FRIENDSHIP.

春ねむり

HARU NEMURI is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and poetry rapper who had always made music for herself first, but now the world is listening — even if they can’t understand a word of the Japanese language in which she sings, raps and frequently screams.

Haru has built a dedicated following thanks to extensive touring in Japan and other parts of Asia, and sold out numerous shows in Europe on her first trip there in 2019, which included a performance at the legendary Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. “In any region of the world, there are some things people can’t express in words, and sometimes even after writing lyrics, there are other feelings that I have left in me,” she says. “That’s when it’s time to shout. If people feel connected and supported by that, I’m really happy about it.”

In 2022, Haru Nemuri finally did her first North America tour which had been postponed 4 times. Successfully all the shows were sold out. and she was invited to sang a song with Pussy Riot as a guest vocal on SXSW. In April, she released her second full-length album “SHUNKA RYOUGEN” which was given a score of 8.0 by Pitchfork. From October, she did “SHUNKA RYOUGEN” tour across 30 cities around the world. Ian MacKaye, who is the member of the greatest band of Hardcore ‘FUGAZI’, came to the show at Washington D.C.

And in 2023, she was chosen as one of ‘RADAR : Early Noise 2023’ artists by Spotify and she is going to perform for ‘SUMMER SONIC 2023’ and do the Europe tour for the first time in these 4 years. She has been drawing attention and announced to release her new work named “INSAINT”.

On this planet where to live and to survive results in to resist, which unreasonable things such as discrimination, exploitation and violence have been under the acquiescence or negligence of public. Haru Nemuri is angry, screaming trying to deconstruct it.

This is Japanese pop music of new generation, and her spirit is rock and roll.

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