Ankōru / アンコール

**Ankōru / アンコール** (Encore) is YOASOBI's eighth song, released on January 6, 2021, alongside THE BOOK, however released as a single on July 2, 2021 with it's English equivalent releasing alongside E-SIDE on November 12, 2021.

## Song Information

Encore is based off of the short story titled, ***Sekai no Owari to. Sayonara no Uta*** (***The End of the World, and the Goodbye Song***).

Popularity wise, the song earned the 177th spot on the Global 200 Billboard and the 8th spot on the Japan Hot 100. It also got over 100,000,000 streams, and to celebrate, on July 2, 2021, it was released as a promotional single.

## Novel Information

**Sekai no Owari to. Sayonara no Uta** (**世界の終わりと、さようならのうた**) is a novel by Kanami Minakami that won the YOASOBI Contest Vol. 1. It is a short story about a man and a woman vowing to play instruments together until the world ends, which is supposedly the next day.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* Official English

明日世界は終わるんだって

君にはもう会えないんだって

またいつかって手を振ったって

叶わないんだよ

仕方ないね

明日世界は終わるんだって

それならもう

その時まで何度でもずっと

好きな音を鳴らそう

薄暗闇に包まれた

見覚えのない場所、目を覚ます

ここは夜のない世界

今日で終わる世界

そんな日にあなたに出会った

好きにしていいと

それだけ残して

何処かへゆく

あなたの音が遠ざかってく

そしてまたひとり

淀んだ空気の中で

ありふれたあの日々をただ思い返す

終わりが来ることを待つ世界で

辛い過去も嫌な記憶も

忘れられないメロディーも

今日でさよなら

ひとり車を走らせる

営みの消えた街の中を

明日にはもう終わる今日に

何を願う

何を祈る

何処かから不意に

微かに聞こえてきたのは

ピアノの音

遠い日の音

誘われるままに

呼吸を合わせるように

重ねた音

心地良くて

懐かしくて

幾つも溢れてくる

いつしか蓋をして閉じ込めていた記憶

奏でる音が連れてきた思い出

気が付けば止まったピアノ

いつの間にか流れた涙

続きを鳴らそう

ありふれたあの日々をただ思い返す

終わりが来ることを待つ世界で

辛い過去も嫌な記憶も

忘れられないメロディーも

さよならなんだ

今ここで好きなようにただ音を鳴らす

最後の日に二人きりの街で

ありふれたあの日々をただ想い奏でる音が

重なり響く

明日世界は終わるんだって

明日世界は終わるんだって

もしも世界が終わらなくって

明日がやってきたなら

ねえ、その時は二人一緒に

なんて

Ashita sekai wa owarundatte

Kimi ni wa mou aenaindatte

Mata itsukatte te wo futtatte

Kanawanainda yo

Shikatanai ne

Ashita sekai wa owarundatte

Sorenara mou

Sono toki made nando demo zutto

Sukina oto wo narasou

Usukurayami ni tsutsumareta

Mioboe no nai basho, me wo samasu

Koko wa yoru no nai sekai

Kyou de owaru sekai

Sonna hi ni anata ni deatta

Suki ni shite ii to

Soredake nokoshite

Dokoka e yuku

Anata no oto ga touzakatteku

Soshite mata hitori

Yodonda kuuki no naka de

Arifureta ano hibi wo tada omoikaesu

Owari ga kuru koto wo matsu sekai de

Tsurai kako mo iya na kioku mo

Wasurerarenai melody mo

Kyou de sayonara

Hitori kuruma wo hashiraseru

Itonami no kieta machi no naka wo

Ashita ni wa mou owaru kyou ni

Nani wo negau?

Nani wo inoru?

Dokoka kara fui ni

Kasuka ni kikoetekita no wa

Piano no oto

Tooi hi no oto

Sasowareru mama ni

Kokyuu o awaseru you ni

Kasaneta oto

Kokochiyokute

Natsukashikute

Ikutsu mo afuretekuru

Itsushika futa wo shite tojikometeita kioku

Kanaderu oto ga tsuretekita omoide

Ki ga tsukeba tomatta piano

Itsu no manika nagareta namida

Tsuzuki wo narasou

Arifureta ano hibi o tada omoikaesu

Owari ga kuru koto wo matsu sekai de

Tsurai kako mo iya na kioku mo

Wasurerarenai melody mo

Sayonara nanda

Ima koko de suki na you ni tada oto wo narasu

Saigo no hi ni futari kiri no machi de

Arifureta ano hibi o tada omoi kanaderu oto ga

Kasanari hibiku

Ashita sekai wa owarundatte

Ashita sekai wa owarundatte

Moshimo sekai ga owaranakutte

Ashita ga yattekita nara

Nee, sono toki wa futari issho ni

Nante

The world is ending tomorrow so they say

I can’t see you any longer so they say

Even if I wave goodbye and say see you again

It won’t come true

And there’s no more to it

The world is ending tomorrow so they say

If that’s true, you know

I’ll keep on playing the sound I like

Until the day the world ends

Enveloped in a shroud of gloom

I wake up in the unknown place

This is the nightless world

The world that’s ending today

I happened to meet you then

“Whatever you like”

You’re going somewhere

Just leaving that message

Your voice is getting farther

And I’m alone again

Out in the stagnant air

I just look back on those ordinary days

In the world where the ending awaits

Agonizing past and hateful memories

Unforgettable melodies

Today, I’ll say them goodbye

I drive my car by myself

Through the streets with no business

Today is going to end tomorrow

What am I wishing for?

What am I praying for?

Unexpectedly from nowhere

Something I could barely hear

The sound of the piano

The sound of the long-ago day

As you lead me

As you align your breath with mine

The matching sound

It feels nice

It takes me back

Constantly overflowing

The memories I one day put a lid on and locked up

The memories the playing sounds brought back

Before I noticed it, the piano stopped playing

Before I knew it, the tears came out

Come keep on ringing them

I just look back on those ordinary days

In the world where the ending awaits

Agonizing past and hateful memories

Unforgettable melodies

It’s time to say goodbye

Here and now, I’m just playing every sound that I like

On the very last day, in the town where I’m alone with you

The sound to think back on those ordinary days and keep playing

It echoes, overlapped on another

The world is ending tomorrow so they say

The world is ending tomorrow so they say

Even if the world isn’t going to end

When tomorrow comes

Hey, do you wanna go with me?

Just kidding

## Video

YOASOBI「アンコール」Official Music VideoOriginal Japanese