He mea pena kaulana ʻo Joji mai Iapana mai i ʻike ʻia no kāna ʻano mele maʻamau. ʻO kāna mau haku mele he hui pū ʻana o nā mele uila, pahele, R&B a me nā mea ʻōiwi. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka poʻe hoʻolohe i nā manaʻo melancholy a me ka nele o ka hana paʻakikī, mahalo i hana ʻia kahi lewa kūikawā.
Ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā ia iho i ke mele, ʻo Joji he vlogger YouTube no ka manawa lōʻihi. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e kāna pseudonyms Filthy Frank a i ʻole Pink Guy. ʻO ke kahawai nui me 7,5 miliona mau mea inoa ʻo TV Filthy Frank. Ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā ʻike leʻaleʻa a me The Filthy Frank Show. ʻElua mau mea hou aʻe - TooDamnFilthy a me DizastaMusic.
He aha ka mea i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ke ola o Joji?
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo George Kusunoki Miller ma Sepatemaba 16, 1993 ma ke kūlanakauhale nui o Iapana o Osaka. No Australia ka makuahine o ka mea hana, a he Kepani maoli kona makuakāne. Ua noho ke keiki i kona wā kamaliʻi me kona ʻohana ma Iapana, ʻoiai e hana ana kona mau mākua ma laila. Ma hope iki, neʻe ka ʻohana Miller i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a noho ma Brooklyn.
I ka piha ʻana o ke keiki he 8 makahiki, ua hala kona mau mākua, no laila ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia e kona ʻanakala ʻo Frank. Eia naʻe, aia nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kēia ʻike. Manaʻo kekahi he ʻakaʻaka wale ka mea pena i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia. Aia kekahi manaʻo i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i mea e pale ai i kona mau mākua mai ka hana ʻino ma ka Pūnaewele.
Ua aʻo ʻia ka mea hoʻokani ma ka Canadian Academy, aia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kobe (Iapana). Ma hope o kona puka 'ana i ka makahiki 2012, ua komo 'o ia i ke Kulanui o Brooklyn (USA). ʻOiai ua noho ʻo Joji i ka hapa nui o kona ola ʻana ma ʻAmelika, hoʻomau mau ʻo ia i ka pilina me nā hoaaloha kamaliʻi mai Iapana. He waiwai a hana ka mea pena ma Los Angeles, no laila lele pinepine ʻo ia i laila.
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Ua moe ʻo George mai ka wā liʻiliʻi e lilo i mea hoʻokani pila, akā mahalo i ka blogging, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna kūleʻa mua. Ma lalo o ka pseudonym Filthy Frank, ua paʻi ʻo ia i nā kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a hoʻokuʻu i kekahi mau ʻāpana wikiō. I ka makahiki 2013, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia ʻo Joji i ka lole lycra ʻulaʻula, i hoʻokumu i ka ʻano hula Harlem Shake i lawe i ka pūnaewele me ka ʻino.
Ua komo ke kanaka i ka wikiō wikiō mai 2008 a 2017. Ma muli o nā mea hoʻonāukiuki no ka manawa lōʻihi i ka media, hūnā ʻo ia i kona inoa maoli. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Joji i kāna mau hana e hoʻopilikia i ka hana a me ke aʻo ʻana. Ma waho aʻe o ke kiʻi ʻana i kahi wikiō, makemake ka mea pena e hana i nā mele. Ua hiki iā ia ke haku i ke kākau ʻana i kahi mele ma ka papahana GarageBand ma hope o kona lohe ʻana iā Lil Wayne's hit A Milli (2008) a makemake ʻo ia e hana hou i ke mele.
"Ua ho'āʻo wau i nā haʻawina pahu no hoʻokahi mahina, akā ʻaʻohe mea i puka mai. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu," wahi a ka mea pena. Ua hoʻāʻo pū ʻo ia e haku i ka ʻukulele, piano a me ke kīkā. Eia naʻe, i kekahi manawa, ua ʻae ʻo Joji i kona ikaika i ka hiki ke hana maʻamau, ʻaʻole i ka hana ʻana i nā mele mea kani.
