Known for its light and clear electronic beats, the Japanese band UQiYO, which combines the aesthetic delicacy of the Japanese system with the fantasy and vastness of European and American independent music|ウキヨ composed lyrics with the Taiwanese dream rock band IMeanUs under the epidemic, and released the latest work "6000 °C" into water and sea to travel through the center of the earth. Named after "Ukiyo", UQiYO is dominated by Japanese musician Yuki Kato, and composes a unique philosophical world view with elements such as rock, folk music, jazz, and electronic sounds.
The new song "6000 °C" is a time-space romance in the name of the temperature of the earth's core, expressing the core heat and eternal essence of "love and trust" in the various forms of the world. The clear fairy male and female chorus is like the floating light of the beautiful moments in life, and the MV images also capture the daily trivial but quiet beauty, which can be described as the best retrospective soundtrack given to themselves at the end of 2020, once again counting the changes as usual. The production process is a one-shot agreement between the two sides without much verbal communication, which can be described as mysterious. Originally, the demo provided by UQiYO was only presented in a simple humming and did not explain the specific concepts and ideas, but the flow of the music itself was imprinted in the hearts of the IMeanUs members, and the whole song was shaped along this floating feeling, "The moment the music is played, it feels like everything is transparent" The members described the song. IMeanUs revealed that the composer had just experienced the death of a loved one, so he wrote the lyrics "Alllife'sintheworld, whowon'tnotcomeandgo" to explain that when people come to the world, who doesn't come and go? Don't grieve over it, because we'll find each other in that place.
The collaboration between UQiYO and IMeanUs stems from the fact that the two sides met backstage at the 2019 "Campdeamigo" music festival and liked each other very much after watching each other's performances, IMeanUs described Yuki as having a very gentlemanly texture, like walking in Tokyo on a sunny day, and Yuki expressed great respect for the two singles released by IMeanUs this year, which amazed him, thinking that this year IMeanUs was known for "24Years Old of You" Winning the Golden Sound Award for Best Alternative Pop Song is definitely deserved!
Formed in 2010, UQiYO is named after the meaning "ukiyo", just as their music is gentle and poetic. UQiYO leader Yuqi was born in Tokyo and grew up in Chicago and London, and the ethereal and poetic atmosphere of the electric style is very international, making it difficult to distinguish where UQiYO comes from. From the earliest duo, joining the drummers, until 2020, it was transformed into a one-man compilation dominated by yuqi, a creative center. Focusing on "music that provides a sound-transcendent experience", Yuqi often performs in atypical venues such as movie theaters, libraries, and even temples; in addition to music creation, Yuqi also participated in the stage play "おお気に召すままま" starring Hikaru Manjima and Kenguro Sakaguchi, and constantly carried out various cross-cutting activities, and was invited to cooperate with Ohashi Trio and Okazaki Sports on the monkey trick "COLLABORATED" album, as well as the music production for the short animation "Fire". wait.
UQiYO released its self-titled debut album in 2013, which was well received by word of mouth by record store staff across the country, released its second work "TWiLiGHT" in 2015, and invited Japanese singer Motomoto Chitose to contribute in "BlackBox" in 2016, and the group appeared on summersonic that year. In 2017, he launched the "Monthly Shonen ウキヨ" creative project, and published a new song on the streaming platform every week, including "CRYSTALLE" with Taiwanese singer Huang Jiuwei across the sea, and rarely entered the lyrics with Chinese; "Monthly Shonen ウキヨ" set a maximum regeneration rate of 1.5 million in Spotfy, and then collected into the album "Stones" released in 2018.
UQiYO, who often collaborates with different musicians around the world, released a new song "6000°C" with Taiwanese band IMeanUs this winter, and collaborated on the single "loVer" with Singaporean R&B singer Maricelle, the two knew each other before the epidemic began, and then completed the co-creation of "Invisible Faces" across borders during the quarantine; both songs will be included in the fifth official album expected to be released in 2021.
