is a song by Japanese hip hop duo

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from their fourth studio album ''

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'' (2025). It was released as a

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on October 4, 2024, through Onenation and Sony Music Associated Records. The song serves as the opening theme for Japanese anime series ''

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'' (2024). Commercially, "Otonoke" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 number 22 on the US

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Background and release

On June 23, 2024, the production committee of the anime ''

'' announced that

would perform the opening theme song for the anime, titled "Otonoke". One half of the duo R-Shitei described that the song interpreted "how when supernatural beings or spirits possess people, they 'resonate with and connect with pain and sadness', which is very similar to the relationship between music creators and listeners." The snippet of "Otonoke" first featured on the anime's third trailer, previewed on August 20. The duo released the song digitally on October 4, and physically on

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on December 11. A month after the release, a user on the website

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discovered that the song had artifacts of sampling from a sped and pitched-up excerpt of the 1915 song "

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" performed by American singer Billy Murray, disproving a popular theory that the song had sampled sounds from the ''

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Music video

A music video for "Otonoke" premiered on October 18, 2024. Directed by Masaki Watanabe, the chaotic music video expresses the dark atmosphere of the song by using several visual techniques, including Creepy Nuts in

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as well as "

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-style big head" effects. The collaborated music video with ''Dandadan'' was released on October 31.

Live performances

Creepy Nuts debuted the live performance of "Otonoke" at '' Venue 101 Presents Creepy Nuts the Live'' on October 5, 2024. They also performed this song at the 66th

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on December 30, 2024.

Accolades

Track listing

* CD single, digital download and streaming # – 3:05 # "Otonoke" (instrumental) – 3:05 * Blu-ray # "Otonoke" (music video) – 3:16 # "Otonoke" (''

'' collaboration music video) – 3:10 # "TV Anime ''Dandadan'' Non-Credit OP (cool) Movie" – 1:31

Personnel

* R-Shitei – vocals, lyrics * DJ Matsunaga – composition, arrangement * Kazuki Isogai – guitar * Masahito Komori – mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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