Category: Global Sonic Culture

The final key moment of the concert is the finale of it. YOASOBI’s debut song, Yoru ni Kakeru 夜に駆ける. Even tho the song has a rather upbeat to it, the music is about suicide. The main singer, Ikura’s unique voice combined with such a contrasting song marked this song’s success since the start. Unfortunately, their…

Involvement is an important factor if you want an immersive experience in a certain thing. Gunjo 群青 is a very popular song by YOASOBI, and I think that every time there is a concert or performance by them, this is a key moment. In most concerts, fans sing along in songs, but most of the…

The song アイドル Idol being one of YOASOBI’s most popular song, is the opening theme for the anime series Oshi no Ko. This song deplicts different thoughts of an idol. The different genres switching between the song, the contrast between verses gained popularity around the world quickly. I think this song is quite an iconic…

I think the second key moment is when the song “Ano Yume o Nazotte” (あの夢おなぞって) This song is quite iconic in my mind because of the story behind it. A girl being confessed to by a boy in a dream, during a firework festival. Japanese firework festivals (Hanabi Taikai/花火大会) are a big part of Japanese…

I think the first key moment of this concert is the start of it, where everything first started. The first song they played was セブンティーン (Seventeen). I think this song is a great mood setter and was written with the intent of it being the intro song during concerts. It is written with the theme…

(All blogs were saved as drafts before the final export for easier editing) After seeing the title options I could choose for my essay, I decided to do title B. “A sensory ethnography of a gig / exhibition / concert / online sonic experience” A sensory ethnography from what I have researched is to do…