Fantôme is the sixth Japanese studio album (ninth overall) by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada.

The lyrical content delves into themes of grief, sadness, love, and death—mostly influenced by the death of her mother, her second marriage, and the birth of her son in 2015.

[4] In July 2015, Utada announced on her blog that she had given birth to a baby boy and was working on a new album during the pregnancy.

[5] In March 2016, it was revealed by her team that she had returned from her five-year hiatus with two new digital singles, "Hanataba o Kimi ni" and "Manatsu no Tōriame", and a campaign called "New-Turn", with songs downloaded by Japanese fans via digital music services having part of their sales donated to planting cherry trees in areas damaged by the by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.

"[13]In Japan, Fantôme debuted at number one on the Daily Oricon Albums Chart, selling 87,088 units.

[16] In its second week, it stayed at number 1 with 103,854 physical units sold, again outselling the nearest competitor by a wide margin.

[20][21] Alongside this, Utada's digital single "Michi" placed atop of the Radio Songs chart during the week of October 10, 2016.

[28][29] Upon its overseas release on the iTunes Store, Fantôme debuted at number one in Japan, Finland, Slovenia and 7 other Asian territories.

According to online publications, it was labelled as her most successful release internationally, and had beaten previous positions that her English records: Exodus (2004) and This Is The One (2009) experienced.

On April 15, 2016, "Hanataba o Kimi ni" and "Manatsu no Tōriame" were released, marking her official return to the music scene.

The former became a big success for her, being certified double platinum for over 500,000 digital downloads[38] and staying on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 over the course of the rest of the year, peaking at number 2.