The song reached the top ten on the iTunes mainstream charts in 16 countries. The single topped the iTunes Rock charts in Japan, Finland, Greece, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Hong Kong, making it the best-performing anime song in the chart's history. It also reached number 6 on Billboard Japan 's Top Singles chart, which is based only on physical sales, and topped Billboard Japan 's Hot Animation chart, which tracks anime and video game music. The song debuted at number 5 on Billboard Japan 's Hot 100. 4 on the Oricon Singles Chart and charted for 19 weeks. In 2019, the song won Top Japanese Gold Song at the 30th International Pop Poll Awards in Hong Kong. Michelle Minikhiem of J-Generation called "Red Swan" "grand in the way only songs written by Yoshiki can be," with a vocal performance that "absolutely aches with longing." She described the track and its "swelling percussion, passionately romantic lyrics, and murmured philosophical questioning about life" as telling the story of a bittersweet love. The television edit of the song was published on digital platforms on July 23, 2018, while the full song was released digitally and on CD, in two different versions, on October 3, 2018. Two days later, Yoshiki and Hyde performed the song live on Music Station. On September 15, Yoshiki revealed that "Red Swan" was actually completed just days earlier in Los Angeles. Its standard edition cover art was designed with elements from the cover art of "Rusty Nail", namely the blood dripping from a woman's mouth. "Red Swan" was inspired by a section of X Japan's 1994 number-one single " Rusty Nail". However, later that month the song was announced to now be credited to "Yoshiki feat. "Red Swan" was originally announced as an X Japan song, that would only feature Yoshiki and Sugizo, with Hyde on vocals. On July 8, 2018, it was revealed at Anime Expo in Los Angeles that X Japan had teamed up with Hyde from L'Arc-en-Ciel to create the theme song of the third season of the Attack on Titan anime. In 2019, the song won Top Japanese Gold Song at the 30th International Pop Poll Awards. It also topped the iTunes Rock Chart in 10 countries, making it the best-performing anime song in the chart's history, and reached the top ten on the iTunes mainstream charts in 16 countries. 4 on the Oricon Singles Chart and number 5 on Billboard Japan 's Hot 100. The television edit of the song was published on digital platforms on July 23, 2018, while the full single version was released on October 3, 2018. Written and produced by Yoshiki, it is the opening theme song of the first 12 episodes of the third season of the Attack on Titan anime series.
" Red Swan" is a song by Japanese musician Yoshiki, featuring vocals by Hyde. Listen to YOSHIKI feat."Red Swan" ( Attack on Titan anime theme) – Official Lyric Video on YouTube (#6) and the UK (#8), becoming the first Japanese anime song in history to rank this high on iTunes Rock charts. The single also reached the Top 10 on mainstream iTunes Charts in 16 countries and climbed the iTunes Rock Charts in the U.S. Released in October 2018, “Red Swan” debuted at #1 on iTunes Rock Charts in 10 countries. YOSHIKI is the leader, drummer, and pianist of the band X JAPAN, and Hyde is the lead singer of the band L’Arc-en-Ciel. Hyde was also named the “Top Artist from Japan”, ranking above fellow superstars Namie Amuro and Hikaru Utada. The awards were sponsored by RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong), the public broadcasting network founded in 1928, and the Top Gold Songs Awards are the oldest major music awards in Hong Kong. Hyde’s single “Red Swan” – the first Season 3 theme song from the hit anime Attack on Titan – was voted “Top Japanese Gold Song” at the event hosted by the major Hong Kong radio station RTHK Radio 2. Hyde won two awards at the 30th International Pop Poll in Hong Kong on May 10th, 2019.
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