Global InformationUtsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai information
| "Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai" | ||||
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 Official song cover | ||||
| Single by Yoko Hikasa | ||||
| from the album Couleur | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| B-side | "Starting line" | |||
| Released | May 8, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Length | 4:56[2] | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon | |||
| Composer(s) | Rei Ishizuka | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Mike Sugiyama | |||
| Yoko Hikasa singles chronology | ||||
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"Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai" (Japanese: 美しき残酷な世界, lit. "The Beautiful and Cruel World") is a song by Japanese singer Yoko Hikasa, whose lyrics were written by Mike Sugiyama and music composed by Rei Ishizuka. The song was released on May 8, 2013, as the debut single of Hikasa from Pony Canyon, and is best remembered for its use as the ending theme for the first half of season one of Attack on Titan.
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hikasayoko0414was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "美しき残酷な世界 ［CD+DVD］＜初回限定盤＞" [Beautiful Cruel World [CD+DVD] <First Press Limited Edition>] (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved February 20, 2023.