Having completed the album in July, with recording largely taking place again in London, Hotei released his 17th solo album "Paradox" worldwide on October 25, 2017. It is his first Japanese-language album since "Come Rain Come Shine" almost five years earlier. The album was launched with three lyric videos, for the songs "Dreamers are Lonely", "Amplifire" and "Hitokoto". Hotei completed the Paradox tour in Japan in December 2017. His song "Kill to Love You" featuring Matthew Tuck from British heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine was used in the UK trailers for Russian action movie "Attraction" in December 2017 and January 2018.