Hitsujibungaku to Release Fifth Album “Don’t Laugh It Off” on October 8

Japanese rock trio Hitsujibungaku will release their highly anticipated fifth album, “Don’t Laugh It Off”, on Wednesday, October 8. This marks their first full-length release in nearly two years, following 2023’s “12 hugs (like butterflies)”.

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The new album will feature 13 tracks, including previously released singles “Haru no Arashi”, “Feel” (the opening theme for Secrets of the Silent Witch), “Koe”, “Burning” (the ending theme for OSHI NO KO Season 2), “tears”, “doll”, and “Map of the Future 2025”, along with several brand-new songs.

Tracklisting:

• Sonotoki
• itoshiihibi
• Feel
• doll
• Koe
• Haru no Arashi
• Ai ni tsuite
• cure
• tears
• Runner
• Map of the Future 2025
• Burning
• don’t laugh it off anymore

Following the completion of their biggest-ever Asian tour, “Hitsujibungaku Asia Tour 2025 ‘いま、ここ (Right now, right here.)“, which included two headlining shows at the Nippon Budokan and a stop at Osaka-jō Hall in September, the band has announced their first-ever European tour.

The “Hitsujibungaku Europe Tour 2025” will kick off in Paris and visit seven cities across six countries, marking an ambitious new chapter in the group’s international journey.

Hitsujibungaku Europe Tour 2025:

• October 15th Paris @L’Alhambra
• October 16th Nijmegen @Doornroosje
• October 18th Cologne @Die Kantine
• October 19th Berlin @Columbia Theater
• October 20th Warsaw @Proxima
• October 22nd Vienna @Flex
• October 24th London@O2 Academy Islington

Europe Tour Visual:

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More about Hitsujibungaku:
Hitsujibungaku are Moeka Shiotsuka (vo, g), Yurika Kasai (b), and Hiroa Fukuda (d), an alternative rock band with a power-infused sound and hints of a unique fragility. Their big break came in September 2023 when “more than words ”was released as the ending theme for TV anime “Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya Incident.” The song garnered over 100M streams worldwide this hit track is also part of their 3rd studio album on the major label, “12 hugs (like butterflies) ”released December 6, 2023. As for live activities, in March 2024, the band’s first Asia tour titled “Hitsujibungaku ASIA TOUR 2024 ” was met with completely sold-out. They are well on their way to expanding internationally, especially hot in Asia right now! The band performed their career-largest single bill show to date at Yokohama Arena (cap:12k) in April 2024, tickets to which were sold out in three minutes right after the release. They were also featured in “10 Neo-J-POP Artists to Watch in 2024” published on the official Grammy Awards website in May. Their latest single “Burning ” is a TV anime 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2 Ending Theme. In December 2024, they are set to perform their first-ever concert in the United States, taking place in Hawaii, capturing significant attention both domestically and internationally.

■ Hitsujibungaku links:
Official Site: https://www.hitsujibungaku.info/
X: https://x.com/hitsujibungaku
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hitsujibungaku/#
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hitsujibungaku_official

Source: Press Release

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