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Upcoming female rapper "valknee" from Tokyo releases new track entitled "Zoom" which was recorded remotely during isolation. Like-minded five female rappers such as AKKOGORILLA (15,000 monthly listener on Spotify), ASOBOiSM(22,000 monthly listeners) joined forces to make collaborative single during extended self-isolation due to COVID-19 crisis in Japan.
They share esthetics of self-confidence and positivity inspired by Japanese "gal" culture, and represents themselves uniquely with strong lyrics and wild rap flow. The song was made with motive to empower themselves and like-minded friends with music during hard time of self-isolation.
Valknee is a rapper based in Tokyo. The single "Zoom" released in May 2020 attracted attention not only from hip-hop fans but also from a wide range of people, and together with the members who participated in the song, they worked as "Zoomgals". The EP "vs." released in July 2023 was featured on Pitchfork. Appeared on "RAPSTAR 2023" distributed by Abema TV. She also provides music to idols such as Ayaka Wada, REIRIE, and lyrical school. She was in charge of the theme song and music direction for the movie "#Mito" (2023, starring Tina Tamashiro), which was aired nationwide last summer.