Kenshi Yonezu — JROCK NEWS

Kenshi Yonezu calls for the sea in “Umi no Yuurei”

30 May 2019

The music video for Kenshi Yonezu's Umi no Yuurei (海の幽霊) delves deep into the serene world of the ocean which will send tingling sensations across your skin for the full four minutes. Each frame is a work of ar...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

NBT

17 December 2018

Entertainment

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

Kenshi Yonezu channels enka vibes on “Flamingo”

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23 October 2018

Music Video, Releases

Yes, you read that correctly. Kenshi Yonezu's latest track, Flamingo, calls on the power of the old gods and features enka-sque singing as he staggers endlessly through a carpark. You'll notice similar dancing ...

Kenshi Yonezu’s melancholic “Lemon” video has us feeling saudade

edoh

15 March 2018

Music Video, Releases

The latest single, Lemon, by Kenshi Yonezu, named after sour citrus, have been stirring up sharp and bitter feelings since it's release yesterday, on March 14. The music video, which has been cropped into a squ...

Winners of SPACE SHOWER Music Awards 2018

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4 March 2018

Entertainment, Videos

Held in Yokohama on March 1, this year's SPACE SHOWER Music Awards was once again the platform for both new and established Japanese and international artists to battle it out. We'll be summing up the winners o...

Top 20 anime opening and ending songs 2017

NBT

24 December 2017

Anime, Doujin, Music Video

There was a huge amount of superb anime music to choose from this year! Although it was really hard to narrow it down to a somewhat small list, we still think we did a good job getting the top 20 best Jrock ani...

Kenshi Yonezu brings back the funk in “Shunrai” for his fourth album “BOOTLEG”

edoh

10 December 2017

Music Video, Releases

Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) presents us with a new music video for Shunrai (春雷), the eighth track on BOOTLEG which came out just last month. See the super vibrant and beautifully lit video below which reached over two...

DAOKO and Kenshi Yonezu collaborates for uplifting anime film “Uchiage Hanabi”

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19 August 2017

Anime, Music Video, Releases

Two of our personal favourite new finds this year, DAOKO and Kenshi Yonezu, have collaborated to produce a new song titled Uchiage Hanabi (打上花火), for an upcoming anime film with the same name. The title transla...

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