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, released digitally on April 15, 2022, through Irori Records label. The song was featured as the opening theme song for the anime ''

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and number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. The ''Mixed Nuts'' EP was released on June 22, 2022.

Composition and lyrics

"Mixed Nuts" is a

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with a tempo of 150 BPM, runs for three minutes and 33 seconds. It was composed and written by vocalist Satoshi Fujihara for the anime ''

'', with the family theme in mind, as well as main character Anya’s love for peanuts. "I once heard Anya say that she liked peanuts. I suddenly thought of peanuts in the mixed nuts that I often eat myself and looked them up, and found that although they look similar, nuts that grow from trees and peanuts that grow under the ground are classified as two different kinds, and that peanuts are really a different kind, despite their appearance." He later stated, "I felt that this was the theme of this work, that there is something interesting about playing a fake family while hiding one's true identity and confronting something like a real family, and that the happiness and joy that comes to you is all that matters, rather than whether it is genuine or not. I created this work with the original in mind."

Music video

The music video for "Mixed Nuts" was released on April 15, 2022, the same day as the single released, and directed by Takuto Shimpo.

Track listing

* Digital download / streaming # – 3:33 * CD / digital download / streaming (''Mixed Nuts EP'') # "Mixed Nuts" – 3:33 # "Anarchy" – 4:29 # "Choral A" – 3:59 # – 4:41

Personnel

Official Hige Dandism * Satoshi Fujihara – lead vocals, lyrics, composer, additional drums, programming * Daisuke Ozasa – guitar, backing vocals * Makoto Narazaki – bass guitar, backing vocals * Masaki Matsuura – drums, backing vocals Additional musicians * Atsuki Yumoto – trumpet, horn co-arranger * Toshihiro Kawashima – trombone * Andy Wulf – saxophone * Seiya Yokota – additional drums, drums co-arranger Production * Genki Wada – drums technician, additional drums * Kazutaka Minemori – guitar technician * Kazuhiro Saito – musical instrument technician * Shota Kinebuchi – musical instrument technician * Takuya Kondo – musical instrument technician * Masahito Komori –

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* Randy Merrill – mastered engineer

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