The official YouTube channel for Japanese singer-songwriter LMYK has begun streaming a music video for her fourth CD single song, “I LUV U 2.” The moody tune is now featured as the ending theme for the summer 2024 TV anime Bye Bye, Earth. The clip slowly shows various natural landscapes on the earth, accompanied by LMYK’s smooth singing voice.
LMYK “I LUV U 2” Music Video
Bye Bye, Earth Creditless Ending Movie
LMYK was born in Osaka, Japan to a German father and Japanese mother. She began making music in New York City while still in college. When Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, one of the world’s leading music producer teams, heard her music and voice, they immediately offered to produce her songs. In November 2020, she debuted with “Unity,” the theme song for the Japanese dubbed version of the Chinese animation film The Legend of Hei. “I LUV U 2” is her fourth Japanese TV anime theme song work, following “0 (zero)” (The Case Study of Vanitas ending theme), “Without Love” (VINLAND SAGA Season 2 ending theme), and “Perfect World” (Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange ending theme).On her official website, LMYK says of the song: “If the light that flickers according to a certain rule, and the musical scale that comes and goes according to a certain rule, are signals that someone who is unknown to me at the end of the world that I have yet to see, is sending out to me alone. There would be no one who could stop my impulse from traveling toward the direction where the signal is shining and ringing. With this in mind, I wanted to create a song like a signal that reaches only Belle’s ears. I would be happy if this song could be a signal that reaches everyone who is watching over Belle’s journey.”The CD single of “I LUV U 2” is set to release in Japan on August 7, 2024. Prior to the CD release, the title tune is now available on digital services for streaming and download.
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The TV anime Bye Bye, Earth premiered in Japan on July 12, 2024, and Crunchyroll also streams the anime in more than 200 countries and territories.The original Bye Bye, Earth novel, written by Tow Ubukata, was released in December 2000, featuring art by Yoshitaka Amano. The novel then had a four-volume release from 2007 to 2008 featuring art from Hyung-tae Kim. A manga adaptation by Ryu Asahi was serialized in Young King Ours from 2019 to 2022, with four volumes released in Japan to date. The anime is a a co-development project between Crunchyroll, WOWOW and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.Crunchyroll describes the series:
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac was born as the only human being.
Having no fangs, fur, or scales, she was called “Faceless,” and she lived a lonely life with no one else she could identify with.
“I want to be part of the world…”
With such longing in her heart, she decides to set out on a journey to find her roots, carrying the Runding, a great sword as tall as she is. She doesn’t know how many adversities await her along the way…
This masterpiece by the remarkable Tow Ubukata is considered to be his origin, and many have deemed it impossible to animate. But at long last, it will be adapted into anime form by the top creators that represent Japan!
Source: LMYK official YouTube channel / website©Sony Music Labels Inc.
