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Confronting the Self That Always Found Something Else to Blame

A golf course before dawn. A quiet fairway, still empty. A person stands there, new club in hand — did they come here to play golf, or to run away from something?
That’s where Ikeda Norio’s new single, releasing April 27, begins.

“I Thought a New Club Would Change Everything”
Mistakes piling up at work. A swing that won’t come together. Reaching for new gear because something — anything — has to change.
It’s a feeling most of us have had at least once.
When a test swing feels just right, there’s that rush of certainty: this is it, this will fix things. But somewhere deep down, you already know. That’s not really the answer.
This song captures the moment when someone who has spent so long looking for answers in tools and circumstances finally comes face to face with themselves — on a golf course, in the early morning light.

Golf and Work: The Same Story
Sinking into a bunker. Staring at a ball buried in the rough. And then the wind whispers:
“Don’t run. You know this is you.”
When we blame a bad round on the club, we’re doing the same thing we do at work — pointing at someone else, something else, anything but ourselves. The song draws that parallel deliberately, pulling the listener toward a single, uncomfortable truth: there’s no way through this but to face it.

Where EDM Meets J-Pop
Musically, the track blends the crisp freshness of an early morning with the surge of EDM energy. The release of the chorus, the groove of the drop, the stillness of the bridge — that final hole, one deep breath, one shot — it’s all there in the sound.
Bilingual lyrics, Japanese and English woven together naturally, are a signature of Ikeda Norio’s style. Here too, the words land lightly but hit exactly where they need to.

A Quiet Laugh on the Way Home
At the end of the song, the protagonist walks home alone — and quietly smiles.
“Today felt pretty good, somehow.”
Maybe the score wasn’t great. Maybe nothing at work got resolved. But something shifted. Not a new club in the bag — a new version of themselves, met for the first time.

Release Information
Ikeda Norio — New Single
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Available on Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, and all major streaming platforms.