{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b346872fcd27dc55e237a3c3","clusterId":"c_2f0193526637b891b2bedb74","slug":"i-don-t-like-mondays-on-black-torch-ending-new-album-friday","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"I Don't Like Mondays. on Black Torch Ending, New Album Friday","summary":"The band I Don't Like Mondays. discussed the ending theme \"Groooovy\" for the TV anime Black Torch in an interview, describing it as a city pop track built around the characters' daily life rather than the main battle. Vocalist YU said the ending, unlike their One Piece opening \"PAINT,\" was written so listeners could sit with the afterglow once an episode ends. The band also released the 18-track album Friday on September 25.","whyItMatters":"The interview shows a band treating an anime ending as a separate craft from an opening, writing toward the quiet after an episode rather than the hook before it, and tying that mood to the FRIDAY NIGHT identity behind its new album.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe band\u0026#39;s second anime theme follows a different brief than its first. \u0026#34;Groooovy\u0026#34; was written on request for Black Torch\u0026#39;s ending, while the One Piece opening \u0026#34;PAINT\u0026#34; came through a competitive submission process, and YU said that difference let the group write freely this time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuitarist CHOJI said the aim was the slightly wistful tone of Showa-era anime endings, with city pop as the base, kept from tipping too far into nostalgia. The production side asked mainly for an intro and for visuals about daily life rather than combat. The album Friday collects 18 tracks and features guests including GAN (Takanori Iwata), NAOTO (ORANGE RANGE), GeG, Taku Takahashi (m-flo), claquepot, and ZEN-LA-ROCK with SHO-SENSEI!!.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"I Don't Like Mondays. wrote \"Groooovy\" around Black Torch's downtime, not the fights, and YU frames it as the opposite of the One Piece opening \"PAINT\": one is built to open a story, the other to let an episode sit after it ends.","twitterPost":"YU says I Don't Like Mondays. wrote \"Groooovy\" for the afterglow of Black Torch, opposite the forward push of their One Piece opening \"PAINT.\"","threadsPost":"I Don't Like Mondays. built \"Groooovy\" for Black Torch around the characters' daily life rather than the main battle, and YU places it against their One Piece opening \"PAINT\": one track pushes a story forward, the other asks listeners to sit with the afterglow once the credits hit.","newsletterBlurb":"I Don't Like Mondays. talked through \"Groooovy,\" the ending theme for the TV anime Black Torch, and how it differs from their One Piece opening \"PAINT.\" The band said the ending was an open request rather than a competition entry, and that it was written around the characters' daily life. Their 18-track album Friday, which includes collaborations with GAN, NAOTO of ORANGE RANGE, GeG, Taku Takahashi, claquepot, and ZEN-LA-ROCK with SHO-SENSEI!!, was released on September 25.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/02/103429.html\",\"title\":\"【I Don't Like Mondays.インタビュー】「終わった後に余韻に浸れる曲を」アニメ『BLACK TORCH』ED「Groooovy」制作秘話　多彩なゲストと作り上げたニュー・アルバム『FRIDAY』をリリース\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6128,"outputTokens":752,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791296530,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T14:18:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T14:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T14:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2f0193526637b891b2bedb74","canonicalTitle":"【I Don’t Like Mondays.インタビュー】「終わった後に余韻に浸れる曲を」アニメ『BLACK TORCH』ED「Groooovy」制作秘話　多彩なゲストと作り上げたニュー・アルバム『FRIDAY』をリリース","representativeArticleId":"a_f2e70bd6b1c55aa880c57c9b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Black Torch\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Groooovy\",\"FRIDAY\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T03:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T03:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T14:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/02/103429.html","title":"【I Don’t Like Mondays.インタビュー】「終わった後に余韻に浸れる曲を」アニメ『BLACK TORCH』ED「Groooovy」制作秘話　多彩なゲストと作り上げたニュー・アルバム『FRIDAY』をリリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Black Torch"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Groooovy","FRIDAY"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}