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"unravel"
"unravel"
	Cover art
Single by TK from Ling tosite sigure
from the album Fantastic Magic
A-side	"unravel"
B-side	"Fu re te Fu re ru"; "Acoustic Installation";
Released	July 23, 2014
Studio	Studio 4; Tuppence House i's Studio;
Genre	Post-hardcore; alternative metal;
Length	15:10
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Songwriter(s)	TK
Producer(s)	TK
TK from Ling tosite sigure singles chronology
Music video
	"unravel" on YouTube

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"unravel" is the first solo single by Tōru "TK" Kitajima, from the band Ling tosite Sigure. "unravel" was released on July 23, 2014 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.^[1]

Background

"unravel" is used as the opening theme for the anime series Tokyo Ghoul.^[2] When the song was released on Spotify, the song has been streamed more than 11.6 million times in just nine months. The song is so popular among international audience that its number of monthly listeners in the U.S. is bigger than in Japan.^[3]

Mary's Blood recorded a heavy metal version of the song for their 2020 cover album Re>Animator.^[4]

Track list

All tracks are written by TK

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"unravel"	4:00
2.	"Fu re te Fu re ru"	3:38
3.	"Acoustic Installation"	6:04
4.	"unravel" (TV edit)	1:30
Total length:		15:10

Credits and personnel

Adapted from "unravel" liner notes.^[5]

Production

TK – arranger, producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
Fumiaki Unehara – assistant engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering engineer

Musicians

TK – vocals (tracks 1, 2), guitar (all tracks)
BOBO – drums (tracks 1, 3)
Hidekazu Hinata "Hinatch" – bass (all tracks)
Mamiko Hirai – piano (all tracks)
Takashi Kashikura – drums (track 2)
Honoka Sato – violin (track 3)
Kei Sakamoto – flute (track 3)

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)^[6]	9
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)^[7]	6

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan Physical	—	10,112^[8]
Japan (RIAJ)^[9] Digital	Platinum	250,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee/work	Result
2015	Newtype Anime Awards	Best Theme Song	"unravel" (from anime Tokyo Ghoul)	9th place^[10]

References

^ "TK from 凛として時雨、7/23リリースのSg『unravel』のビジュアルを公開" [TK from Ling Tosite Sigure releases the visual for "unravel" on 7/23]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
^ Loveridge, Lynzee (June 1, 2014). "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, People In The Box perform 'Tokyo Ghoul' Songs - News - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
^ "How Anime Has Helped Japanese Music Go Global". Spotify Newsroom. NOVEMBER 20, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Mary's Blood、アニソンカバーアルバムをリリース". Barks.jp (in Japanese). July 10, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^ ""unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure". MusicBrainz. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
^ "unravel | TK from 凛として時雨" [unravel | TK from Ling Tosite Sigure]. Oricon (in Japanese). August 4, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
^ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. August 9, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
^ "週間シングルランキング 2014年08月04日付（2014年07月21日～2014年07月27日）" [Weekly single ranking August 4, 2014 (July 21, 2014–July 27, 2014)] (in Japanese). Oricon. August 4, 2014. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "Japanese digital single certifications – unravel" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2016年8月 on the drop-down menu
^ "ニュータイプアニメアワード2015" [2015 Newtype Anime Awards]. Newtype (in Japanese). October 12, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

External links

"unravel" at Discogs
"unravel" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[1] "TK from 凛として時雨、7/23リリースのSg『unravel』のビジュアルを公開" [TK from Ling Tosite Sigure releases the visual for "unravel" on 7/23]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[MyUser_Animenewsnetwork.com_April_26_2016c-2] Loveridge, Lynzee (June 1, 2014). "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, People In The Box perform 'Tokyo Ghoul' Songs - News - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[3] "How Anime Has Helped Japanese Music Go Global". Spotify Newsroom. NOVEMBER 20, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Mary's Blood、アニソンカバーアルバムをリリース". Barks.jp (in Japanese). July 10, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

[5] ""unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure". MusicBrainz. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[6] "unravel | TK from 凛として時雨" [unravel | TK from Ling Tosite Sigure]. Oricon (in Japanese). August 4, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2018.

[7] "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. August 9, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2018.

[Unravel_CD-8] "週間シングルランキング 2014年08月04日付（2014年07月21日～2014年07月27日）" [Weekly single ranking August 4, 2014 (July 21, 2014–July 27, 2014)] (in Japanese). Oricon. August 4, 2014. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[Unravel_DL-9] "Japanese digital single certifications – unravel" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2016年8月 on the drop-down menu

[10] "ニュータイプアニメアワード2015" [2015 Newtype Anime Awards]. Newtype (in Japanese). October 12, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

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+"unravel" is used as the opening theme for the anime series ''[[Tokyo Ghoul]]''.<ref name="MyUser_Animenewsnetwork.com_April_26_2016c">{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-01/tk-from-ling-tosite-sigure-people-in-the-box-perform-tokyo-ghoul-songs/.75089 |title=TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, People In The Box perform 'Tokyo Ghoul' Songs - News - Anime News Network |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date= June 1, 2014 |author=Loveridge, Lynzee |access-date= April 26, 2016}}</ref> When the song was released on Spotify, the song has been streamed more than 11.6 million times in just nine months. The song is so popular among international audience that its number of monthly listeners in the U.S. is bigger than in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=NOVEMBER 20, 2018 |title=How Anime Has Helped Japanese Music Go Global |url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-11-20/big-in-japan-how-anime-has-helped-japanese-music-go-global/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 9, 2023 |website=[[Spotify Newsroom]]}}</ref>
 [[Mary's Blood]] recorded a heavy metal version of the song for their 2020 cover album ''Re>Animator''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mary's Blood、アニソンカバーアルバムをリリース | url = https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000185532 | language = ja | work = Barks.jp |date= July 10, 2020| access-date = September 20, 2020}}</ref>

v t e Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida
Characters
Media	Chapters Episodes Season 1 √A :re
Games	Tokyo Ghoul: The Fool Tokyo Ghoul: carnaval Tokyo Ghoul: Jail Tokyo Ghoul: re Invoke Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist
Live-action	Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul S
Related	"Unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure