Belle Project Layra Debut Song Released With Vocals By Five Singers
The debut song "Watashi wa LAYRA" by the virtual artist LAYRA was released digitally on Wednesday, September 16. TeddyLoid produced the track and wrote its lyrics and music with music creator Ryota Saito, with TeddyLoid handling arrangement. Five singers share vocal duties: miwa, Natsumi Konomi, Konomi Suzuki, Maria Miki, and ASCA. The song is the opening number for the animmersive live show "Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -," which runs from Saturday, October 10 to Sunday, November 15 at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000 in Takanawa, Tokyo. The show is a spin-off story set five years after Mamoru Hosoda's film "Belle." In it, Hiro-chan <As>, who produced the diva Belle in the film, finds a new artist, LAYRA, in the virtual world <U> and launches her as a new diva. The five performers alternate by day as LAYRA and as Kotomi, her real-world origin. A music video combining footage from the film with 3DCG also released at 18:00.