"Tsubame" | ||||
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Single by Yoasobi featuring Midories | ||||
from the EP The Book 2 | ||||
Language | Japanese | |||
English title | "The Swallow" | |||
Released | October 25, 2021 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Sony Japan | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ayase | |||
Producer(s) | Ayase | |||
Yoasobi singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Tsubame" on YouTube "The Swallow" on YouTube |
"Tsubame" (ツバメ, "swallow") is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi, featuring children group Midories, from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single on October 25, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song featured as a theme for SDGs children television program series Hirogare! Irotoridori.
Written by Ayase and based on Nana Ototsuki's short story Chiisana Tsubame no Ōkina Yume, "Tsubame" expresses aspects and behavior of humans towards nature and sympathy for others from the perspective of a swallow. Commercially, the song debuted at number 19 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number 29 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart. The accompanying music video premiered on December 2.