Indie / art rock with an art-pop nervous system and enough noir shimmer to light up a pedalboard at 3 a.m., CLAN QUEEN’s MV for 「無花果」 (Ichijiku / Fig) lands as a beautifully strange pre-release signal flare. The title’s “fig” symbolism gives the track a deliciously literary tension—sweet flesh, hidden seeds, and the kind of emotional interiority this band weaponizes so well. Best of all for release-cycle detectives, this is not a standalone drop: the song is confirmed as the advance release from their first major-label triple A-side single “Secret Empire.
