"Comedy" (喜劇,Kigeki) (Japanese pronunciation:[kiꜜgeki]) is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriterGen Hoshino from his sixth studio album,Gen (2025). It was released throughSpeedstar Records on April 8, 2022, and used as the ending theme song for the first season of the animeSpy × Family.[1] The song also appeared onFortnite's Soundwave Series.[2] With peak positions at number four onJapan Hot 100 and number 127 onBillboard Global 200, "Comedy" has been certified Gold by theRecording Industry Association of Japan for 100,000 digital sales and Platinum for 100,000,000 streams.
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, throughSpeedstar Records. The song was also featured onFortnite's Soundwave Series for 72 hours, starting from June 9, 2022.[2][3]
"Comedy" is composed in thekey ofC-sharp minor on the verses and the first two chorus, C♯ major on the bridge and inD minor in the final chorus and is set intime signature ofcommon time with a tempo of 88BPM, runs for three minutes and 51 seconds.[4] It was composed and written by Gen Hoshino for the animeSpy × 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" ofLoid, Yor, and Anya inSpy × 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."[3][5][6]
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.[7]
