Kenshi Yonezu Releases "Karasu" Music Video for 2026 NHK Soccer Theme
The music video extends the song's thematic exploration of individuality within group competition through Yamada's shipyard imagery, while the track itself has already become a commercial hit and is being broadcast during World Cup matches.
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Kenshi Yonezu released the music video for his new song "Karasu," the 2026 NHK soccer theme. The video, directed by Tomokazu Yamada, is set in a shipyard and uses cross-sections of objects to visualize unseen effort. The song debuted digitally on June 15 and has topped 50 daily charts.
The music video for Kenshi Yonezu's "Karasu" was released on June 18, directed by Tomokazu Yamada. The video uses a shipyard setting, showing cross-sections of ships under construction to represent the hidden accumulation of time and effort. Yonezu wrote the song as the 2026 NHK soccer theme, inspired by the Japan national team's emblem and his own image of crows as familiar creatures. The song debuted digitally on June 15 and reached 50 number-one positions on daily charts across distribution platforms. It aired during NHK's broadcast of Japan's first World Cup match against the Netherlands on June 15 and will continue to play during NHK soccer programming.
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