Hideo Kojima has been hanging out with CHVRCHES, with fans speculating the band could be associated with the soundtrack to Death Stranding 2.
CHVRCHES were behind the title track to Kojima's 2023 Death Stranding, with Bring Me The Horizon, The S.L.P., Major Lazer and Khalid also contributing tracks to the companion soundtrack, ‘Timefall’.
CHVRCHES went on to do the track live at the 2023 Game Awards and The Late, Late Show.
Now, Hideo Kojima has shared a photograph of him hanging out with the band, leading many to consider CHVRCHES will be involved with Death Stranding 2.
Kojima also shared a photograph with CHVRCHES in December, while his current Instagram story shows him hearing their 2013 single 'The Mother We Share'.
Speaking concerning the original collaboration, CHVRCHES said: “We were really looking forward to the chance to work with Kojima because we've been fans of his work with quite a long time. He's always been such a visionary within the gaming world and we were honoured to be involved in the project.”
“The idea of Death Stranding is really unique and extremely felt to us like it was challenging people to care about the world they've created – in the game and otherwise. We wrote this song especially for Death Stranding, thinking of the themes of the game and what it's trying to say to people,” they continued.
Speaking to Dork, CHVRCHES' Lauren Mayberry said: “It was among those 'can't say no to this' things. We would have been sad when we were unable to do it.”
Following the release of Death Stranding, CHVRCHES revealed it had been “inevitable” they'd will continue to score a whole gaming.
Death Stranding 2, the sequel to Kojima's post-apocalyptic epic, was announced at The 2023 Game Awards last month. The game, which does not currently have a release date, might find the return of Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Troy Baker as Higgs and Léa Seydoux as Fragile while Elle Fanning and Shioli Kutsuna join the cast.
In a recent interview, Kojima confirmed that Death Stranding 2 have been “completely” re-written “from its themes, up”, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was exactly the same with 9/11. Fiction changes when something that big happens,” explained Kojima. “When something takes place that nobody thought was possible, works of fiction written before it become less effective as entertainment.”
CHVRCHES meanwhile are presently in Japan, touring in support of 2023's 'Screen Violence'.
Last year, they told NME they might play some ten-year anniversary shows for debut album 'The Bones Of the items You Believe' in 2023.
