HYDE will release a new song commissioned by Tokyo Marathon 2020 digitally on February 26th.
Titled BELIEVING IN MYSELF, the song was produced specifically for the Marathon following a conversation between HYDE and Tadaaki Hayano, the Race Director of Tokyo Marathon, which is organized as a special
event of JAAF RunLink – a project by Japan Association of Athletics Federations for realizing ‘Wellness Athletics’.
In June 2019, HYDE met with Hayano as part of the JAAF RunLink project where Hayano was Chief Officer. HYDE confessed during the conversation that he was a secret runner and, because Hayano had the idea of Fusion
Running and everyone can have their own style of running, he kept thinking about how to fuse music with running. Hayano then commissioned HYDE to contribute a song inspired by Tokyo Marathon 2020 when the two met again.
Tokyo Marathon 2020 will be taking place on March 1st.
BELIEVING IN MYSELF will also be released on CD as part of a double A-side single titled BELIEVING IN MYSELF / INTERPLAY on March 18th. The single will be available in two editions: a CD-only regular edition and a limited edition with a
bonus DVD featuring the music videos for the two title tracks and a documentary video for BELIEVING IN MYSELF.
A special movie featuring a sample of BELIEVING IN MYSELF and footage from Tokyo Marathon is available below.
