Japan’s No. 1 Hip&Hop Stars Creepy Nuts Drop Wild New Singles ‘Mirage’ and ‘Nemure’
SONGS DOUBLE AS OPENING AND CLOSING THEMES OF SEASON 2 OF HIT ANIME SERIES CALL OF THE NIGHT“Mirage” Genre-upending Japanese hip-hop unit Creepy Nuts release two brand new singles: the Latin-infused “Mirage” and the high-energy “Nemure” — the opening and closing themes of Season 2 of the hit supernatural anime Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night). The duo — battle rap champ R-shitei and DMC World DJ Championships hero DJ Matsunaga — have a rich history of lending their dynamic music to TV series, and are also celebrating the release of their fourth album LEGION, out now via Sony Music Japan. Listen to “Mirage” HERE. Listen to “Nemure” HERE. Revisit LEGION HERE. The new songs capture Creepy Nuts’s striking talent and musical breadth. “Mirage” employs Spanish guitar and a syncopated beat while R-shitei unleashes vocals that evoke, in turns, Astrud Gilberto and Bad Bunny. The lyrics tap into the groundbreaking vampire series’ themes — fleeting moments, complex emotions, questions of identity, passion and the paranormal. “Nemure” (“Sleep”), on the other hand, mixes up chopped strings, jittery club percussion, and flitting bits of melody for a song that viscerally captures the feeling of not wasting a second, and embracing life [...]
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SONGS DOUBLE AS OPENING AND CLOSING THEMES OF SEASON 2 OF HIT ANIME SERIES CALL OF THE NIGHT“Mirage” Genre-upending Japanese hip-hop unit Creepy Nuts release two brand new singles: the Latin-infused “Mirage” and the high-energy “Nemure” — the opening and closing themes of Season 2 of the hit supernatural anime Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night). The duo — battle rap champ R-shitei and DMC World DJ Championships hero DJ Matsunaga — have a rich history of lending their dynamic music to TV series, and are also celebrating the release of their fourth album LEGION, out now via Sony Music Japan. Listen to “Mirage” HERE. Listen to “Nemure” HERE. Revisit LEGION HERE. The new songs capture Creepy Nuts’s striking talent and musical breadth. “Mirage” employs Spanish guitar and a syncopated beat while R-shitei unleashes vocals that evoke, in turns, Astrud Gilberto and Bad Bunny. The lyrics tap into the groundbreaking vampire series’ themes — fleeting moments, complex emotions, questions of identity, passion and the paranormal. “Nemure” (“Sleep”), on the other hand, mixes up chopped strings, jittery club percussion, and flitting bits of melody for a song that viscerally captures the feeling of not wasting a second, and embracing life [...]