ʻO nā kahawai YouTube i hana mua ʻia ʻo Joji ma ke ʻano he "hoʻolaha" i kāna mau haku mele. Ma kekahi o nā nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ka mea pena:
"ʻO koʻu makemake nui ka hana ʻana i nā mele maikaʻi. ʻO Filthy Frank lāua ʻo Pink Guy i manaʻo ʻia he pahu wale nō, akā makemake nui lākou i ka lehulehu a ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻu mau manaʻo. Ua hoʻolauleʻa wau iaʻu iho a hoʻomaka wau e hana hou aku.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Joji e hoʻokuʻu i nā haku mele mua ma lalo o ka pseudonym Pink Guy. Ua hoʻokani ʻia nā mele ma ke ʻano hoʻohenehene, e like me ka ʻike ma ke kahawai. ʻO ka album studio piha piha ʻo Pink Season, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2017. Hiki i ka hana ke komo i ka Billboard 200, e lawe ana i ka 70th kūlana ma ka pae.
Ua hoʻokani ʻo Joji ma South by Southwest a makemake ʻo ia e huakaʻi me ka album Pink Season. Eia nō naʻe, i Dekemaba 2017, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e haʻi aku i ka maikaʻi i nā mea hoʻohenehene ʻo Filthy Frank a me Pink Guy. Ua hoʻopuka ka mea hana maʻiʻo e pili ana iā ia. Wahi a ia, ʻo nā kumu nui o ka haʻalele ʻana iā YouTube he hōʻemi banal i ka hoihoi i ka blogging a me nā pilikia olakino i kū mai.
Hana ma lalo o ka pseudonym Joji
I ka makahiki 2017, ʻo ke kuhikuhi nui no George ʻo ia ka hana ma lalo o ka inoa pseudonym hou ʻo Joji. Ua hoʻomaka ke kanaka e komo i nā mele ʻoihana a haʻalele i ke kiʻi comedic. Inā ʻo Pink Guy lāua ʻo Filthy Frank he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā kiʻi, a laila ʻo Joji ka Miller maoli. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka mea pena i kahi ʻaelike me ka lepili ʻAsia ʻo 88rising, ma lalo o kāna mau mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai kekahi mau mele.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka EP mua a George In Tongues ma EMPIRE Distributio i Nowemapa 2017. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kahi mana deluxe o ka mini-album. Ua komo ke mele "Yeah Right" i ka palapala Billboard R&B Songs, kahi i hiki ai ke lawe i ke kūlana 23 ma ka helu.
ʻO ka album mua ʻo BALLADS 1, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 2018. Ua kōkua ʻia ka mea pena e D33J, Shlohmo a me Clams Casino i ka hana ʻana i ʻelua mele. Ma waena o nā mele 12, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā mele melancholic a me nā mele hauʻoli. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻokani, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e kaumaha mau ka poʻe i ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo. Ma ke mele RIP, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i ka ʻāpana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Trippie Redd.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua o ka studio hana ʻo Nectar, i loaʻa i nā mele he 18, ma ʻApelila 2020. Ma nā mele ʻehā hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā ʻāpana i hana ʻia e Rei Brown, Lil Yachty, Omar Apollo, Yves Tumor a me Benee. No kekahi manawa, aia ka album ma ka helu 3 ma ka US Billboard 200.
ʻO ke ʻano mele o Joji
Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ke mele a Joji i ka trip hop a me ka lo-fi i ka manawa like. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o kekahi mau ʻano, nā manaʻo mai ka pahele, ka poʻe, R&B e hoʻokaʻawale i ke mele. He nui nā mea hoʻohewa e ʻike i ka like o Miller me ka mea hoʻokani kaulana ʻAmelika ʻo James Blake. Wahi a George e pili ana i nā haku mele:
"ʻO ka laina lalo ʻo nā mele Joji e pili ana i ka ʻike like me ka pop maʻamau, akā hōʻike pinepine i kahi manaʻo ʻokoʻa. He mea maikaʻi ke nānā i nā kumuhana o kēlā me kēia lā mai kahi ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā mele māmā a ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa he "wīwī" ka leo, ʻoiai ʻo nā mele ʻeleʻele e hōʻike ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo holoʻokoʻa. Eia naʻe, manaʻo wau e ulu kaʻawale kēlā mele a me ka manawa a mākou e noho nei.
