KENSHI YONEZU, the worldwide crossover J-pop artist, is gearing as much as digitally launch his sixth studio album, LOST CORNER, worldwide on Wednesday, August twenty first. As we speak, he debuted a brand new track from the album titled “RED OUT,” which is out there in all places now.
“RED OUT” is the extreme and shifting opener for LOST CORNER and is featured in Spotify Japan’s newest business. The business highlights the transformative energy of music in on a regular basis life, that includes a charming efficiency from world-renowned dancer “THE D SoraKi.”
The track additionally comes with an official music video. Directed by Kyotaro Hayashi, the video is a darkish, strobe-lit visible that includes Yonezu that takes the already highly effective observe to new heights. Hayashi has beforehand collaborated with Yonezu on a few of his most-watched movies, together with “M87” and “TEENAGE RIOT.”
Yonezu’s extremely anticipated album ‘LOST CORNER’ is ready for worldwide launch, with unique Spotify content material
Along with the Spotify Japan model business, Yonezu has recorded “Liner Voice+” audio content material for the platform, by which he discusses the creation of LOST CORNER and shares further Spotify-exclusive content material. Extra particulars about this content material shall be launched on Spotify Japan’s official X-page.
Anticipation has been excessive since Yonezu’s earlier album, STRAY SHEEP. LOST CORNER is his long-awaited follow-up and shall be launched digitally worldwide on Wednesday, August twenty first, with bodily copies accessible regionally on Friday, August twenty third. The album is crammed with 20 tracks, together with a set of songs Yonezu has launched over the previous 4 years.
These embrace “Sayonara, Mata Itsuka! – Sayonara” (the theme track for the NHK Morning Drama The Tiger and Her Wings), “Spinning Globe” (the theme track for the Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli movie The Boy and the Heron), “Tsuki Wo Miteita – Moongazing” (the theme track for FINAL FANTASY XVI), and “KICK BACK” (the opening track for the anime sequence CHAINSAW MAN).
Yonezu’s new album ‘LOST CORNER’ options eight new songs, together with a duet with AiNA THE END
As well as, the album incorporates eight beforehand unreleased songs, together with a vocal duet with Japanese singer and actress AiNA THE END, beforehand identified from Bish.
LOST CORNER is Yonezu’s extremely anticipated follow-up to his 2020 album STRAY SHEEP, which broke information on the IFPI World All Format Chart and made Yonezu the highest-ranking Japanese artist within the IFPI international year-end chart, with over 1.9 million CDs bought.
When STRAY SHEEP was launched, Yonezu gained worldwide consideration along with his “Yonezu Kenshi 2020 Occasion / STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE”, turning into the primary Asian artist to carry a digital live performance in FORTNITE, a battle royale sport with 370 million gamers worldwide.
On the identical day, Yonezu’s self-drawn illustrations had been displayed on the Fifth Avenue UNIQLO retailer in New York, creating a worldwide development. The collaboration additionally came about in Japan and China, masking a complete of 8 UNIQLO shops worldwide.
