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"itshow" marks the opening of dodo's new 2026 season, a symbolic track from an artist who has continued to carve his own evolution within Japanese hip-hop.
Throughout his career, dodo has built a singular presence-remaining slightly outside the center of the scene while using real, lived language and the perspective of an everyday storyteller as his sharpest tools. In this release, he makes clear his role as an artist who both inherits and advances the foundations of hip-hop.

The core themes of the track are continuity and proof-a bridge between the past and the present.
Rather than relying on flashy production, the song foregrounds hip-hop's original strengths: honest storytelling, lived experience, and quiet determination.
The aesthetic dodo has cultivated over the years-his sensitivity to everyday life, density of expression, and commitment to authenticity-remains intact, while evolving into a more universal message.

"itshow" presents a new benchmark from outside the traditional center of the scene, created by an artist who deeply understands the culture's lineage.
As both a bearer of Japanese rap's inheritance and a fully independent creator forging new standards, this track stands as a fitting first release for 2026.

We would be honored if you would consider this work as the beginning of a new chapter.