There’s a specific kind of emptiness that “たりない Still Not Enough” is built around: the feeling of never quite measuring up, no matter what you do.
muque’s new single accompanies the return of the TV anime LIAR GAME as its new ending theme, and it arrives on the back of a run most bands would call a career highlight, not a stopover. The three-piece band’s second full-length album “GLHF” dropped in April, followed by a 14-location tour across Japan and a five-country Asia Tour that ran through Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Seoul, wrapping up this weekend. “たりない Still Not Enough” isn’t a pause in that momentum. It’s the next beat in it.
Sonically, the track pulls straight from 80s city pop, that warm, slightly melancholic groove built for late-night drives, then filters it through muque’s own instinct for hooks that stick. The result doesn’t sound retro for its own sake. It sounds like a band using an old feeling to say something new.
Lyrically, the song sits inside the word “たりない” itself, an emptiness that never quite fills, a feeling of always falling short. That’s not a vague mood board. It’s a direct line to Akiyama, the LIAR GAME character defined by exactly that kind of solitude, someone who wins and still ends up alone. muque didn’t write a song that plays over the show. They wrote one that thinks like its main character.
About muque
muque is a three-piece band consisting of Asakura (vocals and guitar), takachi (drums and track-making), and Kenichi (guitar).
The core of their creative process revolves around takachi, who serves as the drummer and drives the track-making and arrangements, and Asakura, who shapes the tracks with her toplining and lyrics.
Their signature appeal lies in the synergy of their individual styles: takachi crafts highly contemporary tracks inspired by global sounds, stretching far beyond the US and UK to incorporate Asian global beats, while Asakura weaves a poignant lyrical world over melodies infused with a subtle, traditional Japanese essence. Brought to life by Asakura’s emotional vocal delivery, these elements blend to create a completely distinct sonic universe.
The name “muque” is a clever play on musique (the French word for music) and muku (the Japanese word for “pure” or “innocent”). Because muku signifies being unblemished, the name embodies their core philosophy: to create “untainted music” and stubbornly pursue the exact sound they want, entirely uninfluenced by the trends around them.
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