() is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino from his sixth studio album, Gen (2025). It was released through Speedstar Records on April 8, 2022, and used as the ending theme song for the first season of the anime Spy × Family. The song also appeared on Fortnite Soundwave Series. With peak positions at number four on Japan Hot 100 and number 127 on Billboard Global 200, "Comedy" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for 100,000 digital sales and Platinum for 100,000,000 streams.
Background and release On March 17, 2022, Spy × Family official website announced that Gen Hoshino will be performing the ending theme for the anime with "Comedy", premiering on April 9, 2022. It was released as a digital single in Japan on April 8, 2022, through Speedstar Records. The song was also featured on Fortnite Soundwave Series for 72 hours, starting from June 9, 2022.
Composition and lyrics "Comedy" is composed in the key of C-sharp minor on the verses and the first two chorus, C♯ major on the bridge and in D minor in the final chorus and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 88 BPM, runs for three minutes and 51 seconds. It was composed and written by Gen Hoshino for the anime Spy × Family, with idea of family while being conscious of the sense of family that the story has. "I wrote this song while thinking about the "family" of Loid, Yor, and Anya in Spy × Family and the meaning of the word 'family'," Hoshino says of the song. "While listening to the completed song, I feel that the song is very suitable for the coming warm season when trees are lush and flowers are blooming."
Music video The music video for "Comedy" was released on May 5, 2022, and directed by MESS. It depicts a form of a certain 'family' in which Hoshino and mysterious creatures live together and go about their daily lives.
Personnel Gen Hoshino – vocals, lyrics, composer, arranger, piano, synthesizer Mabanua – bass, vibraphone, piano, analog synthesizer, co-arranger Ryosuke Nagaoka – guitar, backing vocals, background vocals arranger Shojiro Watanabe – mixing Takahiro Uchida – mastering Satoshi Goto – assistant Manabe Hiroshi – assistant
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Comedy" Chart (2022) Peakposition Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan) 2 Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) 11 Taiwan (Billboard) 21
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "Comedy" Chart (2022) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 50 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan) 13
Certifications and sales
Awards and nominations + Awards and nominations for "Comedy" Ceremony Year Award Result 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 Best Anime Song Best Ending Sequence
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