breath

Please watch the music video first-just dive in. Now on Asteroid's YouTube channel.
This track is the theme song for breath, an animated work by visual creator Muto Nosaka. Released on October 26, 2023 under my former name "Steroid" (that is, Nakamoto Sora), the song bears the raw skid marks of the struggles I carried at the time.

Nosaka, who directed the music videos for my former band, Ianyokō, took a deep liking to this piece and-through what can only be called a reckless, blood-sweating act-made the offer to create its MV himself. My heart lies often, so let me speak from the soul: I am profoundly grateful. His portrayal of human figures-charming yet disturbingly vivid-always presses right up against your sightline.

The mix and master were handled by my longtime ally, rhope. Over years spent working closely together, the evolution of his sound has become astonishingly clear. While the recorded tracks are the same as back then, the sonic texture has become noticeably more refined than the original. I hope you'll compare it with the Steroido versions ("breath" and "DMT,,, (breath)"). To me, he is the very embodiment of one who "cherishes meaning."

The lyrics were revised in 2024 to match the feelings I carried then-responses to pains long gone and rusted over, and reactions to the new pains that replaced them. Fearing accusations of failed eloquence, I lay down this pre-emptive disclaimer here.Please watch the music video first-just dive in. Now on Asteroid's YouTube channel.
This track is the theme song for breath, an animated work by visual creator Muto Nosaka. Released on October 26, 2023 under my former name "Steroid" (that is, Nakamoto Sora), the song bears the raw skid marks of the struggles I carried at the time.

Nosaka, who directed the music videos for my former band, Ianyokō, took a deep liking to this piece and-through what can only be called a reckless, blood-sweating act-made the offer to create its MV himself. My heart lies often, so let me speak from the soul: I am profoundly grateful. His portrayal of human figures-charming yet disturbingly vivid-always presses right up against your sightline.

The mix and master were handled by my longtime ally, rhope. Over years spent working closely together, the evolution of his sound has become astonishingly clear. While the recorded tracks are the same as back then, the sonic texture has become noticeably more refined than the original. I hope you'll compare it with the Steroido versions ("breath" and "DMT,,, (breath)"). To me, he is the very embodiment of one who "cherishes meaning."

The lyrics were revised in 2024 to match the feelings I carried then-responses to pains long gone and rusted over, and reactions to the new pains that replaced them. Fearing accusations of failed eloquence, I lay down this pre-emptive disclaimer here.