Singer-songwriter MINMI releases the song “Tsuki,” inspired by the work of visual artist Shingo Nagasaka, on the full moon!

“Tsuki” artwork (Mago Nagasaka’s work “FULL MOON”)

MINMI saw Nagasaka Shingo’s work “Moon,” which is said to be one of his masterpieces, at his solo exhibition held at the Ueno Royal Museum.

Impressed by Nagasaka’s story, thoughts and activities, she played the piano that night, and the melody and words that came to her by inspiration that day became the song “Tsuki”. A simple arrangement with only violin and piano, it is an original and beautiful song that seems to mix classical music and pop, which are the foundation of MINMI. Nagasaka liked it very much when she heard it later, and it was also chosen as the ending song for the NHK BS1 documentary program “The Human – Save the slums with the power of art! Artist Nagasaka Shingo” in which she appeared.

The new work will be released to coincide with the full moon on Thursday, May 23rd.

The jacket uses Nagasaka’s work “FULL MOON,” the one that impressed MINMI the most.

Although MINMI wrote the lyrics and music, she got the inspiration and story from Nagasaka, and because she wanted to get involved in slum eradication efforts, she gave half the rights to the song to Nagasaka, and MINMI also supports the effort to eradicate slums in Ghana.

The music video will also be released on Saturday, May 25th.

The music video was shot at the Moon Festival, which is held only once a year in Ghana, Africa, which Nagasaka created using waste from Ghana and aims to eradicate slums with the profits. With the idea of ​​”eradicating slums with the power of art and music,” Nagasaka suggested shooting the video at the Moon Festival, which is held only once a year in Ghana. The filming funds were raised through crowdfunding.

We produced a music video with people from the slums of Ghana, hoping to use the power of music and art to help expand the movement to eradicate slums, transcending language and borders.

The challenge of art + music is to spread it all over the world. It is a valuable music video that has become a sensational video as a message song that conveys the current situation of slums, the world’s garbage problem, inequality, and activities that change the world through art, so please check it out.

Shingo Nagasaka:https://magogallery.online/

●Overview of the work

[Artist]MINMI

[Title]Tsuki

[Release date]Thursday, May 23, 2024

Genre: J-Pop / R&B / Reggae

[Lyrics]MINMI

[Composer]MINMI

[Various distribution services] https://lnk.to/MINMI_Tsuki

• Concert Information

*Live tour held for the first time in 6 years! Tickets are now on sale!!

MINMI Live Tour ““The Songs of Freedom” ~Melody to Freedom~ Prologue Tsubasa”

・7/6 (Sat) Wing Matsubase Cultural Hall, Kumamoto

7/7 (Sun) Miyazaki, Miyakonojo City Cultural Hall

・7/21 (Sun) Osaka・BIGCAT

・7/28 (Sun) Tokyo・Kinema Club

MORE INFO. (Special tour site)https://minmi.jp/2024-minmi-live-tour/

• release information

*Early 3 original album titles released!

The three original albums released during his time at Victor are available as Deluxe Editions.

It is set to be released on Wednesday, July 3rd. Three of their early masterpieces, “Miracle” (2003), “imagine” (2004), and “Natural” (2006), will be reissued with valuable bonus audio and video.

All songs have been digitally remastered, and the album itself is in high-quality UHQCD. Each work comes with a bonus CD of unreleased singles, alternate versions, instrumentals (original karaoke), and more. In addition, the footage released on DVD at the time (a music video collection and two live performances) is also included as a special Blu-ray disc. The liner notes also include a long interview with MINMI, making this an ultra-luxurious edition.

The anime series “Samurai Champloo” is attracting renewed attention this year as it celebrates its 20th anniversary since its TV broadcast. The two songs, “Shiki no Uta” and “Who’s Theme,” which were co-written with Nujabes as the ending theme and insert song for the series, will also be included in remastered audio.

Now accepting reservations for the limited quantity “Deluxe Edition Memorial Set”

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*Click here for release details.

https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A017274.html

• MINMI Profile

Singer-songwriter. Started playing piano from an early age, and began singing in reggae and hip-hop clubs in Osaka in 1996.

On August 21, 2002, her first single “The Perfect Vision” achieved the feat of selling over 500,000 copies, marking a spectacular debut, and the following year (2003) her first album “MIRACLE” recorded sales of 600,000 copies, making her name known in the Japanese music industry. Her live performances have also been highly praised since she first began singing in clubs around 1996, and in 2015 she became the female artist with the most festival appearances. In addition, her large-scale outdoor festival “FREEDOM”, which she organizes, has grown to become one of the most popular outdoor festivals.

Celebrating her 22nd debut anniversary, she has released the album “essence,” which condenses and expresses the essence of her life as a female artist, and is starting her career towards the 30th anniversary.

・Official SNS

Official Website: http://minmi.jp

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minmidesu/?hl=ja

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4LkY59XCf1Xh6i_SrndOg

LINK: https://linktr.ee/minmi33