"HeartBreaker" is the debut single released by the J-Hip-hop

Japanese hip hop

Japanese hip hop is said to have begun when Hiroshi Fujiwara returned to Japan and started playing hip hop records in the early 1980s. Japanese hip hop generally tends to be most directly influenced by old school hip hop, taking from the era's catchy beats, dance culture, and overall fun and...

 group, Teriyaki Boyz

Teriyaki Boyz

Teriyaki Boyz is a Japanese hip hop group from Tokyo, Japan. The group consists of Ilmari and Ryo-Z from Rip Slyme, Verbal from M-Flo, rapper Wise and Nigo, the DJ and founder of the popular Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape...

, and is included within the group's debut album, Beef or Chicken. The single was only released in the U.K. market. The song was produced by the French house

French house

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 duo, Daft Punk

Daft Punk

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, and contains a sample of the duo's own song, "Human After All

Human After All (song)

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Music video

The music video for "HeartBreaker" parodies old sci-fi films, as it commences with a low-budget flying saucer

Flying saucer

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 hovering through the air and abducting a cow. The scene then cuts to inside the saucer, where the Teriyaki Boyz materialize and begin performing, with Nigo in the center on the turntable

Phonograph

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. Throughout the song, each of the Teriyaki Boyz are introduced one by one using caption for their individual verses and don a variety of Bape outfits. As they perform, random objects appear within the room, including a bottle of champagne, a plastic chicken, the aforementioned cow, and car and young woman, both wearing Bape-style camouflage. The video also parodies rockabilly

Rockabilly

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music, having certain scenes feature the group playing and swinging to guitars while stereotypically dressed in matching suits and dark sunglasses. The music video concludes with the flying saucer lifting off and disappearing into the night sky.

Track listing

UK CD single

1. "HeartBreaker" (Radio Edit) – 3:58
2. "HeartBreaker" (Album Version) – 4:16
3. "HeartBreaker" (Instrumental) – 6:42
4. "HeartBreaker" (Music Video) – 4:16