manaco’s First New Solo Song in Four Years is a Track Made to Honor the Anime TV Series ‘Blue Exorcist’! The Music Video has been Released on Youtube today! New Official Photos Have Also Been Released For The First Time!!
manaco is popular Japanese artist who has worked across a number of domains such as being part of a band and working as a dancer.
In the past she went under the English version of her name ‘manaco‘ when carrying out solo activities, even in Japanese, but that was four years ago. Now, with this release, she is putting out a new solo song for the first time in a long time and has changed to writing her name in the Japanese script ‘まなこ‘ in Japan to mark the new departure.
The music video for the new track is already available from today on YouTube. The name of the track is ‘precious’.
The music video was directed by Eri Yoshikawa, who has worked with numerous popular Japanese artists such as ATARASHII GAKKO! and ≠ME.
This track was written as an homage to the TV anime series ‘Blue Exorcist’, which manaco loves. manaco also took the lead in writing the song lyrics, which reflect the inner feelings of the character Kamiki Izumo, who appears in the series. The lyrics honor the anime and the original work with lines such as “Under the mask is the most precious thing to me, the real me”, evoking the loneliness of Kamiki Izumo, the conflict she experiences and her liberation from it.
There are references that fans of the anime and manga will be certain to understand scattered throughout the music video, so be sure to check it out.
Moreover, new official artwork for manaco has been released, showing a slightly different side to her than fans will be used to.
Speaking about this release, manaco commented:
“I felt as if Kamiki Izumo, who appears in this song, resembled me in some respects and there were lots of areas in which I could relate to her, so I could compose the lyrics quite easily”.
I took a lot of care in how I used words and sang them in a style that was my own, to evoke the life that Kamiki Izumo has lived.
What’s more, for the music video, images of a number of different ‘manaco’ were filmed. I hope that you enjoy all of the different surprises scattered throughout the music video when you watch it”.
Moving forward, manaco plans to produce more tracks that are based on her favorite manga and anime so be sure to look out for them.
‘precious‘ Music Video:
<manaco’s Biography>
In 2012, at the age of 16, she made her debut as an artist as part of the third generation of the popular group ‘DANCEROID’. The group became popular through posting dance cover videos to the website ‘Nico Nico Doga’. Following the broke up of the group, she became the main vocalist for the rock dance group ‘Q’ulle’
In 2019 she made her major label debut as a solo artist under the name ‘manaco’, releasing her debut album ‘On Blue’. She also released her debut photo album ‘ONE’S WHOLE SELF’. In the fall of 2020 she began working as an actress and entertainer in earnest. She is a multi-faceted creative who works across a wide variety of domains, primarily on the internet.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@xxxmanaco
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xxxskri?s=21
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mntr39/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xxxskri33
Bilibili: https://space.bilibili.com/661005855?spm_id_from=333.337.0.0
＜ Eri Yoshikawa’s Biography＞
She was born in Nagano Prefecture. After graduating from Tama Art University and establishing a video production company, she went independent in 2019.
While staying close to her subjects, she creates a unique and colorful world view. She has worked on numerous music videos, advertisements and live videos throughout her career.
