Hikaru Utada performed Kingdom Hearts music at Coachella 2022

Kingdom Hearts fans have been blessed with a number of blessings in the last few years. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new mainline Kingdom Hearts game, and now, pop artist Hikaru Utada has graced the attendants at Coachella 2022 with a live performance of two tracks from the Kingdom Hearts series: “Simple and Clean” and “Face My Fears.”

Coachella, an annual arts and music festival in California is held every year. It’s known for regularly featuring an all-star line up of performers, with this year bringing in major artists like Doja Cat. Hikaru Utada opened their set at the event with the emotional pop hit, “Simple and Clean” from Kingdom Hearts. Later in the set, Utada sang another fan favorite from the game series, “Face My Fears,” which was created with dubstep artist Skrillex.

Utada was a guest of 88rising’s Head in the Clouds Forever. The archived Coachella footage was not available in some countries at the time this article was published. However, the group will be returning to the Coachella stage the following weekend, so there’s a chance fans will be able to see the performance live on April 23. You can also see the performance in the embedded clips below.

This is Utada performing “Face My Fears” below.

Even though Mickey and Sora weren’t there, this was an unforgettable and nostalgic performance. Utada’s work was widely popularized in the early 2000s, partially due to their music being in Kingdom Hearts, but the singer continues to release new music. Recently, Utada’s music has been part of the Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time soundtrack.

This is just one of many big Kingdom Hearts events. Last year, the series’ protagonist, Sora was announced as the final fighter to join the Super Smash Bros. lineup and the series got a cloud rerelease on the Nintendo Switch. This is the biggest news. Kingdom Hearts IVThe next major installment in the confusing crossover franchise was named as. We can now all scream for Utada, who brought this performance of the most iconic games tracks onto the stage.