YouTube Star Singer Kohana Lam levels up with her First Ever Rap!
Kohana Lam has a YouTube channel with over 650,000 subscribers, held a solo birthday concert at Tokyo venue Zepp Shinjuku in October, and gave her first overseas live performance in November. Now, this internet sensation has released a new song, ‘Have a Good Game!!’.
On November 8, the third anniversary of her major-label debut, Kohana Lam revamped her illustrated profile icon, which she had been using for around four years. In a special YouTube livestream to mark her anniversary, she explained that the poppy, cute new avatar was a declaration of her determination to take on a wider range of music genres.
New song ‘Have a Good Game!!’ is Kohana Lam’s first bold step into a wider musical world, as it includes a rap section for the very first time. The song is about leveling up in life, drawing on motifs based on her hobby of videogames.
The lyrics and music were written by SAKURAmoti. This rising musician previously collaborated with Minami from MAISONdes on the song ‘aiue’, which was used as the opening theme song for the anime series ‘Urusei Yatsura’, and which has surpassed 18 million views on YouTube.
“Hi, this is SAKURAmoti! I wrote the song ‘Have a Good Game!!’ for Kohana Lam. As a gamer myself, it was fun to create this song, which is filled with videogame-related references!," shared SAKURAmoti.
“Games are great because they challenge you to level up in the face of strong opponents and tough achievements. I tried to express this in the song, while also touching on life themes and Kohana Lam’s artistic pursuits. The melody is fast and quite difficult, but she totally crushed it – check it out!
“For everyone who is working hard day by day, this song has your back! GL (good luck)!”
■ Kohana Lam profile
“A singing voice filled with emotion that will pierce your heart.”
Kohana Lam began her music career via her YouTube channel in September 2019. Her ‘While crying’ and ‘With A Lot of Emotion’ cover video series became hits, and fans have posted endless comments on social media such as “It’s so emotional that I can’t hold back the tears” and “The way her voice seems on the verge of tears or feels like it could vanish completely gives me goosebumps”, reaching new heights of expressive power that listeners have fallen in love with. Her video titled ‘I sang “Kokoronashi” while crying, Piano Arrange cover’ has racked up nearly 13 million views alone, receiving high praise from music fans. Kohana Lam is a breakthrough artist who is attracting attention not only in Japan but all over the world.
New song ‘Have a Good Game!!’ is Kohana Lam’s first bold step into a wider musical world, as it includes a rap section for the very first time. The song is about leveling up in life, drawing on motifs based on her hobby of videogames.
The lyrics and music were written by SAKURAmoti. This rising musician previously collaborated with Minami from MAISONdes on the song ‘aiue’, which was used as the opening theme song for the anime series ‘Urusei Yatsura’, and which has surpassed 18 million views on YouTube.
“Hi, this is SAKURAmoti! I wrote the song ‘Have a Good Game!!’ for Kohana Lam. As a gamer myself, it was fun to create this song, which is filled with videogame-related references!," shared SAKURAmoti.
“Games are great because they challenge you to level up in the face of strong opponents and tough achievements. I tried to express this in the song, while also touching on life themes and Kohana Lam’s artistic pursuits. The melody is fast and quite difficult, but she totally crushed it – check it out!
“For everyone who is working hard day by day, this song has your back! GL (good luck)!”
■ Kohana Lam profile
“A singing voice filled with emotion that will pierce your heart.”
Kohana Lam began her music career via her YouTube channel in September 2019. Her ‘While crying’ and ‘With A Lot of Emotion’ cover video series became hits, and fans have posted endless comments on social media such as “It’s so emotional that I can’t hold back the tears” and “The way her voice seems on the verge of tears or feels like it could vanish completely gives me goosebumps”, reaching new heights of expressive power that listeners have fallen in love with. Her video titled ‘I sang “Kokoronashi” while crying, Piano Arrange cover’ has racked up nearly 13 million views alone, receiving high praise from music fans. Kohana Lam is a breakthrough artist who is attracting attention not only in Japan but all over the world.
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