| Abnormalize | |
| Artist: | Ling Tosite Sigure |
| Album: | I'mperfect |
| Released: | November 14, 2012 |
| Recorded: | Tuppence House Eyes Studio Studio 4 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Label: | Sony Music Associated Records |
| Producer: | TK |
| Prev Title: | moment A rhythm |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Enigmatic Feeling |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
"abnormalize" is Ling Tosite Sigure's 2nd major single. It was released on November 14, 2012, by Sony Music Associated Records. The song is used as the opening theme of the anime Psycho-Pass.
"Abnormalize" is the first single released in 3 years and 11 months since the previous album "moment A rhythm". It was released in two forms: regular edition and limited edition. The limited-time edition was released until the end of 2012, but was re-released on July 10, 2014, along with the broadcast of "Psycho-Pass New Edition".[1] The song is the opening of the anime Psycho-Pass. It was the band's first tie-up. The tentative title was "Plastic".[2] [3] MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 201” was their first appearance. After the broadcast, the song quickly rose from 102nd to 23rd on the iTunes song rankings, gaining a lot of attention.[4] make up syndrome "Plastic", which was the tentative title of the title song "abnormalize", is also used in the lyrics of this song, and TK said, "I must have felt like plastic."
On September 7, 2012, Ustream it was released as a "freshly made new song" on live broadcasts, and was also released as a single. Announced. After the live broadcast, the top 3 words "#sigure", "abnormalize" and "Ling tosite sigure" became a hot topic in Japan's Twitter trend.[5] [6] [7] On October 12, 2012, from midnight to 24 hours only, songs divided into 5 parts of about 43 seconds each will be distributed as Chaku-Uta, and if you download all 5, regular edition. A standby image of the jacket was also presented. From the next day, the 13th, three songs, "Chorus ver", "Intro ver", and "Last chorus ~ Abnormal Guitar Solo ver", were distributed as usual.[8]