Takashi Murakami, ‘New Genes’ saintliness’… Collaboration with Min Hee-jin

by times news cr

2024-05-01 04:38:34

Today’s work is announced with a teaser for Japan’s new song ‘Light Now’

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Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami, who claims to be a fan of the popular girl group NewJeans, collaborated with NewJeans producer Adore CEO Min Hee-jin.

New Jeans announced this through a teaser for their new song ‘Right Now’ released on their YouTube channel and social media on the 1st. ‘Right Now’ is a song included in New Jeans’ debut double single ‘Supernatural’, which will be released in Japan next month.

In the teaser, the characters of the five members of New Genes, created in collaboration with the popular American animation ‘The Powerpuff Girls’, take a walk and discover Takashi Murakami’s rainbow-colored ‘Flower’ character. Afterwards, the flower character transforms into Binky Bong, one of New Jeans’ rabbit characters. This is similar to the way NewJeans decorated the Apple logo with their signature rabbit ears.

On this day, CEO Min posted a short video on his social media showing Takashi Murakami sketching the characters of New Genes members. Takashi Murakami appears to be concentrating on her work, drawing her character with a pencil and correcting it by erasing it with an eraser.

Takashi Murakami confirmed his popularity in Korea with ‘Takashi Murakami: Murakami Zombie’ held at the Busan Museum of Art last year. They have collaborated with global fashion brands such as Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and Supreme, as well as pop stars such as American pop star Billie Eilish and the K-pop girl group Blackpink.

In particular, when I met the domestic audience during the exhibition last year, I said, “I… I am a huge fan of New Jeans. “I would be grateful if you could meet me,” he emphasized. Since then, I have developed a close relationship with CEO Min.

CEO Min and the management of HYBE, Adore’s parent company, are currently in direct conflict over various issues. Among these, promotions such as New Jeans’ domestic comeback this month and Japanese debut next month are continuing. Hive confirmed that there would be no disruption to New Genes’ activities.

New Jeans released the music video for their new song ‘Bubblegum’ on the 27th and is receiving positive response. This song is included in New Jeans’ domestic double single ‘How Sweet’, which will be released on the 24th. This single contains a total of 4 songs, including the title song of the same name, ‘How Sweet’, the b-side song ‘Bubble Gum’, and each song’s instrumental.

In addition, New Jeans will begin its expansion into Japan in June. On the 21st of the same month, they will release a double single in Japan and make their official debut. It consists of a total of four tracks, including the title song ‘Supernatural’, the coupling song ‘Light Now’, and instrumental songs for each song.

In particular, ‘Right Now’ will be released first as an advertising CM song in Korea and Japan in May. Although it is a Japanese single, accessibility was increased through simultaneous Korean and global distribution. New Jeans will perform 24 songs, including 4 new songs, at the second fan meeting, Bunnies Camp 2024 Tokyo Dome, held at Tokyo Dome on the 26th and 27th of the same month. Takashi Murakami is known to have contributed to the Tokyo Dome fan meeting.

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