The voice behind one of Attack On Titan's most talked-about ending themes is heading to Thailand. Japanese singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi performs "Akuma No Ko — Ai Higuchi Live In Bangkok" this Friday at The Street Hall on The Street Ratchada, marking her first-ever live show for a Thai audience.
If the name rings a bell, it's almost certainly through "Akuma No Ko", the ending theme for Attack On Titan: The Final Season, Part 2. Released in 2022, the song became a favourite among anime fans worldwide thanks to Higuchi's distinctively husky, powerful vocals layered over expressive piano lines. The lyrics dig into the moral conflicts at the heart of the series — justice and sacrifice, good versus evil — which is exactly why the pairing works so well. The anime itself, based on Hajime Isayama's manga, follows humanity's fight for survival against man-eating Titans, and it grows steadily darker as questions of freedom, loyalty and violence pile up. Higuchi's song captures a lot of that emotional weight.
Her connection to the franchise doesn't stop there. She later contributed "Itterasshai" to Attack On Titan: The Final Chapters, and her more recent work includes "What Now Burns Within My Chest?", the ending theme for the anime Snowball Earth. In other words, Friday's setlist should lean heavily into anime material — a rare treat for fans used to hearing these songs only through their headphones.
Higuchi has been building toward this kind of career for a while. Born in 1989, she started with classical piano at age two before moving on to violin, drums, guitar and vocal training. She made her major-label debut in 2016 with the album "160 Degrees". Beyond performing, she's an established composer and lyricist, writing for other artists across the Japanese music industry. Her signature is piano-driven arrangements paired with a soaring voice and lyrics rooted in everyday experience and complicated emotions.
For travellers, this is one of those happy coincidences: if you happen to be in Bangkok this week, you can catch a genuinely significant anime music event without flying to Japan. The Street Ratchada is easy to reach on the city's metro, sits in one of the capital's liveliest entertainment districts, and there's plenty of street food and night-market action around the venue to fill the hours before the show. Anime fandom runs deep in Thailand, so expect an enthusiastic, singing-along crowd rather than a polite sit-down audience.
Even if you can't make the date, it's a signal of how Bangkok keeps landing major Japanese music acts — worth watching if anime culture shapes where you travel.
