A vaccine is coming y'all. Hikaru Utada to release a new single for the J-drama Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō.

Shit times all around the world, in the age and time of Miss Corona. But there is good news for Hikki fans, as Curekaru Vaccinetada will be releasing a new song on May 8th and send Miss Corona packing.

Well, not quite. Miss Corona is a powerful bitch her Contamination world tour will most certainly extend into later this year. But a new Hikaru Utada song will be a nice bit of respite from all of this fucking mess.

Sickaru Ventilateada's new song is titled "Time" and will feature as the theme song to the upcoming NTV drama Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō, which translates as Gourmet Detective Akechi Goro.

NTV's Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō is based on the manga of the same name. The premise of the story is centred around a detective who solves cases based on the taste of food. I bet Hikaru jumped at the chance to write another song which involved food after Hatsukoi's "Pakuchii No Uta".

Even though "Time" releases digitally on May 8th, fans will get to hear the song on April 12th when the first episode of Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō airs. And there even is a chance that we may end up hearing a snippet of it before then via a trailer.

There is no word on if Curekaru Vaccinetada will be giving us a music video too. One can only hope that one was shot before the U.S and European legs of Miss Corona's Contamination world tour, at which points everything started getting cancelled and shut down. And with Japan seeming like it could be on the verge of a national lockdown, there's little chance she could shoot on there either. I guess Hikaru could always pull a "Hikari" and film herself in her kitchen, slicing apples or some shit.

"Time" will be released on all streaming platforms on May 8th, 2020.

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