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Topic subjectiri (Japanese, R&B, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Pop)
Topic URLhttp://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=3000316&mesg_id=3001394
3001394, iri (Japanese, R&B, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Pop)
Posted by Steve O Tron v2, Fri Feb-09-18 03:11 PM
I think fans of artists like Suiyoubi, Mondo Grosso, tofubeats, and CICADA will like her music. The only thing is that I can't really find any videos on YouTube to post, but you can easily find her releases on Spotify or Apple Music (unfortunately not on Google Play Music).

She's worked with Kenmochi Hidefumi (of Suiyoubi), so a lot of the production on her songs sounds like a lot of the more relaxed Suiyoubi songs or the more R&B-laced songs by tofubeats. Overall, she and her music sound a little bit less eccentric than KOM_I/Suiyoubi, as she has a deeper voice and more conventional delivery. The music has a very late night cruising vibe and maybe a modern take that vaguely feels city pop-ish.

She has a new album called Juice coming out soon, but in the meantime I highly recommend checking out her Life EP from 2017 (especially the tracks "For Life" and "Fruits") and Groove It LP from 2016.

Here's a video by an artist named TAAR featuring iri: https://youtu.be/tpORjlVVMDA

And an acoustic version of "Night Groove" from her LP: https://youtu.be/-LkjrlEFo3k