Sonic Frontiers Releases Vocal Ending Song

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Ahead of its November release, Sonic Frontiers has shared a preview of its end credits theme. In many Sonic titles, it's almost a tradition for there to be a vocal theme for the game as a whole, and another different vocal theme for the end credits. Sonic Frontiers is officially no exception to this rule, as players can now hear what one of its vocal themes sound like.

The ending song is «Vandalize» by One Ok Rock, a Japanese rock band. Despite them being a J-Rock band, they've sung «Vandalize» entirely in English with a Japanese version being released alongside the game in Japan. The lyrics of the song fit the story of the title rather well, describing someone's «head being in ruins» and needing to be «rebuilt.» The plot of Sonic Frontiers also shares these themes as the plot found in it has been described as «things take a turn for the dramatic immediately, and Sonic is left alone with a lot of questions» by writer Ian Flynn.

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Players can listen to the preview through a video shared to the official Sonic the Hedgehog social media pages. The preview features clips of the game edited to match the music, which helps emphasize the story elements that the song relates to, such as Sonic's friends like Amy Rose being locked away, and the strange state that Sonic's body is in.

If fans enjoy how the song sounds in the special preview video, then they're in luck as despite how the official Sonic channels have shared a preview, the full song has been uploaded officially by One Ok Rock themselves on YouTube. «Vandalize» is also available in its own single on streaming services such as Spotify. Interestingly, however, One Ok Rock's own version is explicit, so listeners should