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{{For|Bump of Chicken single|Harujion}}
{{short description|2020 single by Yoasobi}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Halzion
| cover         = Halzion cover art.jpg
| artist        = [[Yoasobi]]
| type          = single
| EP            = [[The Book (Yoasobi EP)|The Book]]
| language      = Japanese
| released      = May 11, 2020
| genre         = [[J-pop]]
| length        = 3:18
| label         = [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Japan]]
| writer        = [[Ayase (music producer)|Ayase]]
| producer      = Ayase
| prev_title    = [[Ano Yume o Nazotte]]
| prev_year     = 2020
| next_title    = [[Tabun (song)|Tabun]]
| next_year     = 2020
| misc          = {{External music video
| type         = single
| 1            = {{YouTube|kzdJkT4kp-A|"Halzion"}}<br>{{YouTube|ElqBwOUuIzk|English version|link=no}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo|"'''Halzion'''"<ref name=yt>{{cite AV media |author=Ayase / YOASOBI |date=May 11, 2020 |title=YOASOBI「ハルジオン・Halzion」Official Music Video |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzdJkT4kp-A |access-date=September 1, 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> or "'''Harujion'''"<ref name=am>{{cite web |author1=Yoasobi |title=Harujion – Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3-single/1509494398 |publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US) |access-date=January 4, 2021 |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216143049/https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3-single/1509494398 |url-status=live }}</ref>|ハルジオン||{{lit}} "[[Erigeron philadelphicus|Philadelphia fleabane]]"}} is a song by Japanese duo [[Yoasobi]] from their debut EP, ''[[The Book (Yoasobi EP)|The Book]]'' (2021). It was released as a [[Single (music)|single]] on May 11, 2020, through [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]. The song depicts the protagonist who spends days of disappointment after parting with her lover, finding hope while re-questioning her dreams and the meaning of life, and regains her motivation to move into the future.<ref>{{cite news |title=【10リスト】YOASOBI、一生聴き続けられる名曲10はこれだ！ |url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/201036 |access-date=June 4, 2022 |work=[[Rockin'On Japan]] |date=December 22, 2021 |language=ja |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113063643/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/201036 |url-status=live }}</ref> The English version of the song was included on the duo's second English-language EP ''[[E-Side 2]]'', released on November 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=YOASOBI楽曲の英語版8曲入り「E-SIDE 2」配信決定（動画あり） |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/500628 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |work=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] |date=November 9, 2022 |language=ja |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117131614/https://natalie.mu/music/news/500628 |url-status=live }}</ref>
"Halzion" was based on ''Soredemo, Happy End'', a [[short story]] written by Hashizume Shunki, marking the first time that Yoasobi collaborated with a professional [[novelist]]. Unlike the duo's former two songs, the source material was not based on the novel-centered social media [[Monogatary.com]].<ref>{{cite news |title=YOASOBI「ハルジオン」原作者・橋爪駿輝が語る、音楽と文学の融合「文章が別の形へ昇華されていくのはエキサイティング」 |url=https://realsound.jp/book/2020/05/post-550709.html |accessdate=June 3, 2020 |work=Real Sound |date=May 12, 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009054613/https://realsound.jp/book/2020/05/post-550709.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song and the story it is based on were released as part of an advertising campaign Immersive Song Project by [[Suntory]], to promote their new [[energy drink]] branded Zone.<ref>{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、コラボ企画『IMMERSIVE SONG PROJECT』に書き下ろした新曲「ハルジオン」リリース決定 |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/87213/2 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |agency=[[Billboard Japan]] |date=20 April 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114062904/http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/87213/2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kizuna AI、YOASOBI、花譜がエナジードリンク「ZONe」とコラボ |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/376170 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |agency=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] |date=20 April 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021150212/https://natalie.mu/music/news/376170 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Usage in media ==
Besides Zone, "Halzion" also appeared in [[Electronic Arts|EA]]'s 2014 video game, ''[[The Sims 4]]'', which was added into the base game via the November 10, 2020 game update. It can be heard through the S-Pop (Sim-Pop) radio station and has been re-written in [[Simlish]] language.<ref>{{cite news |title=''The Sims 4'': Update 11/10/2020 |author=SimGuruGraham & SimGuruRusskii |url=https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-notes-nov-10-2020 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 |publisher=[[Electronic Arts]] |date=November 10, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110181818/https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-notes-nov-10-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the song appeared on the 2020 Gekidan No Meets stage ''Mukō no Kuni'',<ref>{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、劇団ノーミーツの新作公演【むこうのくに】主題歌に |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90146/2 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |work=Billboard Japan |date=July 16, 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507062737/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/90146/2 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Nintendo Switch]] 2021 televised advertisement ''Jibun Jikan-hen''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ishiyama |first1=Yuki |title=任天堂、YOASOBI起用の新CM映像「自分時間篇」を公開 |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1320722.html |access-date=May 7, 2022 |work=Game Watch |date=April 23, 2021 |language=ja |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507062738/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1320722.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Credits and personnel==
