generasia:Featured article for 2018 week 48
RIRI
RIRI is a Japanese pop and R&B singer under the Sony Music Japan label. In 2016, she started being managed by J-R&B singer-songwriter AI under her agency THE MIC-A-HOLIC INC.
She started singing at the age of 4. In 2011, she won in the David Foster event "Next Star Generation Star". In 2012, she performed for the first time in New York, USA, at the The Dream Support Project Award.
She started her career as a singer professionally in 2016, when she got signed with MIC-A-HOLIC Inc., the agency responsible for AI's career and also were AI acts as a producer and adviser. Her style is a mix of pop and R&B tunes. It's notable that RIRI's lyrics makes heavy use of the English language.
In 2017, she signed with Sony Music Japan for her major debut. She started working on her debut album, RIRI, which was produced by hitmakers that worked with American superstars Beyoncé and Ariana Grande. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, California.
Her second studio album, NEO, is released this week on November 28th.
