Dead End (song)

"Dead End" (Japanese: いきどまり, Hepburn: Ikidomari) is a song by the Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino. It was released by Speedstar Records as a digital single on November 14, 2025. Hoshino wrote and produced the song for the romance film Hiraba no Tsuki upon in-person request from the director and producer during their visit to his home studio. "Dead End" is a ballad featuring only Hoshino's soulful vocals and a piano accompaniment performed by Hirotaka Sakurada. The lyrics depict the first-person perspective of a person's road to acceptance after the eternal departing of another person.

"Dead End" reached numbers 8 and 50 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and Oricon Combined Singles Charts, respectively, and number 1 on both publications' digital-only charts. Music critics in Japan commented on the song's minimalistic arrangement and the emotional themes of its lyrics. A music video, directed by Takuto Okamoto and released alongside the digital single, features Hoshino wandering a night-time city.