World's End Girlfriend is a Japanese composer whose work blends complex sou… Read Full Bio ↴World's End Girlfriend is a Japanese composer whose work blends complex sound structures with beautiful melodies, reaching from electronic glitch to jazz-infused rock to modern classical. Captivating, enthralling and like nothing you’ve heard before, WEG makes for a surprising yet central addition to London contemporary music label Erased Tapes.
His brand new album ‘SEVEN IDIOTS’ will finally be released outside of Japan this April. Shifting seamlessly from catchy pop hooks to elaborate orchestrations and brutal IDM drones, it's an irregular pop album – filled with twists and turns that will have you reaching for the repeat button. At first recorded with vocals, he took the unusual composing method of building up the songs before erasing all of their vocal parts. By dismantling and re-constructing each track, WEG has produced a genre-defying album that truly transcends categorisation.
World's End Girlfriend hails from Nagasaki Kyushu, Japan and currently resides in Tokyo. Fascinated by his father's classical music collection, he began his foray into sound at the tender age of 10, creating his early compositions on keyboard, guitar, tape recorders and computers. To date he has composed more than 600 songs, for the most part unreleased testaments of his early experimentations.
WEG first came on Europe’s radar in 2002, invited to perform at Barcelona’s renowned Sonar Festival. On the back of the collaborative album ’Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain’ with Japanese post-rock band Mono, he embarked on extensive tours in Europe and North America in 2005, returning for an appearance at ATP Festival in 2008. Recently performing as a seven-piece ensemble, WEG's ostentious live show is currently selling out 800 capacity venues in Asia. Filmmakers seem smitten too, with the Go Shibata directed movie ‘Late Bloomer’ (2004) and the internationally renowned ‘Air Doll’ (2009) by award-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda both featuring soundtracks created by World’s End Girlfriend.
The music video for ‘Les Enfants du Paradis’, taken from ‘SEVEN IDIOTS', has already received over 90.000 views on YouTube. Directed by Yohei Saito, this beguiling visual represents the high level of interest given to WEG's music, not widely available outside of Asia – until now.
‘The one album that would turn the entire music world on its head’ (8.5/10) #6 Top 100 Releases – The Silent Ballet (US)
‘There are few artists who can make a human being as overjoyed, ardent, or terrified as Katsuhiko Maeda through the sheer art of music. …there is no other conscientious artist in activity that crafts music in the same distinctive style as World’s End Girlfriend’ (8/10) – PopMatters (US)
’A defining statement and a full-length that has more than realised his potential to be one of the most unique and vital solo artists in modern music‘ (9/10) – Contact Music (UK)
‘World’s End Girlfriend sign to the label renowned for its recognition of innovative acts... and promises to blend sideways pop with strange and addictive hooks' – Bearded Magazine (UK)
His brand new album ‘SEVEN IDIOTS’ will finally be released outside of Japan this April. Shifting seamlessly from catchy pop hooks to elaborate orchestrations and brutal IDM drones, it's an irregular pop album – filled with twists and turns that will have you reaching for the repeat button. At first recorded with vocals, he took the unusual composing method of building up the songs before erasing all of their vocal parts. By dismantling and re-constructing each track, WEG has produced a genre-defying album that truly transcends categorisation.
World's End Girlfriend hails from Nagasaki Kyushu, Japan and currently resides in Tokyo. Fascinated by his father's classical music collection, he began his foray into sound at the tender age of 10, creating his early compositions on keyboard, guitar, tape recorders and computers. To date he has composed more than 600 songs, for the most part unreleased testaments of his early experimentations.
WEG first came on Europe’s radar in 2002, invited to perform at Barcelona’s renowned Sonar Festival. On the back of the collaborative album ’Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain’ with Japanese post-rock band Mono, he embarked on extensive tours in Europe and North America in 2005, returning for an appearance at ATP Festival in 2008. Recently performing as a seven-piece ensemble, WEG's ostentious live show is currently selling out 800 capacity venues in Asia. Filmmakers seem smitten too, with the Go Shibata directed movie ‘Late Bloomer’ (2004) and the internationally renowned ‘Air Doll’ (2009) by award-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda both featuring soundtracks created by World’s End Girlfriend.
The music video for ‘Les Enfants du Paradis’, taken from ‘SEVEN IDIOTS', has already received over 90.000 views on YouTube. Directed by Yohei Saito, this beguiling visual represents the high level of interest given to WEG's music, not widely available outside of Asia – until now.
‘The one album that would turn the entire music world on its head’ (8.5/10) #6 Top 100 Releases – The Silent Ballet (US)
‘There are few artists who can make a human being as overjoyed, ardent, or terrified as Katsuhiko Maeda through the sheer art of music. …there is no other conscientious artist in activity that crafts music in the same distinctive style as World’s End Girlfriend’ (8/10) – PopMatters (US)
’A defining statement and a full-length that has more than realised his potential to be one of the most unique and vital solo artists in modern music‘ (9/10) – Contact Music (UK)
‘World’s End Girlfriend sign to the label renowned for its recognition of innovative acts... and promises to blend sideways pop with strange and addictive hooks' – Bearded Magazine (UK)
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World's End Girlfriend Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by World's End Girlfriend:
All Imperfect Love Song When you open the window, a side of the silver…
Call Past Rain Call Past Rain 2:45 遠い記憶 To ii kioku A distant memor…
Fifteen White Nantonaku dake ja iki te ike nai Datte mō wakaremichi darake…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
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@Woahthere668
With eyelids weighed down
By dense mountains of lust
We smile in the delight of our proximity
Our abstract nature
Peering into each other's souls
Scarcely aware of the sounds of the jungle
Surrounding us, becoming us
Deep rhythmic youth
Of heartbeat drums resonating throughout
And speaking our thoughts
As if we are fixated
As if we are but two daydreams
Two languages
Colliding in sparks
Of desire and fire, rainstorms and glass
Whispering loveletters into our mouths
The ecstasy of touch
Distorts our senses and overloads the mind
With illusions of vegetation
Apparitions of grandeur
Of dangling ropes
And tangled leaves, painted in false color
In false light
Reflections glowing, glimmering
Upon our shifting, sweating skin
Amidst an imaginary jungle
Made of hallucination
Of complex, fragile glass
And patterned shards
Both blue stained and red bright
@YY-kn2sf
beautiful............
@anuarkun
i love this song...!!! thanx for the upload
@bloodygagou
I never answered. But thanks.
@TRIARII117
just amazing. im always impressed with this project. its so bizarre and beautiful and just..
@mackeyekcam
beautiful
@MN-wt4cg
amazing ...
@manakurasou
I will may buy this CD.
@Woahthere668
With eyelids weighed down
By dense mountains of lust
We smile in the delight of our proximity
Our abstract nature
Peering into each other's souls
Scarcely aware of the sounds of the jungle
Surrounding us, becoming us
Deep rhythmic youth
Of heartbeat drums resonating throughout
And speaking our thoughts
As if we are fixated
As if we are but two daydreams
Two languages
Colliding in sparks
Of desire and fire, rainstorms and glass
Whispering loveletters into our mouths
The ecstasy of touch
Distorts our senses and overloads the mind
With illusions of vegetation
Apparitions of grandeur
Of dangling ropes
And tangled leaves, painted in false color
In false light
Reflections glowing, glimmering
Upon our shifting, sweating skin
Amidst an imaginary jungle
Made of hallucination
Of complex, fragile glass
And patterned shards
Both blue stained and red bright
@MsRuneGirl
Where is this from
@Woahthere668
@Avalon Rose I wrote it :) but I forgot I posted this here actually