MILLENNIUM PARADE‘s first new song in nearly two years, ‘Blue’ has been released today. The cover art for the track has also been unveiled above.
‘Blue’ is the ending theme for the TV anime The Ghost in the Shell, and will be available on all DSPs following the broadcast of the anime’s premiere episode on July 7th.
‘Blue’ features globally acclaimed artists Saya Gray and Daniel Caesar. The project originally began around three years ago through sessions between Daiki Tsuneta and Saya Gray, before evolving into its final form with Daniel Caesar joining the collaboration.
In addition, the cover art for ‘Blue’, was created by MILLENNIUM PARADE member Cota Mori.
Daiki Tsuneta and Saya Gray say: “This track ‘Blue’ was first created three years ago in the studio with Saya, and has reached its completion through Danny joining, whom I met while travelling. I’ve always admired the sheer talent of these two musicians, and the completed track has turned out to be truly incredible so I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
Daiki Tsuneta “Working with Daniel and Daiki was spicy fun and the blending of worlds and cultures is very exciting.”
Saya Gray In addition, the fourth anime promotional video featuring “Blue” has also been released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGEOg3bbIc
In their own words… MILLENNIUM PARADE is a crew of creatives led by Daiki Tsuneta (King Gnu), merging music, video, digital art and more to make dazzling works capturing the chaotic clash of cultures in modern Tokyo.
After releasing the single ‘Veil’ under the name “millennium parade” in 2019, they released their debut album ‘THE MILLENNIUM PARADE’ in the midst of COVID pandemic in 2021. They continued their activities in various fields, including collaborations with DIOR and serving as the theme song for the globally acclaimed Japanese animation ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’. In May 2024, they officially changed their name to “MILLENNIUM PARADE”.
With the name change, they also fulfilled contracts with prestigious overseas labels, attracting significant attention as an artist of the times. The next era of MILLENNIUM PARADE finds Tsuneta and company building an even more immersive artistic world.
About Saya Gray
Japanese-Canadian artist Saya Gray has a unique ability to create a collage of sounds that feel both comforting and disorienting, vast yet intimate. Her first releases, 2022’s ‘19MASTERS’ , 2023’s ‘QWERTY I’ and 2024’s ‘QWERTY II’ were made in periods of intense isolation, and as Saya herself describes it, she puts ‘1000 personalities in one song’. It’s this unfiltered, frenzied approach to her art that she feels is necessary to reclaim her sense of self in an ever changing world – and in the process marking her as one of the most exciting, up and coming musicians operating today. 2025 was a landmark year for Saya as she released her debut album ’SAYA” – by far her most personal and intimate project to date.
Official Website: https://www.sayagray.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sayagray/
