2V-ALK

2V-ALK (pronounced "walk") is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017 through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC.^[2] 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".

2V-ALK
Studio album by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Released	20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)
Studio	Studio Sound Valley HeartBeat. Recording Studio Studio GreenBird LAB Recorders Sound City Annex Sound City Setagaya ABS Recording
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	68:48
Label	SACRA MUSIC
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
o1 (2015) 2V-ALK (2017) R∃/MEMBER (2019)
Singles from 2V-ALK
"Into the Sky" Released: 26 June 2016 (2016-06-26) "CRYst-Alise" Released: 8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) "e of s" Released: 30 December 2016 (2016-12-30) "gravityWall" Released: 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) "sh0ut" Released: 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) "Club Ki3ε" Released: 29 August 2017 (2017-08-29) (promotional)[1]

The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.^[3]

Background

"Into the Sky" was used in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme.^[4][5]

"CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game VALHAITRISING.^[6]

"e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero, while "ninelie <cry-v>" was used as the ending theme for the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.^[7]

"gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series Re:Creators, while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme.^[8]

"Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game Border Break.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by	Length
1.	"1ntr0duct10n"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	1:59
2.	"Amazing Trees"	Hiroyuki Sawano Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:46
3.	"gravityWall"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	3:46
4.	"e of s"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:50
5.	"Club Ki3ε"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	3:57
6.	"VV-ALK"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:22
7.	"rabBIThole"	Yosh	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	3:59
8.	"ninelie <cry-v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer	5:06
9.	"sh0ut"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	4:05
10.	"ViEW"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:30
11.	"mio MARE <2v-alk_v>"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	4:22
12.	"CRYst-Alise"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	5:15
13.	"Next 2 U -eUC-"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:naNami	4:04
14.	"HERE I AM <2v-alk_v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	4:01
15.	"Into the Sky"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	3:50
16.	"pian0s0l0"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	3:54
17.	"ëmot1on"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Eliana	4:12
Total length:				68:48

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano

Credits

Adapted from Booklet.^[10]

Production Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer Kei Izawa – assistant engineer Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer Erika Shimada – assistant engineer Yuji Chinone – mastering Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer Aya Murakami – hair & make-up Yuko Mori – products coordination Toru Takeuchi – a&r Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion Keiichi Tonomura – supervise

Vocals Aimer – vocals (track 8) Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17) Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14) mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10) naNami – vocals (track 13) Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6) Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11) Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10) Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17) Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) Kohta Yamamoto – background vocals (track 4) Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) Instruments Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17) Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2-14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks) Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2-4, 9, 13) Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14) Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-13, 15) Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15)

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