"Night" is a song by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, taken from their second Japanese-language studio album Giant (2024). It was released as a single in three versionsâÂÂJapanese, English, and KoreanâÂÂalong with "Falling Up" by Epic Records Japan and JYP Entertainment on October 7, 2024. The song serves as an opening theme for the "Workshop Battle" arc of the second season of Kami no Tà Â: Tower of God.
In 2020, Stray Kids previously performed the opening theme "Top" for the Japanese anime adaption of South Korean webtoon series Tower of God, titled Kami no TÃ Â: Tower of God. "Top" was released as the group's debut single in Japan, along with the B-side "Slump", and debuted atop the Oricon Singles Chart, making the group the fourth foreign artist to do so in history after Jang Keun-suk, Exo, and iKon.
The second season of Kami no Tà Â: Tower of God was announced in November 2023, and premiered in July next year, which the first arc "Return of the Prince" was accompanied by opening theme "Rise Up" and ending theme "Believe" by labelmate NiziU. On September 8, 2024, it was announced that Stray Kids would be in charge of the opening and ending themes for the second arc of the second season of Kami no Tà Â: Tower of God, subtitled "Workshop Battle". The opening theme, titled "Night", first appeared on the non-credit opening sequence for the anime, uploaded on September 29. and was later released in three versionsâÂÂJapanese, English, and KoreanâÂÂon October 7.
"Night" was written by the group's in-house production team 3Racha Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han) and Versachoi. D&H (Purple Night) handles the Japanese lyrics, while Sophia Pae co-wrote the English lyrics. 's Tomoyuki Mori described that the song is a pop track, featuring "sad melody and aggressive rap amidst a heavy rock sound" with starting of "guitar pick scratches" and "1990s mix technique".
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