"Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" | ||||
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Single by Nogizaka46 | ||||
from the album Time Flies | ||||
B-side |
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Released | January 27, 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2020 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 4:51 | |||
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Composer(s) | Katsuhiko Sugiyama | |||
Lyricist(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (exec.) | |||
Nogizaka46 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" on YouTube "Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" (anime ver.) on YouTube |
"Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" (Japanese: 僕は僕を好きになる, "I am Starting to Like Myself") is the 26th single by Japanese idol group Nogizaka46. It was released on January 27, 2021, through N46Div. The song was written by Yasushi Akimoto and composed by Katsuhiko Sugiyama about the transition of the human's mind until it is decided to start something with vocals which transparent to the melody of the piano and strings. Mizuki Yamashita served as the center position of the song for the first time, and Miona Hori also participated as her last single from the group.
It reached number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 589,000 copies sold in the first week and number-one on the weekly Billboard Japan Hot 100, and also received a triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.