Hakushi Hasegawa

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and signing to netlabel Maltine Records, they made their debut with the release of their first EP, iPhone Six Plus, in 2016. They followed this up with their second EP, Somoku Hodo, in 2018 and their debut album, Air Ni Ni, in 2019, as well as a cover album, Bones of Dreams Attacked!, in 2020. In 2023, Hasegawa signed to American record label Brainfeeder and released their third original album, Mahōgakkō, in 2024.

Hasegawa is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

Early life Hakushi Hasegawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 1998.

Career On August 31, 2016, Hasegawa released their debut single, , on SoundCloud,

This got them the attention of independent record label Musicmine, which oversaw the release of Hasegawa's follow-up EP Somoku Hodo (2018). Less than a year later, Hasegawa released their debut album, Air Ni Ni, which garnered positive reviews, with multiple domestic outlets calling it their "Album of the Year". They are the first Japanese act to be signed by the label.

May 2024 saw the release of two singles for the upcoming album: "Boy's Texture" and "Departed". Both singles were accompanied by music videos animated by digital artist Gauspel. "Departed" also landed on Pitchfork's "Selects", a weekly curated playlist. On July 24, 2024, Hasegawa released their third original album Mahōgakkō. In an interview for Bandcamp, Hasegawa talks about their newfound interest in experimenting with their voice, citing Alvin Lucier's I am sitting in a room as inspiration. In the same interview, they describe Mahōgakkō as "meaner" than their earlier work and voice the prediction that it will "likely go down as [their] most disorganized, distorted [and] chaotic album".

Discography

Studio albums 2019 – Air Ni Ni 2020 – Bones of Dreams Attacked! 2023 – I Am Dead! (Original Soundtrack) 2024 – Mahōgakkō 2026 – Honest Feeling Album

EPs 2017 – iPhone Six Plus 2018 – Somoku Hodo

Singles 2016 – "Hadairo No Kawa" 2020 – "Otogasuru" (with yuigot) 2020 – "Sukuinote" (with Yukichikasaku/men) 2021 – "Uni" 2022 – "Thunder in Bud" (with KAF) 2024 – "Wonderful Christmastime"