Music like Hanataba

"Hanataba o Kimi ni" (花束を君に, lit. "A Bouquet For You") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released digitally 15 April 2016, at the same as the single, "Manatsu no Tōriame". The song was the theme to the dorama Toto Neechan. The single is Utada's first release since 2012's Evangelion 3.0 theme song "Sakura Nagashi" and it marks her official comeback to the Japanese music scene.

"Hanataba o Kimi ni" is a soft J-pop ballad featuring prominent strings, as well as a piano and drums. It is one of her few singles to be completely in Japanese, with no English words in it. Lyrically, it speaks about the appreciation felt for a departed person and symbolically sending them a bouquet to show it. During one verse, she talks about how pain and sorrow were vital for love to exist (If there weren't any of the daily secret pains and loneliness / And there were only fun things / Then we got away without feeling anything like love).