GARNiDELiA Releases Music Video for Otome no Kokoroe, Album Preorders Open

18.October.2021 | MUSIC

Pop-rock duo GARNiDELiA will release their fifth original album Duality Code on November 17, 2021, the duo’s first since moving to Pony Canyon. Ahead of release day, the music video for Otome no Kokoroe has been uploaded to YouTube! 


Otome no Kokoroe is the opening theme song for the Taisho Otome Fairy Tale anime series, currently airing on TV Tokyo. The track is now available to stream. 

 

Featuring a brass band, this is a new kind of pop song for MARiA and toku that captures the story of the series. The music video was produced by MARiA herself and features the singer in a retro-modern Japanese outfit with Taisho-era flair. 

 

Otome no Kokoroe Music Video

 

This will be the first album released since the duo moved to Pony Canyon and their first album in a year. The two have been working on solo activities, and this new album marks a return to GARNiDELiA’s roots while also utilizing new skills learned over the past twelve years. 

 

After the release of the album, GARNiDELiA will start a 5-city tour starting at CLUB CITTA in Kawasaki, Kanagawa on December 5, 2021. 

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