'Tokyo is evolving as a city and society, and I’m feeling it right now living here.'
. “I wasn’t very good at expressing my emotions and I was very shy, but singing and dancing just came naturally. I never doubted that I would become a musician and performer.”
At 12, thanks to software like GarageBand, she began making music on her own. By 13, she had caught the attention of major record labels, but MIREI was far from finished honing her craft: She spent her eighth grade year in New York City—nearly 7,000 miles away from her Osaka home—where she performed as part of the Gospel For Teens choir, winning the top prize during Amateur Night at the Apollo.
“This year is the Olympic year for Japan. Tokyo is evolving as a city and society, and I’m feeling it right now living here. Tokyo is a really good city and I’m proud of my country, but I think it has too many anonymous pressures and problems,” MIREI admits. “As a musician who can voice my thoughts; an artist who went to NYC to chase her dream; a woman who lives in Tokyo, I thought I should sing my opinion now.
The complicated “papakatsu” isn’t the only social issue MIREI takes on with her album. On the swirling synth-pop ballad “Not a Number,” the artist criticizes society’s
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