Music Collaborations

Overview

The Version 1.0 launch of Neverness to Everness includes two licensed music collaborations: tracks from the Persona 5 series and tracks from Tower of Fantasy, Hotta Studio's previous open-world title. Both sets of music play through the in-car radio when driving vehicles around Hethereau, and through the new portable Walkman feature when exploring on foot.

This is the first time tracks from the Persona 5 universe have appeared in a non-Atlus title in this volume, and the Tower of Fantasy crossover doubles as a callback to the team's prior work. Both collaborations are available at launch with no extra unlock requirement; tracks are added to the player's radio playlist automatically.

Persona 5 Tracks

Eleven tracks total are featured from across the Persona 5 series. Two come from the original Persona 5 Royal soundtrack and nine come from Persona 5: The Phantom X.

Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5: The Phantom X

Tower of Fantasy Tracks

Eight tracks from Hotta Studio's previous open-world title, Tower of Fantasy, are featured. The selection covers signature themes from across that game's content cycles, ranging from the opening track "Chocolate" to the late-game-area theme "Mirafleur Hall."

In-Car Radio

The in-car radio is the first listening interface for collaboration tracks. While driving any of the city's vehicles, players can open the radio menu and switch between curated playlists. Each track plays through the vehicle's audio system with positional fade as the camera moves around the car.

Players unlock additional radio stations through main story progression and City Tycoon engagement. Tracks can also be skipped, paused, and shuffled through the radio interface, and the system remembers the last station played when re-entering a vehicle.

The Walkman

The Walkman is a new portable music player introduced for Version 1.0. It lets players listen to the same licensed tracks while exploring Hethereau on foot, separating music playback from vehicle interactions. The Walkman is treated as a flavor accessory, with on-screen visual cues showing the player wearing earbuds when active.

Music played through the Walkman ducks under important diegetic audio cues during combat, conversations, and cutscenes, then returns to full volume after the cue clears. This stops licensed tracks from drowning out story-critical dialogue while still keeping music accessible during long traversal sessions.

Why This Matters

Licensing real-world music is rare in gacha titles outside of one-off short event pieces. The decision to lead Version 1.0 with the Persona 5 and Tower of Fantasy crossovers does several things at once: it reinforces Hotta Studio's identity as the team behind Tower of Fantasy, gives Persona fans a reason to drop into Hethereau without committing to the gacha system, and provides a long-running source of free in-game audio content that complements the original soundtrack.

All tracks are licensed for in-game playback only. They do not appear in standalone soundtrack releases for Neverness to Everness, and players cannot extract, redistribute, or stream the tracks outside of the in-game radio and Walkman. The official theme song and original soundtrack remain on standard streaming platforms separately (see the Soundtrack page).

Tips

• Cycle through the radio stations early. Each station has a different mix; Persona 5 Royal tracks, Persona 5 Phantom X tracks, and Tower of Fantasy tracks are split across multiple stations rather than bunched together.

• Use the Walkman during long traversal between districts. The radio cuts out when leaving a vehicle, but the Walkman keeps playing through gliders and on-foot exploration.

• Mute the radio during anomaly investigations. Some sound design cues blend with environmental audio; licensed music may overlap with tells the game wants you to notice.

• The Walkman remembers the last track played. Closing and reopening it resumes from the same position, so saving a favorite track at the right point feels like a continuous playlist.

Related Pages

• Soundtrack

• Vehicle Customization

• Hethereau

• Hotta Studio

• Launch Roadmap

• Photo Mode