New Genesis (song)

On June 8, the cast for the upcoming film, One Piece Film: Red was revealed. Amongst the cast, Ado was revealed as the singing voice actress for the character Uta while Kaori Nazuka reprised her role for Uta's non-singing parts.^[2] A single titled "New Genesis" was announced for release later that month, with lyrics and production by Yasutaka Nakata.

From August 7 to August 28, 2022, "New Genesis" also served as the opening theme for the animated television series, One Piece.

A synth-pop and electropop song, "New Genesis" features heavy usage of synthesizers.^[3] Nakata was asked by Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, to create a "powerful song that symbolizes the birth of a new diva," as well as a song that matches the world of One Piece.^[3]

The song's title, "New Genesis", represents the ideal utopian world Uta, the female lead of the film, wanted to create.^[3]

"New Genesis" debuted at number nine on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the week of June 15, 2022.^[4] On the Oricon Digital Singles Chart, the song debuted at number one.^[5] Following the release of the film and its accompanying soundtrack, "New Genesis" peaked at number one on the Japan Hot 100.^[6] The song held its number one position on the Japan Hot 100 for six weeks.^[7] On August 31, streaming numbers for "New Genesis" exceeded 100 million, marking Ado's fifth song to have over 100 million streams.^[8]

Globally, "New Genesis" peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Global 200. On Apple Music, "New Genesis" topped the Global 100 playlist, the first for a Japanese song.^[9][10] Following this, the weekly views of the J-pop genre on Apple Music reached a new record.^[11]

An animated music video was released to YouTube on June 15, 2022. The music video was animated by Hmng, with choreography by Mikiko.

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[12]

• Ado – vocals
• Yasutaka Nakata – production, songwriting, recording arrangement