"Joji's been releasing music really for a decade, but his discography is kind of scant. It always feels like he's arriving, dropping a few really, really elegantly crafted songs and then just kind of disappearing. So each time he comes back, it feels like a reawakening. Joji did not actually get his start making music. He was a YouTube prank comedian. He used to go by Filthy Frank doing a bunch of gross stuff on the internet."
"To me, the signature Joji song to date is called Glimpse of Us. It is so calm that knowing his back story, every time I listen to it, I was like, there's surely no way that that guy made a song that was this unerringly pretty. And yet he did. His biggest songs have been traditionally song pop and R & B balladry, and have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of plays."
Joji has transitioned from a YouTube prank persona into a viral musician whose work fuses pop, R&B balladry, and contemporary sonic textures. Pixelated Kisses channels melodic rage and amped-up trip-hop while maintaining clear, classic songwriting. His discography is sparse but marked by elegantly crafted songs that reappear like reawakenings. Glimpse of Us exemplifies his capacity for unerringly pretty, calm balladry that contradicts his online origins. The new track aims to bridge classic songcraft with the sound of the now, offering a nostalgic touchstone for listeners who grew up on current youth subcultures and tours.
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