Music

The excitement for the CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC film is palpable as it heads toward its US premiere this week. The movie's musical foundation rests on two new theme songs produced by Kenshi Yonezu: "IRIS OUT" and "JANE DOE," with the latter being Yonezu’s first collaboration with Hikaru Utada, cementing a historic moment where two of Japan’s most influential singer-songwriters of the modern generation creatively collide.Yonezu is no stranger to the franchise; his previous track for the CHAINSAW MAN anime, "KICK BACK," was a global smash and achieved the first-ever RIAA Platinum certification for a Japanese-language song. For the film, he consciously anchored the new music in the manga’s thematic duality. He noted that the brilliance of the series lies in its rare ability to weave...

GOT7 member and solo artist BamBam is currently charting an independent course, a journey that has led to his distinct solo sound and a major collaboration with Pharrell Williams' JOOPITER auction house. The rapper describes his creative evolution as resisting a single genre, maintaining a recognizable style that is unequivocally his own.He is expanding his influence through collaborations, including an upcoming JOOPITER auction with mentor Pharrell Williams. BamBam, who sees himself as bridging his two "hometowns" of Korea and Thailand. BamBam spoke with Hypebeast in an exclusive converation during his JOOPITER exhibit, where he revealed some of his most memorable artifacts ahead of the auction. Titled, BamBam: From the Stage and Beyond, the auction coincides with the release of his first...