HANABI (feat. Memento Mori)

Singer-songwriter Melt releases her new single,''Hanabi''.

The track features Memento Mori, a member of Fukuoka-based hip-hop crew O.A.KLAY, whose breakout track ''Cinema'' has surpassed 20 million streams, establishing their presence within Japan's hip-hop scene.

Capturing the melancholy of summer's end, the distance that grows between two people, and the words left unsaid, ''Hanabi'' portrays the bittersweet feeling of watching a summer-and a relationship-come to an end.

The track is produced by acclaimed beatmaker 10pm, whose atmospheric trap production creates a soundscape filled with the fleeting feeling of a summer night.

Over the wistful production, Melt delicately portrays a romance gradually slipping away, alongside the changing temperature of August and the inevitable passing of time.

Memento Mori joins in the latter half of the track, rapping through vivid images of cigarette smoke, the end of a festival, and quiet summer nights, while expressing the emotional distance that grows as two people come closer-and the feelings that are difficult to put into words.

Bringing together their distinct styles, Melt and Memento Mori portray the same ''end of summer'' from two different perspectives, creating a lingering atmosphere where singing and rap intersect.

Memories that once felt beautiful.

And beneath them, the things left unsaid, the regrets, and the reality that no matter how hard you try, some things cannot be changed.

Fireworks that flare brilliantly for only a moment before disappearing into the night.

Like a love that once felt eternal.
Like a summer that has already passed.

Melt ''Hanabi'' feat. Memento Mori

A song about what remains in that fleeting moment when summer comes to an end.