is a song recorded by Japanese music duo
Yoasobi
Yoasobi (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese music superduo formed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, composed of Vocaloid producer Ayase, and singer-songwriter Ikura. Represented by the slogan "novel into music", the duo has released songs ba ...
from their debut EP, ''
The Book'' (2021). It was released on January 18, 2020, through
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
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. Like their
previous single, the song was based on Monocon 2019-winning short story, titled ''Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana'', written by Sōta Ishiki. The song and its based story are about a
love story at a fireworks festival displayed by a high school girl and her classmate boy who would confess to her in her dream. The music video was released two days later.
The English version of "Ano Yume o Nazotte", titled "Tracing a Dream" was included on the duo's first English-language EP ''
E-Side
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'', scheduled for release on November 12, 2021. The ballade version, featured on the
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, titled ''Midnight Train'', was released on March 30, 2022. The song also accompanied the
live action
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movie of its based novel ''Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana'', which was released to the vertical theater application Smash on March 24.
Track listing
* Digital download and streaming
[
# – 4:02
* Digital download and streaming (ballade version)][
# "Ano Yume o Nazotte" (ballade version) – 3:44
]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from ''The Book'' liner notes.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
''Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana'' on Monogatary
English translation of ''Dream Drops and Star Flowers''
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2020 singles
2020 songs
Japanese-language songs
Songs about dreams
Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles
Yoasobi songs