Baby (Yoasobi song)

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"Baby"
Yoasobi - Baby.png
Single by Yoasobi
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2026
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter Ayase
Producer Ayase
Yoasobi singles chronology
"Adrena"
(2025)		"Baby"
(2026)
Music video
"Baby" on YouTube

"Baby" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a single through Echoes and Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 11, 2026. Based on Yasuko Aoki's short story My Dear......, the song serves as an ending theme for the 2026 anime series Hana-Kimi .

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Background and release

An anime adaptation of the manga series Hana-Kimi was first announced in May 2024 by Aniplex. [1] A year later, on September 14, 2025, the company revealed that Yoasobi would perform both opening and ending themes for the anime series, which is set to premiere in January 2026. [2] [3] The themes' titles and snippets—opening theme "Adrena" and ending theme "Baby"—were unveiled through the anime's promotional video, uploaded on November 8. [4] On January 6, following the first episode premiere, the duo announced the release date of "Baby", January 11, alongside its cover artwork designed by Kisuke Ōta, showing the protagonist Mizuki Ashiya's face. [5]

Composition and lyrics

Lyrically, "Baby" expresses an emotional conflict between pure, straightforward, yet unspeakable love for a person. [6] Yasuko Aoki of Studio Monado wrote a short story for the song, titled My Dear......, published on January 10, 2026. It depicts the protagonist Mizuki's bittersweet love with her crush Izumi Sano as she lives in the United States; her friend Julia Maxwell always encourages her. [7]

Music video

An accompanying music video for "Baby" premiered on January 11, 2026, the same day as the single's release. Described as "delicate and warm," the animated visual is a story that follows the song's basis, My Dear......; Mizuki's life in the United States and her bittersweet love with Izumi. [8]

Credits and personnel

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Baby"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 11, 2026 [9]

References

  1. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 25, 2025). "Hisaya Nakajo's Hana-Kimi Shōjo Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ "YOASOBI、テレビアニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』のOPとEDテーマ両方担当!「この作品に花を添えられるよう...」". Mapion (in Japanese). September 14, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  3. ↑ "YOASOBI、TVアニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』OP&ED主題歌を担当". Cinema Life (in Japanese). September 13, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ "アニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』神楽坂真言役は日野聡さんに決定! YOASOBIによるOPテーマ『アドレナ』とEDテーマ『BABY』の2曲を使用したPVが解禁". Pash! Plus (in Japanese). November 8, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ "YOASOBIが新曲『BABY』をアニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』のエンディングに提供!". 3rd News (in Japanese). January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "YOASOBI TVアニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』のエンディングテーマとなる新曲「BABY」を、1/11(日)配信リリース決定&ジャケット写真が公開!". Entameclip (in Japanese). January 7, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  7. ↑ "アニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』YOASOBI楽曲「BABY」の原作小説『My Dear......』公開". Oricon (in Japanese). January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  8. ↑ "YOASOBI、本日1/11 TVアニメ"花ざかりの君たちへ"第2話放送直後からEDテーマ「BABY」ノンクレジットED映像&MV連続公開決定". Skream! (in Japanese). January 11, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  9. ↑ "TVアニメ『花ざかりの君たちへ』のエンディングテーマとなる新曲「BABY」を、1/11(日)配信リリース決定&ジャケット写真が公開!". Yoasobi Official Website (in Japanese). January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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