Help Ever Hurt Never

Help Ever Hurt Never is the first studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze. It was released on May 20, 2020, through Hehn Records and Universal Sigma. A cover album of English songs called Help Ever Hurt Cover, was released as a bonus disc with the first pressing of the CD. It was later made available digitally. It was certified Platinum in sales by RIAJ.

Tour
A supporting tour for the album, Help Ever Hall Tour, started on December 25, 2020, and ran until January 31, 2021. It was Fujii's first national tour. Tickets for this tour were in the form of advance applications using the serial code included with the album, and lottery applications for general sales were accepted from November 9. In addition, for performances held after January 2021, official ticket trading was carried out at Chikepla Trade. From the perspective of preventing the spread of new coronavirus infections, the performances were held at 50% of the capacity of each venue and with a checkered seating arrangement.

Standard edition
Titles as given on Western streaming services first, followed by the original Japanese title and then the English titles as given in the booklet.

All songs are written by Fujii Kaze; all music is arranged by Yaffle.

Help Ever Hurt Cover
Released as the second disc of the first pressing CD, as well as digitally.

Personnel

 * Fujii Kaze – vocals, piano
 * Leon Yuuki – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11)
 * Osami Kobayashi – electric bass (tracks 1, 5, 10 and 11)
 * Takumi Katsuya – double bass (track 7)
 * Bunta Otsuki – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 10), acoustic guitar (track 9)
 * Takashi Fukuoka – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 9 and 11)
 * Tatsuhiko Yoshizawa – trumpet (track 5)
 * Natsuki Oba – flute (track 5)
 * Oda Sena – baritone saxophone (track 5)
 * Yuta Ishii – tenor saxophone (track 5)
 * Amane Takai – trombone (track 5)
 * Rina Kodera – first violin (tracks 3, 6 and 11)
 * Sayuri Yano – second violin (track 3)
 * Natsue Kameda – second violin (tracks 6 and 11)
 * Takahiro Enokido – viola (track 3)
 * Mikiyo Kikuchi – first viola (tracks 6 and 11)
 * Reiichi Tateizumi – second viola (tracks 6 and 11)
 * Yuki Mizuno – cello (tracks 3, 6 and 11)