"Justice Will Prevail at Last" (最後は必ず正義が勝つ, Saigo wa Kanarazu Seigi ga Katsu) is a song written and recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai. Released on May 9, 2017 by EMI Records and Universal Music Group, it served as the lead single for Ai's eleventh studio album, Wa to Yo.
I wanted to say the obvious thing, saying that you shouldn't do any harm to people. Even if you do something wrong, someone will surely see it...
— Ai reflecting on the lyrics of Justice Will Prevail at Last[1]
Recorded originally for the second season of the Japanese drama show Emergency Interrogation Room, Ai teased an excerpt of the track in a video announcing Wa to Yo in April 2017.[2] "Justice Will Prevail at Last" was released digitally on May 9, 2017. Kate Moross served as the art director for the accompanying lyric video.[3][4]
A 27-second sample of "Justice Will Prevail at Last". Critics compared the song's composition to chiptune music found in early video games. The chorus of the song is the song title in Japanese repetitively.
Musically, "Justice Will Prevail at Last" is a J-pop and electropop song. Multiple critics have described that the song heavily incorporates sounds similar to chiptune music found in early video games.[3] Traditional Japanese instruments such as the taiko are also used within the song.[5] Lyrically, the track is about confronting the evil in the world.[3][5]
