Message (stylized all caps) is the second album released on September 16, 2001 by the Okinawa band Mongol800 via High Wave and Tissue Freak Records.
The music was composed by Uezu, guitarist Takashi Gima and drummer Satoshi Takazato.The lyrics of the songs featured on the album are mainly about war and peace.
The song "Ryūkyū Aika" for example is about loving nature without using violence while in "Mujun no Ue ni Saku Hana" the lyrics metaphorically tells the listeners to overcome war through using words of kindness.
[3] In an article published in the Japanese regional daily newspaper Ryūkyū Shimpō in January 2018 the writer stated that it was weird and creepy that the album had been released only a few days after the September 11 attacks.
After the song あなたに (Anata ni) was used in a TV commercial the album became a national success through mouth propaganda.
It has been used various animes, for example, a cover sung by Manaka Iwami acts as the ending of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.