Hear the New Kingdom Hearts ‘Simple and Clean’ Recording

When Square Enix announced the Kingdom Hearts Steam release, it also revealed a new recording of “Simple and Clean” by Hikaru Utada. Now that performance video is live and everyone can hear it on YouTube.

The new “Simple and Clean” Hikaru Utada performance is set to the official announcement trailer for the Steam debut of the Kingdom Hearts series.It first appeared in the English release of the game in 2002. Since then, variations and remixes of it have returned in additional titles. However, the performance of the song appears in a subtle fashion in the new trailer. It shows up in the background as footage from Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts 3 + Re Mind DLC play.

Here is the full Kingdom Hearts Steam announcement trailer with new recording of “Simple and Clean” by Hikaru Utada.

This is one of many returns to the title track for Kingdom Hearts. Back in March 2024, to go along with their greatest hits album Science Fiction, Hikaru Utada released the “Hikari” music video again. That was the Japanese version of the song that debuted in the Japanese release of the PS2 game. That was followed by a re-recording of “Hikari” shortly after.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts 3 + Re Mind DLC will come to the PC via Steam on June 13, 2024. The games are already available on the PC via Epic Games Store now. People can also find these collections and the third game on the PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch via the Cloud.