Biri-Biri
| "Biri-Biri" | ||||
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| Single by Yoasobi | ||||
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| Released | November 18, 2023 | |||
| Genre | Electropop | |||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | Sony Japan | |||
| Songwriter | Ayase | |||
| Producer | Ayase | |||
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| "Biri-Biri" on YouTube English version on YouTube | ||||
"Biri-Biri" (from Japanese ビリビリ, onomatopoeia for electric shock) is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a single on November 18, 2023, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2022 role-playing video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Written by Ayase, the song was based on the novelist Ayano Takeda's short story Kimi to Ameagari o.
An electropop track with video game music elements, "Biri-Biri" is about a bond between rivals, referring to the various Pokémon video games and using numerous Japanese sound symbolism. The 3D-animated music video for the song was directed by Ryō Sasaki and depicts two girls' journey with various Pokémon. Commercially, "Biri-Biri" reached number 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number 19 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart.