{{Short description|2024 single album by Hitorie}} {{Fan POV|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = NOTOK | type = single album | artist = Hitorie | cover = Hitorie - NOTOK Cover.jpg | caption = Cover art for ''NOTOK'', designed by Fullkawa Honpo. It depicts a disassembled cassette tape with flowers on the top left and bottom right. | released = November 6, 2024 (digital)<br />November 27, 2024 (CD) | genre = * Pop rock * math rock | length = 15:54 | language = Japanese | label = Hinichijou Records, Sony Music Entertainment Japan | prev_title = on the front line / SENSE-LESS WONDER ReREC | prev_year = 2024 | next_title = Friend Chord | next_year = 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''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2024 |title=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 |url=https://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2024/11/04/0702 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=tower.jp |language=Japanese}}</ref> The song is included on the band's seventh album, ''Friend Chord'', with Shinoda as the vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department |first=Skream! Editorial |title=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 |url=https://skream.jp/news/2024/11/hitorie_friend_chord_tracklist.php |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Skream! 邦楽ロック・洋楽ロック ポータルサイト}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2024 |title=【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） |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/591537 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Natalie |language=ja}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=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 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/pp/hitorie08 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Natalie |language=ja}}</ref>
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).<ref name=":1" />
The album cover was designed and created by Fullkawa Honpo, a close friend of wowaka who was also a vocaloid producer.<ref name=":1" />
== Track listing == {{Track listing | extra_column = Notes | total_length = 15:54 | all_writing = wowaka | extra_width = 5 | title1 = NOTOK | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = World's End Dancehall (ワールズエンド・ダンスホール, Wārusuendo Dansuhōru) | length2 = 3:33 | extra2 = Cover version. | title3 = Tenohira (テノヒラ) | length3 = 4:50 | extra3 = Cover version. | title4 = daybreak seeker | length4 = 4:35 | extra4 = Lyrics by Shinoda. Music by wowaka. }}
== Personnel == Obtained from the ''NOTOK'' liner notes booklet and YouTube auto-generated music credits.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaS8sbH_60Q&list=OLAK5uy_k_zK_Vy3O8wQDq5RQLQqpIZJ7rGyW8Heg&index=2 |title=NOTOK |date=2024-11-26 |last=hitorie - Topic |access-date=2024-12-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=NOTOK |date=2024 |publisher=Hitorie |location=Japan |language=ja |type=Media Notes}}</ref>
'''Hitorie''' {{Div col|content=*All members – arrangement *wowaka – composition, lyrics <small>(#1–3)</small>, vocals <small>(#1)</small> *Shinoda (シノダ) – electric guitar, vocals <small>(#2–4)</small>, lyrics <small>(#4)</small> *ygarshy (イガラシ) – bass guitar *Yumao (ゆまーお) – drums}} '''Personnel''' {{Div col|content=*Shinjiro "Megane" Hirai (平井信二郎) – mixing engineer *Yuki Ishida – recording assistant *Yuhki Shirai – vocal direction & edit *Atsuro Takada – drum engineer *Tsubasa Yamazaki (山崎 翼) – mastering engineer (Flugel Mastering) *Jun Otake – recording assistant (studio SUNSHINE) *Akio Fukatani – recording assistant (SOUND CREW STUDIO) *Fullkawa Honpo (古川本舗) – cover art}}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable" |+Chart performance for ''NOTOK'' !Chart (2024) !Peak position |- |Top Japanese singles (Oricon)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOTOK(完全生産限定盤) {{!}} ヒトリエ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/602852/products/1520435/1/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=ORICON NEWS |language=ja}}</ref> |13 |- |Top Japanese Download singles (Billboard Japan)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ヒトリエ {{!}} Artist |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/artists/detail/636317 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Billboard JAPAN |language=ja}}</ref> |100 |- |Top Japanese Singles Sales (Billboard Japan)<ref name=":0" /> |12 |}
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Category:2024 singles