Notok

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NOTOK
Hitorie - NOTOK Cover.jpg
Cover art for NOTOK, designed by Fullkawa Honpo. It depicts a disassembled cassette tape with flowers on the top left and bottom right.
Single album by
Hitorie
ReleasedNovember 6, 2024 (digital)
November 27, 2024 (CD)
Genre
Length15:54
LanguageJapanese
Label Hinichijou Records, Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Hitorie chronology
on the front line / SENSE-LESS WONDER ReREC
(2024)		NOTOK
(2024)		 Friend Chord
(2025)

NOTOK is the eighth single by Japanese rock band Hitorie. The digital version was released on November 6, 2024, with the CD releasing on November 27. It is the first release since their fourth studio album, HOWLS, to feature wowaka's vocals, due to his death two months after its release. The cover art was created by Fullkawa Honpo, a close friend of wowaka who also created the cover art for his debut vocaloid album, Unhappy Refrain. [1] The song is included on the band's seventh album, Friend Chord , with Shinoda as the vocalist. [2]

Contents

Production and release

NOTOK was first revealed on the book wowaka Lyrics Collection (wowaka歌詞集), released in May 11. It was performed for the first time at Hitorie's "HITORI-ESCAPE 2024 10-NEN-SAI ～日比谷超絶野音～ (Hibiya's Transcendent Wild Sounds)" concert at Tokyo's Hibiya Park Concert Hall on September 15. [3] The band decided to complete the song, as well as daybreak seeker, also included on the single and composed by wowaka, to celebrate the band's 10th major debut anniversary.

They utilized wowaka's compositions, as well as vocal data from his demo recording to finish and release the song. daybreak seeker was written during the production of HOWLS, and Shinoda wrote the lyrics. He recorded over 100 patterns for the guitar solo at the end of the song before arriving at the final version. [4]

The single also features two covers of wowaka's vocaloid songs, World's End Dancehall and Tenohira, with the former being the fastest song ever performed by the band, reaching 171 BPM (Beats per Minute). [4]

The album cover was designed and created by Fullkawa Honpo, a close friend of wowaka who was also a vocaloid producer. [4] "To all the members and people involved who gave me the opportunity to meet again with wo[waka], thank you very much. I don't want to say too much, so please listen to the song and be impressed." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by wowaka

No.TitleNotesLength
1."NOTOK" 2:55
2."World's End Dancehall (ワールズエンド・ダンスホール, Wārusuendo Dansuhōru)"Cover version.3:33
3."Tenohira (テノヒラ)"Cover version.4:50
4."daybreak seeker"Lyrics by Shinoda. Music by wowaka.4:35
Total length:15:54

Personnel

Obtained from the NOTOK liner notes booklet and YouTube auto-generated music credits. [6] [7]

Hitorie

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for NOTOK
Chart (2024)Peak position
Top Japanese singles (Oricon) [8] 13
Top Japanese Download singles (Billboard Japan) [9] 100
Top Japanese Singles Sales (Billboard Japan) [9] 12

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References

  1. ↑ "ヒトリエ wowakaボーカル、作詞・作曲の未発表曲『NOTOK』11月27日発売". tower.jp (in Japanese). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Department, Skream! Editorial. "ヒトリエ、ニュー・アルバム『Friend Chord』収録曲情報発表。来年全国ツアー開催決定。シノダ（Vo/Gt）による47都道府県弾き語りツアー追加公演も". Skream! 邦楽ロック・洋楽ロック ポータルサイト. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  3. ↑ "【ライブレポート】「ヒトリエは野音に立てるバンドだ」満員の観客が証明、メジャーデビュー10周年で彼らが見た景色（写真17枚）". Natalie (in Japanese). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  4. 1 2 3 "ヒトリエ「NOTOK」インタビュー｜wowakaの未発表曲をシングル化「ひさしぶりに彼の人間性に触れた」レコーディングを振り返る - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Natalie (in Japanese). 28 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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  7. ↑ NOTOK (Media Notes) (in Japanese). Japan: Hitorie. 2024.
  8. ↑ "NOTOK(完全生産限定盤) | ヒトリエ". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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