Maybe I Love You
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| "Maybe I Love You" | ||||
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| Single by Ai Otsuka | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Released | May 31, 2023 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Songwriter | Aio | |||
| Ai Otsuka singles chronology | ||||
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| "Maybe I Love You" on YouTube | ||||
"Maybe I Love You" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Ai Otsuka, released as a digital single on May 31, 2023, through Avex Trax.[1]
The song was first announced and performed live at Otsuka's Love Is Born: 19th Anniversary 2022 concert, held on September 11, 2022, at the Hibiya Park Outdoor Concert Hall in Tokyo. During the concert, Otsuka introduced "Maybe I Love You" as a previously unreleased song, inviting guitarists Simon Isogai and Yohei Makabe to join her on stage. Noting the song's origins in the spring, she described it as having a "gentle, spring-like scent."[2] Upon the airing of the concert on Wowow in November 2022, Otsuka tweeted that the song had "no plans for release or streaming."[3]
In May 2023, however, it was announced that the song had been commissioned as a collaboration song with Chikako Mitsuhashi's long-running manga series Chiisa-na Koi no Monogatari.[4][5] An animated video featuring the song was published on YouTube on June 10, 2023.[5] Both the video and the digital cover artwork for the single features a collaboration with Chiisa-na Koi no Monogatari, incorporating visuals inspired by the manga's iconic aesthetic.[4] The live version from Love Is Born was subsequently also uploaded to YouTube on June 17, 2023.[6]
The Love Is Born: 19th Anniversary 2022 live album was released on the same day. Apart from including the live recording of the song in said concert, its limited edition includes a bonus CD which includes the studio version of "Maybe I Love You".[6]