YOASOBI have launched an English language model of their hit single ‘Watch Me!’ – test it out beneath.
The J-pop duo of Ayase and Lilas Ikuta, also called Ikura, in Might formally launched ‘Watch Me!’ as a single after it was first teased to followers because the theme tune for the anime collection Witch Watch earlier within the yr.
Following the tune’s success, the former NME Cowl stars have now launched an English language model of the tune on streaming platforms.
‘Watch Me!’ options dizzying tune that melds bubbly Japanese pop with vivid electro-pop manufacturing, as Ikura sings from the point of view of Witch Watch‘s protagonist Nico Wakatsuki: “Filling the view with completely happy photos / Taking you into my fancy magic spree / I do know you’ll say I may’ve, may’vе completed higher now / Nevertheless it’s alright, I lovе this day-by-day routine / Beginning that day, I fell in love with you.”
Take heed to the English model of YOASOBI’s ‘Watch Me!’ beneath.
The discharge of the tune’s English model comes forward of the duo’s extremely anticipated debut in London this weekend. They’re resulting from carry out two large on the OVO Area Wembley on June 8 and 9 – restricted tickets are nonetheless obtainable right here.
Apart from the 2 Wembley Area reveals (considered one of which is totally bought out, and the opposite is shut behind), YOASOBI are additionally set to carry out on the Primavera Sound pageant in Barcelona on June 6. Becoming a member of them on the line-up are the likes of headliners Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter. Additionally performing are LCD Soundsystem, FKA Twigs, HAIM, Jamie xx, Fontaines D.C., Seaside Home, IDLES, Wolf Alice, Turnstile and extra.
Since forming in 2019, YOASOBI have been on a roll, touchdown them on NME‘s The Cowl franchise in September 2023. The pair stated of their trajectory and bigger hopes of the J-pop style within the cowl story: “Ultimately, we hope that even with out being associated to anime, J-pop can turn into independently recognized – and turn into a music tradition that’s correctly appropriate with the world. We all the time take into consideration needing to make songs which can be highly effective sufficient to rival and never lose to the facility of anime.”
Up to now 12 months the duo accomplished the largest enviornment tour by a Japanese artist ever, alongside a string of serious firsts internationally, together with debut performances at iconic US festivals Coachella and Lollapalooza, and bought out reveals in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
