It sounds like there will be more than one version
This is called the LDN version and the strings were recorded at Abbey Road Studio by London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Me and Zero are putting bets on the other version being called the TYO (Tokyo) version and appearing at either Kouhaku or the Olympics.
I'm personally guessing she's gonna somehow fuck that one up. With like autotune or crappy Honnou remix style stuff. She can't NOT fuck it up anymore.
Also, on Natalie:
https://natalie.mu/music/news/353696
Ringo makes a comment along the lines of 'being tied up for 20 years in domestic product and now has the opportunity to write more freely in the future'. Is this confirmation on the theory going around that all these releases were just contract killers?
If it means more songs like this one with Hikki, then I'm all for it.