Friend Chord


Friend Chord is a studio album by Japanese rock band Hitorie. It is their third album since the death of frontman wowaka and their seventh album overall. It was released on January 22, 2025. It contains the previously released singles Juggernaut and on the front line, which was released as the opening theme to the second cour of Mushoku Tensei Season 2.

Production and release

On November 8, Hitorie released the digital single Juggernaut. Shinoda wrote the lyrics and music, and describes the title and song as "the feeling you get when playing an electric guitar." He also drew the single's cover art.
On April 15, they released the digital single on the front line which was released as the opening to the second part of the second season of the anime adaptation of Mushoku Tensei. The song was composed by Yumao and Shinoda wrote the lyrics. The song peaked at 28th on the Oricon charts.
The album also features a new version of NOTOK, sung by current vocalist Shinoda. The cover art was designed by Yuta Ichinose, who previously designed the album covers for on the front line/SENSE-LESS WONDER and Imaginary Mono-Fiction. The DVD version of the album features a recording of their September 2024 concert "HITORI-ESCAPE 2024 10-NEN-SAI ～日比谷超絶野音～ " at Tokyo's Hibiya Park Concert Hall. It was their biggest concert so far, and was completely sold out.

Personnel

Obtained from YouTube's auto-generated music credits.
Hitorie
Personnel

Charts


Chart Peak
position		Sales
JPN: 2.298--
JPN: 2.298Japanese Combined Albums 44
JPN: 2.298Japanese Top Albums Sales 19