Atarayo couldn't answer this question, so they wrote a song instead

Some questions don't get easier just because you keep asking them. "Have we still got time?" sits at the centre of Atarayo's new song "魚 Fish", and it never really gets answered, it just gets louder.

"魚 Fish" lives in the space between holding on and letting go, that specific ache of wanting just a little more time with someone or something you already suspect is slipping. Piano lines cut through a full band arrangement, building into a mid-tempo track that carries both the warmth of summer and the restlessness underneath it. It's emotionally direct without over-explaining itself, melodically sharp enough to catch you on the first listen, and built on exactly the kind of tension that makes you want to hit repeat before it's even finished.

The song arrives as a preview of Atarayo's new album "私雨に夏の灯を知る Watakushiameninatsunohiwoshiru", dropping on 19 August, a nine-track record that also includes previously released songs "ハク Haku" and "春となり Spring is coming". The album's cover art was revealed on 3 July, and it's coming in two physical formats: a standard edition and a video edition with Blu-ray.

Atarayo is also backing the album with a run of Asia dates: a sold-out show in Malaysia on 24 July and a Bangkok show on 26 July, followed by a Japan leg starting in Osaka on 22 August and continuing through Aichi, Fukuoka and Tokyo, before heading back overseas for three sold-out Hong Kong shows in October and a Taipei date in December.