YOASOBI – Idol Vinyl

Description

Japanese pop duo Yaosabi share the vinyl edition of their critically acclaimed song ‘Idol’. ‘Idol’ is a combination of Japanese idol-styled pop, hip-hop, rock, and video game music, and depicts the two-faced nature of a fictional star in the Japanese idol industry; the record also serves as the lead theme music for the anime series Oshi No Ko, in turn based on Aka Akasaka’s short story 45510, both of which also tracks Japan’s cultural interest in the figure of the idol. This is a knowing slice of Japanese bubblegum, nonetheless aware of its murkier underbelly; it also packs a crazed confluence of idiomatic borrowings, from Atlanta hip-hop to orchestral music, and ties them all together with a single bow.