Friend Chord
2025 studio album by Hitorie
Friend Chord is a studio album by Japanese rock band Hitorie. It is their third album since the death of frontman wowaka and their seventh album overall. It was released on January 22, 2025. It contains the previously released singles Juggernaut and on the front line, which was released as the opening theme to the second cour of Mushoku Tensei Season 2.
01Production and release
On November 8, Hitorie released the digital single Juggernaut (ジャガーノート). Shinoda wrote the lyrics and music, and describes the title and song as "the feeling you get when playing an electric guitar." He also drew the single's cover art.
On April 15, they released the digital single on the front line which was released as the opening to the second part of the second season of the anime adaptation of Mushoku Tensei. The song was composed by Yumao and Shinoda wrote the lyrics. The song peaked at 28th on the Oricon charts.
The album also features a new version of NOTOK, sung by current vocalist Shinoda. The cover art was designed by Yuta Ichinose, who previously designed the album covers for on the front line/SENSE-LESS WONDER [ReREC] and Imaginary Mono-Fiction. The DVD version of the album features a recording of their September 2024 concert "HITORI-ESCAPE 2024 10-NEN-SAI ～日比谷超絶野音～ (Hibiya's Transcendent Wild Sounds)" at Tokyo's Hibiya Park Concert Hall. It was their biggest concert so far, and was completely sold out.
02Track listing
All lyrics are written by Shinoda.
| No. | Title | Music | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tanbika (耽美歌, 'Aesthetics')" | Shinoda | 4:07 | |
| 2. | "Juggernaut (ジャガーノート)" | Shinoda | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "Quadrilateral Vase" | ygarshy | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "Never Understand (ネバーアンダースタンド)" | Shinoda | 3:49 | |
| 5. | "Tsuki o Mirutabi Omoibito (月をみるたび想い人, 'Whenever I see the moon, I think of you')" | Shinoda | 3:14 | |
| 6. | "Shadowpray" | Yumao | Lyrics also written by Yumao | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Notok" (album version) | wowaka | 2:55 | |
| 8. | "On the Front Line (オン・ザ・フロントライン)" | Yumao | 3:32 | |
| 9. | "Oyasuminasai (おやすみなさい, 'Good night')" | Shinoda | 6:19 | |
| 10. | "Blue Spring Punk (ブルースプリングパンク)" | Shinoda | 3:31 | |
| Total length: | 37:45 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "SisterJudy" | |
| 2. | "Montage Girl (モンタージュガール)" | |
| 3. | "Talking Dance (トーキーダンス)" | |
| 4. | "curved edge" | |
| 5. | "3-min 29-sec (3分29秒, 3-bun 29-byou)" | |
| 6. | "Kazehana (風、花, 'Wind, Flower')" | |
| 7. | "on the front line (オン・ザ・フロントライン)" | |
| 8. | "SLEEPWALK" | |
| 9. | "Selfy charm" | |
| 10. | "Monocolor (モノカラー)" | |
| 11. | "Tenohira (テノヒラ, 'Palm')" | |
| 12. | "One-me Two-hearts (ワンミーツハー)" | |
| 13. | "Odorumannequin, Utauahou (踊るマネキン、唄う阿呆, 'Dancing mannequin, singing fool')" | |
| 14. | "Juggernaut (ジャガーノート)" | |
| 15. | "Unknown Mother-Goose (アンノウン・マザーグース)" | |
| 16. | "Kara no Waremono (カラノワレモノ)" | |
| 17. | "Image (イメージ)" | |
| 18. | "Stereo Juvenile (ステレオジュブナイル)" | |
| 19. | "SENSE-LESS WONDER (センスレス・ワンダー)" | |
| 20. | "NOTOK" | |
| 21. | "high gain (ハイゲイン)" |
03Personnel
Obtained from YouTube's auto-generated music credits.
Hitorie
- All members, arrangement
- wowaka, composition (#7), lyrics (#7)
- Shinoda (シノダ), electric guitar, vocals, lyrics (#1-6, #8-10), composition (#1-2, #4-5, #9-10)
- ygarshy (イガラシ), bass guitar, composition (#3)
- Yumao (ゆまーお), drums, composition (#6, #8), lyrics (#6)
Personnel
- Shinjiro "Megane" Hirai (平井信二郎), mixing engineer
- Yuta Ichinose (一ノ瀬雄太), cover art
- Tsubasa Yamazaki, mastering engineer
04Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 19 |
|
| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) | 44 | |
| Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) | 19 |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Hitorie - Friend Chord album cover.jpg by Yuta Ichinose, Fair use
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