Ado returns with ‘Angelseek,’ a track where NILFRUITS pens and produces alongside Masashi Uramoto. The song swaps halos for fluorescent glare and asks who we are beneath the fakes.
Released: January 26, 2026
Angelseek
Ado
Angelseek Lyrics English Translation by Ado
NILFRUITS packs the lyrics with plucked feathers, merry-go-rounds, and agate stones, then shouts, ‘Don’t hide, just sing your truth.’ The poet stitches hearts that fear the future to hearts that crave it, daring us to glue our own pieces.
失くしたヘイロウの代わり 蛍光ランプIn place of a lost halo, there’s a fluorescent lamp.
蛍光ランプA fluorescent lamp.
まがい物だらけの時代じゃ光って見えるIn an age that’s full of fakes, it seems to shine.
隠した方が いっそ壊した方がIf I hide it, or maybe even break it,
等身大の『私』で居られる？can I just be my life-sized ‘self’?
明けぬ夜 また乱れた呼吸The night won’t end, and my breathing is ragged again.
孵化したばかりの欲A desire that’s just hatched.
憂いの雨が熱を奪ってくThe melancholy rain is stealing my warmth away.
咲き誇る花の蜜を吸うだけのA life spent just sucking the nectar of a flower in full bloom,
生命なんてどうかしていたI must’ve been out of my mind.
羽根の抜けた僕らはWe, with our plucked feathers,
挑むよ 「WHO AM I？」にchallenge the question, ‘WHO AM I?’
ハリボテだけど 孤独じゃないとIt’s just a facade, but I’m not alone,
言ってしまえばいいI should just go ahead and say it.
未来を避ける心も 望む心もA heart that avoids the future and a heart that longs for it,
切って繋げばいいI’ll just cut and paste them together.
飛び出そうと そうと そうとした時にJust when I tried so, so hard to break free,
地を這っても見限らずI won’t give up, even if I have to crawl on the ground.
射した日の目が温かいならIf the sunlight that breaks through is warm,
あなたを拒む言葉や 恐れる声はthe words that reject you, and the voices filled with fear,
聴かなくてもいいI don’t have to listen to them.
痛みを分ける不幸やThe misery that comes from sharing pain,
分け合う幸は 知らなくてもいいand the happiness from sharing joy, I don’t need to know them.
逃げ出そうと そうと そうとした問いにTo the question I tried so, so hard to escape,
血迷っても辿り着くI’ll find my way there, even if I lose my mind.
合図は笛の音だThe signal is the sound of a whistle.
隠さないで 正を歌っていけDon’t hide, just sing your truth.
閉園間近 駆け込むメリーゴーランドIt’s almost closing time, but I’m running for the merry-go-round.
メリーゴーランドThe merry-go-round.
堂々巡りの機械じゃ 不安は消えぬMy anxiety won’t fade on a machine that just goes in circles.
託した方が いっそ見捨てた方がShould I entrust it to someone, or better yet, just abandon it?
知ったことかAs if I’d know.
曖昧だった『私』も報われるかなI wonder if even my ambiguous ‘self’ will ever be rewarded.
誰も居ない夜 だから目立った呼吸It’s a night with no one around, so my breathing is all you can hear.
自分が自分である事を忘れぬ様にSo I don’t forget that I am who I am,
いつも繕いでるI’m always patching myself up.
咲き誇る花も いつか枯れるからBecause even flowers in full bloom will wither someday,
一瞬 一瞬を生きてたんだと気付くI realize I’ve just been living from one moment to the next.
羽根の抜けた僕らはWe, with our plucked feathers,
刃向かう 付和雷同にrise up against blind conformity.
ハリボテだけど 孤独じゃないとIt’s just a facade, but I’m not alone,
言ってしまえばいいI should just go ahead and say it.
未来を避ける心も 望む心もA heart that avoids the future and a heart that longs for it,
切って繋げばいいI’ll just cut and paste them together.
飛び出そうと そうと そうとした時にJust when I tried so, so hard to break free,
地を這っても見限らずI won’t give up, even if I have to crawl on the ground.
射した日の目が温かいからBecause the sunlight that breaks through is warm,
あなたを拒む言葉や 恐れる声はthe words that reject you, and the voices filled with fear,
効かなくてもいいthey don’t have to affect me.
痛みを分ける不幸やThe misery that comes from sharing pain,
分け合う幸は 知らなくてもいいand the happiness from sharing joy, I don’t need to know them.
逃げ出そうと そうと そうとした問いにTo the question I tried so, so hard to escape,
血迷っても 選び抜くI’ll make my choice, even if I go crazy.
両の目は曇らせないI won’t let my eyes cloud over.
受け止めて 差異も劣もI’ll accept it all, the differences and my own flaws.
合図は笛の音だThe signal is the sound of a whistle.
隠さないで 正を歌っていけDon’t hide, just sing your truth.
彷徨って 混ざり合ってWandering and mixing together,
模様に成った 僕らは瑪瑙we’ve become a pattern—we’re agate.
間違って 磨いてMaking mistakes and polishing ourselves,
輝く瑪瑙だwe’re a shining agate.
彷徨って 混ざり合ってWandering and mixing together,
戻れない日々の残骸も今はeven the wreckage of the days we can’t return to,
まがい物じゃない証でis the proof that we’re not fake.
光っている筈だIt has to be shining now.
Angelseek Music Video
‘Angelseek’ lyrics offer a neon roadmap for anyone patching up identity under blinking convenience-store lights. Ado’s high-rise vocal rides the beat, turning cracked glass into shining agate before the night shift ends.