Style: Modern Male Neo Soul, Future Soul, Contemporary R&B and Soul Pop with subtle City Pop, jazz, gospel, laid-back blues and indie alternative influences. Warm, relaxed, playful, slightly quirky and effortlessly cool. Around 100 BPM, E Major. One adult male singer only with a warm expressive baritone voice. No female vocals. Organic live-band feel with relaxed pocket groove, understated live R&B drums, soft trap hi-hats, melodic finger bass, mellow sub bass, Rhodes and acoustic piano as the core, clean electric guitar with bluesy fills, lightly overdriven lo-fi guitar textures, subtle clavinet, Hammond organ, warm analog pads, occasional harmonica or whistling textures, shaker, tambourine and tasteful vocal chops. Rich jazz harmony with Maj7, 9th, 11th and 13th chords. Conversational vocals moving naturally between singing and half-spoken phrases. Lyrics blend about 70% English and 30% Japanese with everyday conversations, playful wordplay, internal rhymes, quirky observations, understated humor and poetic snapshots of ordinary life. Mid-song key change up one whole step into a brighter final chorus. Warm tape saturation, spacious stereo image, slightly imperfect live performance, memorable hooks and relaxed urban soul atmosphere.
