{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4ebb12bfd3a6d4fb6ecb64a0","clusterId":"c_3679c597dfecc619e4a06bc1","slug":"layra-s-debut-song-watashi-wa-layra-arrives-ahead-of-belle-stage-project","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"LAYRA's Debut Song 'Watashi wa LAYRA' Arrives Ahead of Belle Stage Project","summary":"The debut song \"Watashi wa LAYRA\" by virtual artist LAYRA was released digitally on Wednesday, September 16. TeddyLoid produced it, with lyrics and music by TeddyLoid and Ryota Saito. miwa, Kon Natsumi, Suzuki Konomi, Miki Maria, and ASCA, who rotate as LAYRA and Kotomi in the anime-immersive live \"Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -,\" sing it. The run is set for October 10 to November 15 at MoN Takanawa in Tokyo.","whyItMatters":"The single, the stage run, and the five-singer rotation are one package: the collaboration moves from a film released years ago into a live format where the same character is performed nightly by different voices.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe song is the opening number for the anime-immersive live \u0026#34;Belle - PROJECT LAYRA,\u0026#34; which runs October 10 to November 15 at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000 in Tokyo. A music video combining footage from the animated film \u0026#34;Belle\u0026#34; with 3DCG was also released at 18:00 on September 16.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe project is a spin-off story set five years after Mamoru Hosoda\u0026#39;s film. In it, Hiro-chan, who produced the diva Belle, finds LAYRA in the virtual world and launches her as a new diva. The venue doubles as the story\u0026#39;s Utopia music festival site, with the audience placed inside that world.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"LAYRA's debut single puts five singers on a track meant to be rotated live, so 'Watashi wa LAYRA' works as a studio recording and a live casting notice at once.","twitterPost":"Five singers share one LAYRA debut track. The song doubles as a casting notice for the Belle - Project LAYRA - rotation.","threadsPost":"LAYRA's debut single 'Watashi wa LAYRA' is sung by miwa, Kon Natsumi, Suzuki Konomi, Miki Maria, and ASCA, the same five who rotate the role on stage. The record doubles as a casting notice for Belle - Project LAYRA - at MoN Takanawa this October.","newsletterBlurb":"The debut song \"Watashi wa LAYRA\" from the virtual artist LAYRA arrived digitally on September 16, produced by TeddyLoid with lyrics and music by TeddyLoid and Ryota Saito. It is the opening song for the anime-immersive live \"Belle - PROJECT LAYRA,\" a spin-off set five years after Mamoru Hosoda's film. Five singers rotate as LAYRA and her real-world counterpart Kotomi during the October 10 to November 15 run in Takanawa, Tokyo.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96565\",\"title\":\"Belle's New Diva LAYRA Debuts with Song Produced by TeddyLoid; miwa and 4 Others to Sing\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4549,"outputTokens":739,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789533903,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T04:41:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T04:43:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T04:43:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3679c597dfecc619e4a06bc1","canonicalTitle":"『竜とそばかすの姫』新たな歌姫LAYRA、デビュー曲をTeddyLoidがプロデュース　miwaら5人が歌唱","representativeArticleId":"a_b21987c8c602f991a34bea3e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Belle\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"LAYRA\",\"TeddyLoid\",\"miwa\",\"Kon Natsumi\",\"Konomi Suzuki\",\"Mikimaria\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T03:22:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T03:22:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T04:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96565","title":"『竜とそばかすの姫』新たな歌姫LAYRA、デビュー曲をTeddyLoidがプロデュース　miwaら5人が歌唱"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Belle"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -"],"studios":[],"people":["LAYRA","TeddyLoid","miwa","Kon Natsumi","Konomi Suzuki","Mikimaria"],"type":"release","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}