and wrote it for his second studio album, Episode (2011). The single was released by the Daisyworld and Speedstar labels on March 2, 2011. It is a love song, composed with a calm, lonely sound. Reviewers attributed an erotic feel to the song and noted the mention of senses and feel in its lyrics. It peaked at No. 17 on Oricon's Singles Chart and at No. 12 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, becoming the 44th best-selling single in its month of release.

  1. ^ "星野 源 / くだらないの中に" [Gen Hoshino / Kudaranai no Naka ni]. CDJournal [ja] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.


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