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Artist News CMU Approved Releases
Approved: Yoasobi
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 16 November 2021
Having established themselves in their native Japan with their debut album ‘The Book’ – released in January – Yaosobi have now set their sights on the wider world with their new English-language album ‘E-Side’.
“We want to reach more people”, multi-instrumentalist Ayase tells Paper. “We don’t want to change anything. We just want to give the essence of Yoasobi to new fans in a new language. But it should be very similar at its core”.
Ayase – who also composes music for virtual pop stars using Vocaloid software – and vocalist Ikura – who also releases music under the name Ikura Rira – teamed up in 2019, creating frantic J-pop with lyrics based on novels and short stories. They scored their first hit later the same year with ‘Yoru Ni Kakeru’. An English version of the song, titled ‘Into The Night’, features on ‘E-Side’.
Another Japanese-language album – ‘The Book 2’ – is set for release next month, with the duo’s work rate showing no signs of slowing just yet. But right now, you can listen to ‘Into The Night’ here:
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