Egoist is a Japanese pop music duo consisting ofsongwriter Ryo of Supercell and vocalist Chelly. Originally formed to produce theme music for the 2011 anime television series Guilty Crown, the group continued creating other songs after the end of the series including themes for other anime television series including Psycho-Pass and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Egoist's debut albumExtra terrestrial Biological Entities was released in September 2012.
History
In 2011, Ryo of Supercell was tasked with composing theme music for the anime television series Guilty Crown. That year, Supercell held auditions from May 25 to June 19 for the vocalist on the band's third studio albumZigaexperientia, and Ryo was also searching for the vocalist of Egoist, a fictional band featured in Guilty Crown. Out of about 2,000 candidates, then 17-year-old female singer Chelly was chosen to sing under the persona of the band's vocalist Inori Yuzuriha. Egoist's debut single "Departures " was released on November 30, 2011; the song was used as Guilty Crown first ending theme. Egoist's second single is "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" released on March 7, 2012; the song was used as Guilty Crown second opening theme. Included on Egoist's first two singles are remixes of the title songs by Boom Boom Satellites. Egoist's debut album Extra terrestrial Biological Entities was released on September 19, 2012. Egoist's third single "Namae no Nai Kaibutsu" was released on December 5, 2012; the song is used as the first ending theme to the 2012 anime seriesPsycho-Pass. Egoist's fourth single "All Alone With You" was released on March 6, 2013; the song is used as the second ending theme to Psycho-Pass. Egoist released the digital single "Suki to Iwareta Hi" on November 6, 2013. Egoist's fifth single "Fallen" was released on November 19, 2014; the song is used as the ending theme to the 2014 anime series Psycho-Pass 2. The band's sixth single "Reloaded" was released on November 11, 2015; the song will be used as the theme song to the anime filmGenocidal Organ. Egoist's seventh single "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" was released on May 25, 2016; the song is used as the opening theme to the 2016 anime series Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Egoist moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017. Egoist's eighth single "Eiyū: Unmei no Uta" was released on August 16, 2017; the song is used as the opening theme of the 2017 anime series Fate/Apocrypha. Egoist released the compilation album Greatest Hits 2011-2017 "Alter Ego" on December 27, 2017. In November 2018, Chelly began the process of leaving Egoist to start a solo career. Designer Hayashi drew a logo for the singer, and she has already hired new staff, with whom she will continue her solo career. The domain and the name of the singer's personal Twitter account were also changed. Egoist's ninth single "Sakase ya Sakase" was released on May 15, 2019; the song is used as the theme song for the 2019 anime film Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato.
