It was released by Ariola Japan as the third single from her twelfth studio album,[1] Love Bebop (2016) on 8 July 2015, one day after Misia's 37th birthday.

[4] The digital single artwork was painted by author, screenwriter, director and painter Ellie Omiya.

[7] On 29 June 2015, an exclusive minute-long trailer for the film S The Last Policeman – Recovery of Our Future featuring "Nagareboshi" was uploaded onto Misia's official YouTube channel.

"Nagareboshi" was released alongside the song "Anata ni Smile :)" as a double A-side single for download only on 8 July 2015.

[8] "Nagareboshi" is a piano and strings-driven ballad with lyrics comparing human individuals and their potential to the motion and light of shooting stars.