By Linnaea Derner On September 25th, Joji dropped his third album “Nectar”. The album included 18 songs, some new and some singles that he had already released prior to the album. Most of the tracks follow Joji’s style: lo-fi, piano, and a light bass line.
Joji, aka Pink Guy, aka Filthy Frank, aka George Miller, got his start making music on YouTube. On one of George Miller’s YouTube channels, TVFilthyFrank, he released comedic videos and music that his alter ego “Pink Guy” produced. The music and their videos are not suitable for children and often got him in trouble with the general public. In 2017, due to health concerns, Pink Guy/ Filthy Frank stopped posting on YouTube to focus on a more serious music career. In February of the same year, Pink Guy (now professionally known as Joji) uploaded his music chart-topping song “Worldstar” on 88 Rising Youtube channel. 88 Rising is a “hybrid management, record label, video production, and marketing company" in the words of its founder Sean Miyashiro. 88 Rising’s goal is to help Asian singers get traction in the west. 88 Rising has singers like Joji, Niki, Rich Brian, and Jackson Wang--all people who are widely known in the east. 88 Rising also produced Joji's third album Nectar. Song number 3- “tick". While most of the songs “sounded” like Joji, there were two songs that caught my attention: “Reanimator” and “Your Man”. "Reanimator" has a kind of electronic instrumentation and no vocals until halfway through the song. This differs from Joji’s other songs because he usually doesn't let the instrumental intro go for that long. The other song: “Your Man” is about Joji being there for the person who he loves and who loves him, the song has a hopeful air that a person will come TO like that. My favorite song off of Nectar is “Tik Tok”, I like the melody and the bass beat. Compared to the other two of his albums, I would give Nectar an A.
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