Hikaru Utada’s latest single Gold -Mata Au Hi Made-, the theme song for the film “KINGDOM: The Flame of Destiny”, was released on July 28th. Recently, it was announced that a remixed version of the track is scheduled to drop on August 25th.
The new remix, Gold -Mata Au Hi Made- (Taku’s Twice Upon a Time Remix), was produced by DJ and record producer ☆Taku Takahashi, who formerly collaborated with Utada for DISTANCE (m-flo Remix) and performed original remixed versions of
Utada’s songs at a special DJ event held last year. It’s said to be a highly danceable remix that offers a fresh take on the track.
Links to download and stream the remix will become available here on the release date.
The original version of the single is available now on various music platforms here.
☆Taku Takahashi commented:
“I’m so very happy to have been offered the opportunity to work on the remix once again. I felt a strong connection to the original song, which motivated me to give it a unique twist to make the remix sound completely different from the original
one. Despite labelling it as a remix, we introduced fresh vocal elements and we had a lot of fun working together as if it were a session, openly sharing our viewpoints and diligently bringing it to completion.”
On the day the remix comes out, Utada will make a guest appearance on the program “TCY Radio” on block.fm hosted by Takahashi, starting at 9pm Japan Time. More information on TCY Radio is available (in Japanese) here. To commemorate the release of the remix, a live streaming event featuring Hikaru Utada Only
mix DJ by ☆Taku Takahashi will also be held on the same day, beginning at 10pm Japan Time. It will be streamed from the @hikki_staff Instagram account.
The music video for the original version of Gold -Mata Au Hi Made- can be viewed below.
