Ayase's new song "From Now!", a collaboration with the mobile game "Monster Hunter Now", will be available exclusively on the game starting today, and will be released digitally on Friday, September 6th!

Yasutaka Nakata co-wrote the music and also arranged it.

Ayase is a Vocaloid producer who is also active as a composer for YOASOBI, a “novel-to-music unit” that has been dominating various distribution charts and is currently attracting a lot of attention, and has also provided songs to various artists. He has provided songs to a wide range of artists, including LiSA x Uru’s “Reunion,” which was a hot topic for their first collaboration, Hey! Say! JUMP’s “A Thousand and One Nights,” the unit “Vivid BAD SQUAD” for the popular smartphone game “Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku,” Mori Nana’s “Deep Sea,” and LiSA’s “Yuke.” He won first place in the “Annual Billboard JAPAN Composer Chart “TOP Composers”” and “Annual Billboard JAPAN Lyricist Chart “TOP Lyricists”” for two consecutive years in 2021 and 2022. He is also well-known for his self-covers of Vocaloid songs, with “Yonaderu Agate” surpassing 100 million streams. In September 2022, he released his first original double A-side single “Saturation / Cinema”. In January 2023, he released his first anime theme song, “SHOCK!”, the opening theme for the TV anime “Buddy Daddies”. In July, he released “Hiten”, the opening theme for the TV anime “Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story”, and is attracting attention for his wide range of activities.

He has written a new song, “From Now!” in collaboration with Niantic’s mobile app “Monster Hunter Now,” which allows you to experience Capcom’s globally popular series “Monster Hunter” in the real world, and it has been decided that the song will be released digitally on Friday, September 6th. In addition, the cover photo, which uses an illustration from “Monster Hunter,” has also been released.

Ayase, who has been a fan of the Monster Hunter series for a long time, wrote the lyrics and composed the song to match the worldview of the Monster Hunter Now game, and Yasutaka Nakata, a pioneer of Japanese electronic music who is also active in the field of game music, co-wrote and arranged the song. We hope you enjoy the lyrics, which are filled with Ayase’s love for Monster Hunter, and the playful and exciting sound. A comment from Ayase himself has also arrived!

■Comment from Ayase

This time, I have provided a song called “From Now!” Monster Hunter was the game that got me interested in video games, and it was the first game I was completely absorbed in playing. When I was creating the song, I incorporated the worldview of Monster Hunter into the lyrics, and included what I think are the fun elements of Monster Hunter, filling the song with my love for Monster Hunter.

Each new installment of the Monster Hunter series introduces a new system, and I feel that fans and newcomers alike are constantly stimulated. This constant updating has influenced my music-making, and I want to create songs that people can enjoy without getting bored. I want people who listen to my music to feel surprised and excited, and stimulated by the thought, “What is this song? I’ve never heard it before!”

■ Comment from Yasutaka Nakata

I am very happy to have been involved in this music that colors the world of “Monster Hunter Now.”

Together with the wonderful artist Ayase, we have created an exciting song that expresses the charm of Monster Hunter. I hope you will enjoy it along with the game.

In addition, a short version will be exclusively released on “Monster Hunter Now” from 9:00 a.m. today, Tuesday, August 27th.

In the game, you can get collaboration items through limited quests that are tailored to the collaboration event, and by wearing them you will be able to hunt while listening to the music, so please enjoy the game while listening to the music. For more details, please check the official website below.

■ Monster Hunter Now official website

https://monsterhunternow.com/ja

Download now!

https://monsterhunternow.onelink.me/O5yC/f8b86v7i

Furthermore, a TV commercial using the song has started airing nationwide from today. In this TV commercial, not only can you enjoy the song, but a game avatar based on Ayase also appears. We hope you will look forward to this commercial, which is full of the charms of the song and the game.

[Song information]

Release date: Friday, September 6, 2024

Ayase: From Now!

Streaming URL:https://orcd.co/ayase_from-now

Lyricist: Ayase

Composer: Ayase, Yasutaka Nakata (CAPSULE)

Arrangement: Ayase, Yasutaka Nakata (CAPSULE)

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