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"Michi" (道, lit. "Road") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru, from her 2016 album Fantôme. It was released on the main Japanese radio stations on September 13, 2016, and digitally on September 16, 2016. "Michi" is an up-tempo j-pop song with an arrangement made entirely out of electronic synthesizers and drums. Apart from a few anglicisms and three lines in its chorus, it is completely in Japanese. It features an optimistic melody, while its lyrics talk about the singer walking a "lonely road", even though she couldn't feel completely alone, as the memory of the person she lost is still with her and guiding her through dark times. In an interview, she explained that it is a "danceable" song, meant to "reiterate that she is doing okay" after the loss of her mother 藤圭子 (Keiko Fuji) to suicide in 2013. Bradley Stern from pop music website MuuMuse found "Michi" surprising, compared to the more "muted tone" of the previously released singles from Fantôme; instead playing like "a continuation of 2010's "Goodbye Happiness", even down to similar-sounding melodies".
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