Hatsukoi (Hikaru Utada song)

"Hatsukoi"
2022 remastering cover
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Hatsukoi
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedMay 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
RecordedMarch 2018
Genre
Length4:41
Label
Songwriter(s)Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)Hikaru Utada
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Play a Love Song"
(2018)
"Hatsukoi"
(2018)
"Chikai"
(2018)
Music video
"Hatsukoi" on YouTube

"Hatsukoi" is a song by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It is her fifth single under the label Epic Records Japan and was taken from her seventh Japanese-language studio album Hatsukoi. The song was released as a digital download on May 30 and was used as a tie-in for the Japanese television drama Hana Nochi Hare - Hanadan Next Season. It's the second song that Utada delivers to the series, after Flavor of Life in 2007.[1]

The song and "First Love" from her 1999 album of the same name inspired the 2022 Netflix series First Love.[2] In December 2022, "Hatsukoi" was remastered alongside "First Love" in Dolby Atmos.[3]

  1. ^ "Hikaru Utada's Single "Hatsukoi," The Image Song For TBS Tuesday Night Drama Series "Hana nochi Hare: Hanadan Next Season" To Be Released Digitally On May 30". Utadahikaru.jp. Hikaru Utada Official Website. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "満島ひかり×佐藤健の"10代の頃"を八木莉可子×木戸大聖が演じる『First Love 初恋』" (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  3. ^ "宇多田ヒカル、デビュー記念日に「First Love」「初恋」のドルビーアトモス版&7inchアナログリリース" [Hikaru Utada to Release Dolby Atmos & Vinyl Version of "First Love" and "Hatsukoi" on Debut Anniversary]. 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-09.