Flowers of Ash (feat. Saya Asakura)

Mirai Kodai Orchestra presents their highly anticipated single, "Flowers of Ash," featuring Saya Asakura, a singer-songwriter celebrated as Japan's finest in traditional folk (min'yo) singing.

Mirai Kodai Orchestra is a narrative music unit that draws from ethnic music traditions across the world, creating sounds under the concept of "Ancient Music of a Millennium Hence": a "new yet nostalgic," "fictional ethnic music." The unit has received awards at numerous international film festivals and consistently charts across multiple regions worldwide.

Built around the theme of "parting and growth," this track poetically depicts how sorrow shapes us into adults, through the imagery of a flower bidding farewell. Saya Asakura's incomparable voice, honed through traditional folk singing, layers with Mirai Kodai Orchestra's multi-tracked vocals to create a sound that existed in neither of their worlds before. Her overwhelming vocals, carried by a mid-tempo ballad, craft a singular atmosphere where nostalgia and radiance coexist.

May flowers bloom from the ash of waking dreams, blossoming upon the ruins. Even within a perishing world, this is a prayer-like song that longs to meet once again.