HYDE to perform new song
Japanese rocker HYDE will perform 'THE ABYSS' from his new album 'JEKYLL' on Music Station on April 17 — the announcement post logged about 4,300 likes and 1,400 reposts. (If you follow Japanese music or festival lineups, that performance is a pinned mid‑April moment to watch.) (x.com)
HYDE is taking a ballad built for strings and cathedral-sized reverb onto one of Japan’s biggest weekly music shows on Friday, April 17. His official site says he will perform “THE ABYSS” from the new album “JEKYLL” on TV Asahi’s “Music Station” during the 9:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m. broadcast in Japan. (hyde.com) That booking stands out because “Music Station” is not a niche late-night slot. TV Asahi lists it as a long-running Friday music program, which makes a first television performance there closer to a national showroom than a routine promo stop. (tv-asahi.co.jp) “THE ABYSS” first arrived as a standalone single on January 29, 2026, which is HYDE’s birthday. HYDE’s official release note describes it as the third entry in the same quiet-world line as 2021 singles “NOSTALGIC” and “FINAL PIECE,” and says the song pairs a grand orchestra with HYDE’s romantic vocal style. (hyde.com) The song then moved from single to album track when “JEKYLL” hit digital services on March 11, 2026. An official YouTube release for “THE ABYSS” identifies it as part of “JEKYLL” and lists that March 11 release date under Universal Music. (youtube.com) The album itself is in a staggered rollout instead of a one-day drop. Universal Music Japan says “JEKYLL” was released digitally on March 11 and will get a compact disc release on May 13, 2026, while HYDE is also in the middle of the “HYDE Orchestra Tour 2026 JEKYLL.” (universal-music.co.jp) That orchestra tour helps explain why “THE ABYSS” is the song being pushed on television. The single announcement calls it a ballad led by large orchestral arrangements, so it fits the exact sound world HYDE has been building around “JEKYLL” this spring. (hyde.com) There is also a visual angle behind the song, not just an audio one. The official music video for “THE ABYSS” was filmed in Salzburg, Austria, where HYDE serves as a tourism ambassador, according to the description on HYDE’s official YouTube upload. (youtube.com) So the April 17 performance is landing at a precise moment in the release calendar: after the digital album launch on March 11, before the physical album arrives on May 13, and while the orchestra tour is still defining the project in public. For fans following Japanese rock releases this month, that makes one television stage the cleanest live snapshot yet of what “JEKYLL” is supposed to be. (universal-music.co.jp)
