| Lotus | |
| Cover: | Lotus-Album-Cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dir En Grey |
| Album: | Dum Spiro spero |
| Released: | January 26, 2011 |
| Recorded: | 2010 |
| Length: | 4:03 |
| Label: | Firewall Div./SMEJ (JP) The End (US) Gan-Shin/Okami (EU) |
| Producer: | Dir En Grey |
| Prev Title: | Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Different Sense |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
"Lotus" (stylized as "LOTUS") is the 26th single by Japanese band Dir En Grey, released on January 26, 2011, in Japan in a regular and limited edition, the limited copy featuring a bonus DVD.[1]
The first B-side, "Obscure", is a re-recording of a track from band's fourth album, Vulgar. The second B-side is a live recording of the song "Reiketsu Nariseba", from the band's seventh album, Uroboros, recorded on July 20, 2010, at Shinkiba Studio Coast. The DVD included in the limited edition features three live songs taken from a concert held by the band on the following day.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon daily singles | 5 |
| Oricon weekly singles | 6[2] |
| Oricon monthly singles | 17 |