Tokyo Nostalgia

In February 2025, the fourth single from "westman8" was released, "Tokyo Nostalgia".

Yohei Nishi, a music composer who is a member of the pop band "balconny" based in Fukuoka and active nationwide, and who has produced and provided numerous songs, began releasing them under the name "westman8" in 2025, using AI to rearrange his own songs.

The theme of this work is "the sadness of the fifth year after moving to Tokyo." Many of my musician friends came to Tokyo with dreams, but many of them are unable to leave Tokyo halfway through their dreams and are desperately clinging on. I sometimes have the opportunity to talk to those friends, and I created this work by imagining what I felt at that time from the other person's perspective. The realistic and sad lyrics and nostalgic melody are familiar, and the indescribable feeling after listening to it makes you feel comfortable.

.February 4, 2025: "westman8" self-produced 1st mini album "the City Pop vol.1" released

.February 14: "westman8" 2nd mini album "the Pops vol.1" & 3rd mini album "the Pops vol.2" released simultaneously

.Fukuoka's representative pop band "balconny" is a band that is well-known among industry insiders and has many high-quality original songs that never go out of style. They serve as goodwill ambassadors for Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and are in charge of a monthly radio program on FM Yame.

.Each member is active, and "westman8" aka "yohei nishi" continues to work as a music writer and is in charge of a music program for young people on a local FM station. Since 2025, they have been using music generation AI to arrange and distribute original songs.