| Comedy | |
| Cover: | Comedy Gen Hoshino cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Artist: | Gen Hoshino |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 3:51 |
| Label: | Speedstar |
| Producer: | Gen Hoshino |
| Prev Title: | Cube |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | I Wanna Be Your Ghost |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
(pronounced as /ja/) is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino. It was released through Speedstar Records on April 8, 2022, and used as the ending theme song for the first season of the anime Spy × Family.[1] The song also appeared on Fortnite Soundwave Series.[2] With peak positions at number four on Japan Hot 100 and number 127 on Billboard Global 200, "Comedy" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for 100,000 digital sales and Platinum for 100,000,000 streams.
On March 17, 2022, Spy × Family official website announced that Gen Hoshino will be performing the ending theme for the anime with "Comedy", premiering on April 9, 2022. It was released as a digital single in Japan on April 8, 2022, through Speedstar Records. The song was also featured on Fortnite Soundwave Series for 72 hours, starting from June 9, 2022.[2] [3]
"Comedy" is composed in the key of C-sharp minor on the verses and the first two chorus, C♯ major on the bridge and in D minor in the final chorus and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 88 BPM, runs for three minutes and 51 seconds.[4] It was composed and written by Gen Hoshino for the anime Spy × Family, with idea of family while being conscious of the sense of family that the story has. "I wrote this song while thinking about the "family" of Loid, Yor, and Anya in Spy × Family and the meaning of the word 'family'," Hoshino says of the song. "While listening to the completed song, I feel that the song is very suitable for the coming warm season when trees are lush and flowers are blooming."[3] [5] [6]
The music video for "Comedy" was released on May 5, 2022, and directed by MESS. It depicts a form of a certain 'family' in which Hoshino and mysterious creatures live together and go about their daily lives.[7]
| Peak position | ||
| Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[8] | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Combined Singles (Oricon)[9] | 11 | |
| Taiwan (Billboard)[10] | 21 |
| Position | ||
| Japan (Japan Hot 100)[11] | 50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[12] | 13 |
| Year | Award | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | 2023 | Best Ending Sequence | [13] | |
| Best Anime Song |