Akane Rin Marks the End of Summer with 'Last summer,' Her Third Original Song

Akane Rin (朱音りん) has released Last summer, her third original song — and it arrives right on time. Uploaded October 26, the track is framed by the subtitle “the last summer, the beginning of autumn” (最後の夏、秋の始まり), and the whole song lives in that in-between moment when the season turns.

Last summer Is a Song About the Season Turning — and Turning Yourself Around

The lyrics are the heart of this one. Rin looks back at something that “should have disappeared” — a light from the past that only grows brighter the more time passes. There’s real melancholy in lines about drowning in annoyance and cursing your own feet, and a blunt confession at the center: “the thing I hated was myself.” But the song doesn’t stay down there. By the final chorus, the same structure that asked “who am I?” flips into “when did you become you?” — and the closing stretch, with its repeated 「うつむいたままじゃ見えない」(you can’t see it while looking down), lands as a genuine push to face forward.

There’s also a lovely bit of wordplay in the second verse: autumn leaves land on her head and 「朱音がリンと鳴る」 — her own name, Akane Rin, ringing out like a chime (リン, “rin”). A name written into the season itself. It’s the kind of detail you only catch reading the lyrics, and it’s worth the read.

Who Wrote and Produced Last summer?

Last summer was written and composed by やまふぁ (Yamafa), with ReN on guitar and mixing by 大福みっくす♪ (Daifuku Mix). The illustration comes from norosi, with video work by パオンヌ (Paonne). It’s a tight indie production team, and the credits show Rin putting together a full original release — lyrics, artwork, and video — as an independent VTuber.

Why Last summer Matters for Akane Rin

This is Rin’s third original song, and it drops right as she celebrates her second anniversary — the timing in her own announcement makes the end-of-summer theme feel doubly fitting. A song about looking back at what you were, hating it a little, and choosing to face forward anyway is a pretty honest thing to release at a two-year mark.

Rin is an independent, Kansai-dialect fox-eared (ケモ耳, kemonomimi) VTuber who streams games, singing streams (歌枠, utawaku), and morning chat streams. Tagged as an indie VTuber across her own channels, she’s building her discography one release at a time — and Last summer is the most self-reflective of the three so far.