Shinunoga E-Wa is a song by Japanese artist Fujii Kaze and is about rather dying than losing a lover. The song has an old Japanese style of lyrics called Showa but a modern melody and beat. I discovered the song in the fall of 2022 when a friend introduced it to me. Although the song was released a couple of years prior the song blew up in Thailand and all over the world in 2022. I chose this song because the friend who introduced it to me was my roommate from when I studied abroad in Rome, Italy so it is a bit sedimental for our friendship.