Kiryu’s initial announcement of single Nue released on February 17 led the band to follow it up with the title track’s music video. The lightning-focused visuals, quick scene changes, disorientating angles, and disheveled set lend themselves well to the unnerving atmosphere and folklore narrative.
The composition is chaotically fast as it utilizes brooding synths and sharply detached haunting choir vocals. This wouldn’t be a Kiryu song however without vocalist Mahiro’s expressive vocals, growls, and screeching.
Delving deeper, the title track name, Nue, refers to a yokai from Japanese folklore that is a combination of different animals. It’s similar to that of a chimera, for example; it has the head of a monkey and the legs of a tiger. You can even see an image of a Nue at the end of the music video. For a band that focuses on traditional Japanese elements, this was the perfect opportunity to use such a story.
Kiryu refers to Nue taken from Japanese folklore for their title track.
- Nue鵺
- Goku Homura獄焔
- Nue Music Video and Making of鵺 MV・メイキング
- Nue鵺
- Goku Homura獄焔
- Nue Multi-Angle Music Video鵺 マルチアングルMV
- Nue鵺
- Goku Homura獄焔
- Gagehachou-Rerecording-蛾ゲハ蝶-再録-
- Nue(inst)鵺(inst)
- Goku Homura(inst)獄焔(inst)
- Gagehachou-Re-recording-(inst)蛾ゲハ蝶-再録-(inst)