'''Song'''
* [[Ayase (music producer)|Ayase]] – producer, songwriter
* [[Lilas Ikuta|Ikura]] – vocals
* [[:ja:橋爪駿輝|Shunki Hashizume]] – based story writer
* Takayuki Saitō – vocal [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
* Masahiko Fukui – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Hidekazu Sakai – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
'''Music video'''
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* Toshitaka Shinoda (Ijigen Tokyo) – director
* Yuuki "Youkiss" Ookubo (Ijigen Tokyo) – production
* Rabbit Machine – 2D animation director
* No.1Ø – 2D lead animator
* Fungakki – 2D animator
* Yuta Kuniyasu (Calf) – illustrator, animation director, animator
* Ryo Okawara – animation director, animator
* Shuma Hirose (Calf) – animation producer
* Ippei Kurahashi – animator
* Kanae Miya – animator
* Yoshihiko Shimoda – animator
* Takayuki Oguma – composite editor (DTJ)
* Matawe Wongpuak – assistant editor (DTJ)
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== Charts ==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Halzion"
! scope="col" | Chart (2020–2021)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" | [[Billboard Global Excl. US|Global Excl. US]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=exclus>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yoasobi/chart-history/glx/|title=Yoasobi Chart History (Global Excl. US)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
| 125
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! scope="row" | Japan ([[Billboard Japan Hot 100|Japan Hot 100]])<ref name="single1billboard">{{cite web |title=Hot 100 [2020/06/01 付け] |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2020&month=06&day=1 |website=[[Billboard Japan]] |accessdate=2 June 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615040136/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2020&month=06&day=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 10
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! scope="row" | Japan Combined Singles ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/cos/w/2020-06-01/|title=週間 合算シングルランキング 2020年06月01日付|date=June 1, 2020|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531052641/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/cos/w/2020-06-01/|archive-date=May 31, 2020}}</ref>
| 7
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2020 year-end chart performance for "Halzion"
! scope="col" | Chart (2020)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Japan (Japan Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2020|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End 2020|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|accessdate=December 30, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120214738/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 34
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2021 year-end chart performance for "Halzion"
! scope="col" | Chart (2021)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Japan (Japan Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End 2021 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2021 |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210041648/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |language=ja |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 26
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Halzion"
! scope="col" | Chart (2022)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Japan Streaming Songs (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard Japan Streaming Songs Year-End 2022 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=stsongs_year&year=2022 |website=[[Billboard Japan]] |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227124709/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=stsongs_year&year=2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 92
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== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Halzion"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|digital=true|title=ハルジオン|artist=YOASOBI|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|certmonth=9|access-date=January 7, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Separator|title=Streaming}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|title=ハルジオン|artist=YOASOBI|award=Platinum|number=3|streamsonly=true|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|certmonth=3|access-date=April 25, 2023|refname=st}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streamsonly=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Halzion"
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Format
! scope="col" | Label
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| May 11, 2020
| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Japan]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name=am/>
|}
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://cp.zone-energy.jp/music/yoasobi/novel/ ''Soredemo, Happy End''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107152503/https://cp.zone-energy.jp/music/yoasobi/novel/ |date=2020-11-07 }} on Immersive Zone Project
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