Botakura sings Umbrella, while Kent Mitani writes lyrics, Siyo and Tomo Yazawa produce the music, and Yuki Morikawa, Daiki Iimura, and Yu Sasaki arrange the tune. The song lives on S’more, showing a rainy season that ends yet leaves eyelids wet. Botakura mentions a withered flower in the vase, a gesture that brings calm amid storm.
Released: January 29, 2025
Umbrella
Botakura. • From “S’more”
Umbrella Lyrics Translation – S’more Soundtrack
Botakura says, ‘Rain sounds like a hidden friend.’ The lyric pulls a withered flower from a vase, a fragile bloom that keeps the mind at ease. Verse after verse records birthdays where a whole cake waited, symbolizing a promise kept each year.
Kabin kara ichirin shioreta hana o naderuI stroke a single withered flower from the vase;
Mou modoranai yo demo ki ga yasumaruit won’t ever return, but it puts my mind at ease.
Kawanakanai mabuta o nokoshite tsuyu ga akeruThe rainy season ends, leaving my eyelids still wet,
Tane mo makanaide mata me ga deru yo ne da nanteand I say things like, “New sprouts’ll grow even without seeds.”
Nande omoeru n daHow could I even think like that?
Kakugo mo nai de chirakashita yume gaThe dreams I scattered without any resolve
Uzukumatte mo osotte kuru yokeep haunting me even when I’m curled up small,
Kabau kimi ga ame ni utaretetawhile you were there protecting me, drenched by the rain.
UmbrellaUmbrella,
Itsumo boku o kakushite kuretayou always kept me hidden away.
Ameoto ga chikai naThe sound of the rain’s so close,
Kimi o kakikesu yoit’s drowning you out.
Kaaten ga yurete karappo na karada o sukashitaThe curtains sway, revealing my hollow body in the light.
Kinou no namida ga uso no you niYesterday’s tears feel like a lie now;
Nante koto wa nai you na ki ga shite kita hirugoroby midday, it feels like nothing’s wrong at all.
Kimi no ude no naka wa awai boku no okubyou o yoku tsutsundaYour arms used to wrap tightly around my faint cowardice.
Dou shiyou mo nai boku daI’m just beyond help.
Kimi no akai me kara me o sorashitaI looked away from your bloodshot eyes,
Shiroku natta hyoujou niand at your expression that’d turned so pale,
Doko ka kirei ni natta ne da nanteI even said, “You’ve somehow become so beautiful.”
Every year on my birthday you would prepare a whole cake for meEvery year on my birthday, you’d prepare a whole cake for me;
You would say that’s what i wanted in my childhoodyou’d say that’s what I wanted when I was a kid.
Everything is fineEverything’s fine.
Mata amegumo ga omoku natteThe rain clouds are getting heavy again,
Hoho o nurasu n dadrenching my cheeks.
Kimi no sunao sa mada koishii yoI still miss your honesty so much.
So rain is heavenlySo rain is heavenly.
Hai o tsukande mo kaware nai no ni na no niEven if I grab the ashes, I can’t change, and yet
Nando mo omou n daI think about it over and over:
Kimi o aiseta boku o ikitai toI want to live as the version of me who loved you.
UmbrellaUmbrella,
Itsumo soba de kagayaidetayou were always shining right by my side.
Kimi wa mou inai n daBut you aren’t here anymore,
Kumo ga hodokete kuas the clouds begin to break apart.
UmbrellaUmbrella,
Itsumo soba de sashite kuretayou always held it over me.
Ame ga hikatte kirei daThe rain’s sparkling and beautiful,
Kimi ga yubisasu houin the direction you’re pointing.
Umbrella Music Video
The meaning behind ‘Umbrella’ is a self reflection under rain, and Umbrella features botakura and is part of S’more.