Shounen datta hi (feat. Anji)

In a city swept by cold winds, hip-hop was the only salvation for a lonely boy.
The latest installment of producer Kiwy's one-way project, "Amber Light," features up-and-coming rapper Anji. This track serves as a raw documentary of a true artist who continues to grip the mic while carrying his own pain.

Amidst changing times and digital waves, he remembers "that day"-putting up a brave front, unable to fit in, holding his breath in the background. What healed him in the corner of his solitary room and gave him a reason to live was the music flowing through his earphones.

What is depicted here is by no means a glorified success story. It captures the harsh realities of growing up, the crushing pressure and nausea right before taking the stage, and the anxiety that simply won't wash away. Yet, illuminated by streetlights over an amber-colored beat, he transforms his scars and his struggles as an outsider into his greatest weapons, laying down his words with undeniable power.

When Kiwy's nostalgic, warm-blooded track intersects with Anji's emotionally bare rap, a forgotten heat ignites deep within the hearts of all listeners who were once "boys" themselves. This is a soul-stirring hip-hop anthem that can only be forged by those who truly know pain.