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Anzai Kalen
Anzai Kalen (安斉かれん) is a Japanese pop singer under avex trax.
Profile
- Name: Anzai Kalen (安斉かれん)
- Birthdate: August 15, 1999
- Birthplace: Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Information
Anzai was born in 1999 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. She had her musical debut with record label avex trax in 2019. She worked as a fashion model for MAC cosmetics before being signed as a singer.
Throughout 2019, Anzai released three digital singles, each one featured in a music video dubbed the 'Immersive Society 3.0' trilogy. The last of these singles, Jinsei wa Senjou da was used as the ending theme for the third season of the anime Black Clover. The aesthetic of her music videos combined futurism, technology, and an early 2000s aesthetic. Each music video attracted over a million views before the end of the year. Special physical editions of her singles were distributed exclusively at TOWER RECORDS for free, in 8cm CD cases.
On October 24th 2019, Anzai gave her first live performance in Shibuya on the SHIBUYA DIVERSITY SESSION stage. The avant-garde performance featured a series of mirrors on stage, allowing the audience to only see Anzai's reflection as she sang. Anzai performed again at the LIVE TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION teen 2019 Winter event, appearing behind screens and holograms, once again creating ambiguity. Between these ambiguous live performances, the futuristic, post-human themes present in her music videos, and the scarcity of candid pictures of Anzai, many have speculated as to whether or not she is real. In 2020, a reporter from Tokyo Sports met Anzai on the streets of Shibuya and confirmed that she was not a digital creation.
Many have drawn comparisons between Anzai and female soloists of the late 90s and early 2000s, such as Ayumi Hamasaki, Ami Suzuki, and Nami Tamaki. Both her fashion and musical stylings have been described as 'nostalgic' for this era of Japanese pop.
Discography
Digital Singles
- [2019.05.22] Sekai no Subete Teki ni Kanjite Kodoku Sae Aishiteita (世界の全て敵に感じて孤独さえ愛していた)
- [2019.07.24] Dareka no Raise no Yume Demo Ii (誰かの来世の夢でもいい)
- [2019.10.01] Jinsei wa Senjou da (人生は戦場だ)
Remix Singles
- [2019.12.24] Jinsei wa Senjou da(Prod.by TAKU INOUE) (人生は戦場だ (Prod.by TAKU INOUE))
- [2020.xx.xx] Dareka no Raise no Yume Demo Ii (Prod.by Carpainter) (誰かの来世の夢でもいい (Prod.by Carpainter))
- [2020.xx.xx] Sekai no Subete Teki ni Kanjite Kodoku Sae Aishiteita (Prod.by K03) (世界の全て敵に感じて孤独さえ愛していた) (Prod.by K03))
Trivia
- While working as a clerk at the popular shop "RELECT by RUNWAY CHANNEL Lab." in Shibuya, she appeared in many fashion media before her debut and eventually was adopted for storefront visuals for the cosmetic brand "M.A.C".
- Her first live show was seeing The Rolling Stones.
- She is a fan of Official HIGE DANdism.
