RADWIMPS Release Shabadaba as the Theme Song for Japanese Political Drama PoliticaLupin

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RADWIMPS have released Shabadaba, the theme song for the Japanese political entertainment drama PoliticaLupin, and the single is available now worldwide. The show's production team asked the band for a song that would break with the usual drama theme, and frontman Yojiro Noda wrote the track from his own frustrations and anger. The band teased the release with posters at three subway stations in Tokyo, in the heart of Japan's political district. The release also recaps the band's current lineup, their scores for Makoto Shinkai's Your Name., Weathering with You, and Suzume, and their 2025 20th anniversary album Anew.
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RADWIMPS Release Shabadaba as the Theme Song for Japanese Political Drama PoliticaLupin

RADWIMPS have released Shabadaba, the theme song for the Japanese political entertainment drama PoliticaLupin, and the single is available now worldwide. The show's production team asked the band for a song that would break with the usual drama theme, and frontman Yojiro Noda wrote the track...

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[Delivery_Witch]

I been following RADWIMPS since Your Name and this is exactly the shift I wanted from them. Noda putting his real frustration into the lyrics instead of just making a soft drama theme is a good move. Most TV theme songs just blend into background noise but this one sounds like it has a purpose. I watched the first two episodes of PoliticaLupin already and the tone is dark and sharp, so a calm ballad would not fit at all. Glad the production team pushed for something unconventional instead of playing safe. Also the poster placement at actual government station names is funny because it is basically trolling the real political system while promoting a fictional one. Small detail but it shows they thought about marketing the right way

 

[hazel]

Okay the poster stunt at Kokkai gijidomae station is the best part of this whole news for me. Putting political satire posters right where real politicians walk every day takes some guts even if it is just marketing. I respect that.

 

[Bakachu]

Not sure why every article about RADWIMPS has to remind us about Your Name three times. We get it, they are talented, the three Shinkai scores were great, nobody is denying that. I just wish coverage of new songs could stand on its own without constantly pulling from old achievements. Shabadaba sounds like a departure and that deserves its own space instead of being compared again and again to past work.

 

[Kylie]

Noda calling it one of the coolest tracks of his career made me curious instead of skeptical, because he does not usually talk himself up like that in interviews. If the show really has political corruption and a modern Lupin character, a song with some anger behind it makes sense. Dramas with weak themes usually struggle to stay in people memory, so this choice feels calculated in a good way, not just hype talk from a press release.