HANA

“I want to share HANA as an affirmation of our humanity,” HANA member CHIKA tells Apple Music about the group’s eponymous first album. Formed in 2025, HANA brings together seven members selected through No No Girls, the group audition project launched by BMSG in collaboration with rapper-singer Chanmina. Following their first single “Drop” in January 2025, HANA released a string of new songs throughout the year, each generating major buzz. With seven distinct personalities, the members of HANA clash with and elevate one another so that the group bloom as one despite their differences. “I want people to really feel why the seven of us are together,” NAOKO says. Here, CHIKA and NAOKO walk us through several tracks from the album. “Drop” NAOKO: “This is a simple, cool song that lets us go back to our roots. It was the first song we filmed a music video for—we were constantly reassuring each other. It really made me feel that this was the true beginning of HANA.” “ROSE” CHIKA: “After going through No No Girls and debuting as HANA, I felt this was the only song we could start with. I sing it wanting to show something real and human.” NAOKO: “You can really feel the conviction in Chanmina’s lyrics—that HANA will absolutely bloom, that we’ll be all right. All of us have put in some hard work. It’s become a real source of strength for me.” “Burning Flower” NAOKO: “We worked out the choreography together, with CHIKA taking the lead. The song went through quite a few versions before its release, and each time we adjusted the routine accordingly—we were putting everything into it.” CHIKA: “It was so hard that by the end, we all just burst out laughing. I think that might have been the moment we really became close. And by the way, the scene in the music video where I breathe fire isn’t CGI—I actually did it.” “Blue Jeans” NAOKO: “At first I found the lyrics and melody thrilling, but the more I got to know the song, the more I began to understand how Chanmina must have fe