Prior to the release of the song, the band Linked Horizon had made multiple songs for the anime series Attack on Titan since beginning in 2013, including the openings "Guren no Yumiya" for season one and "Shinzō wo Sasageyo!" for season two.[1][2][3] Alongside the opening to the anime season titled "The Last Titan" the release of the song marked the first time in four and a half years the band created a new song.[4][2] The song features vocals performed by Yui Ishikawa and Yuki Kaji, who voiced the characters Mikasa Ackerman and Eren Yeager in the anime respectively.[5]
The song was released under a Pony Canyon label on 5 November 2023 as the ending theme for Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters (Part 2). The song first aired on NHK General TV as part of the anime's finale,[1] and shortly afterwards was released to various streaming platforms.[6] The following day on 6 November, the terms "Linked Horizon" and "Revo" trended on the Japanese language X (formerly Twitter), in relation with the release of the song.[7] On 20 November, information about the production of the song was shared by Linked Horizon in a video podcast on Spotify, also marking the first original Japanese content to be released in this form by the audio streaming company.[8]
Charts
Weekly chart performance for "To You 2,000... or... 20,000 Years From Now..."
^ ab"Linked Horizon、およそ4年振りとなる新曲がTVアニメ『進撃の巨人』のタイアップで2曲連続リリース決定!" [Linked Horizon has decided to release two new songs in a row in collaboration with the TV anime "Attack on Titan", their first new song in about 4 years!] (in Japanese). Lis Ani! [ja]. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^"Linked Horizon「進撃の巨人」完結編の主題歌&オープニングテーマに4年半ぶり新曲" [New song for the first time in four and a half years as the theme song and opening theme for the final chapter of Linked Horizon's "Attack on Titan"] (in Japanese). Natalie. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.