"8AM" is the second maxi-single by Japanese rock band Coldrain. It was released on April 8, 2009 as the second single from their debut studio album Final Destination via VAP.[1]
"8AM" was preceeded by the lead single "Fiction", which were both recorded at Studio Sonorous Audio in Tokyo, Japan. Unlike "Fiction", the maxi-single included a DVD of live recordings, including the lead single "Fiction" and its B-side "Come Awake", as well as album track "Painting" and the attached music video for "8AM". The live recordings took place at a concert at Club Upset in Nagoya on 26 December 2008.[2]
In 2024, the song was remastered and re-released as part of Final Destination (XV Re:Recorded), which was re-recorded for the album's fifteenth anniversary.[5]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Masato Hayakawa, all music written by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi.[6]
The music video for "8AM" was officially released on 8 April 2009 as part of its two disc maxi-single, thouh it was previously previewed on Space Shower TV prior to its release; it was directed by Suzuki Daishin.[7] The music video was filmed at the Nakatajima Sand Dunes on the outskirts of Hamamatsu, Japan.[8]
The music video is set in a desert where a stranded woman wakes up from her slumber, accompanied only by a red alarm clock as it hits 8AM. Confused, she grabs the clock and walks around endlessly, eventually putting down the clock down in the sand and walking away from it. Simultaenously, the band are performing the song in the desert that is intertwined with the narrative; often being shadowed by the sunrise on the horizon.
As of October 2025, the music video for "8AM" has over 1 million views on YouTube.[9]
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