Concretopia

London-born, Tokyo-based producer SKYTOPIA has teamed up with singer-songwriter Miduki Shinoda for his new single "Concretopia". An anthemic afrobeat-driven pop song, "Concretopia" evokes a sense of longing for the scenery Tokyo has lost due to the pressures of capitalism and urban development. It deals with the emotions running through this ever-changing city, incorporating influences from Wednesday Campanella, starRo, Mark Redito, and the Tokyo-based electronic label TREKKIE TRAX. The music video, released simultaneously, focuses on a council housing complex in suburban Tokyo: a relic of the Showa era and a symbol of the emotional friction caused by time's irreversible flow. "Concretopia" is being released in the same week the 2020 Olympic Games - the catalyst for modern redevelopment in Tokyo - were originally supposed to begin, and as the dynamics of the city have altered once again (this time due to the coronavirus pandemic).