Cuushe

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Cuushe
Birth nameMayuko Hitotsuyanagi
Origin Kyoto, Japan
Genres Dream pop [1] [2]
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • record producer
Years active2010–present
Labels
Website www.cuushe.net

Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi, better known by her stage name Cuushe, [3] is a Japanese singer-songwriter, [4] multi-instrumentalist, [5] and record producer [6] from Kyoto. [7] She is based in Tokyo. [8] She is one half of the duo Neon Cloud along with Geskia. [9] Her music has been released on Flau and Cascine. [10]

Contents

Biography

Growing up in Kyoto, Cuushe spent time in Osaka before moving to Tokyo. [11] She also spent extended periods of time in London and Berlin. [11] She started making music in 2008. [11]

Her debut studio album, Red Rocket Telepathy, was released in 2009. [11] In 2012, she released an EP, Girl You Know That I Am Here but the Dream. [12] Her second studio album, Butterfly Case, was released in 2013. [13] Patrick St. Michel of Pitchfork called it "a captivating collection of dream pop." [14] In 2015, she released an EP, Night Lines. [15] "We Can't Stop", a song from the EP, was used in the American dark comedy television series Search Party . [11]

In 2017, she became a victim of stalking and online sexual harassment by the glitch musician Ametsub, [16] who broke into her house and stole her unreleased recordings, musical equipment, and personal items such as clothes and photographs. [16]

Style and influences

In a 2012 interview with Dazed , Cuushe cited "musician friends, movies, [and] sadness" as her top 3 musical inspirations. [17]

Colin Joyce of Pitchfork wrote, "The wispy-voiced Tokyo songwriter is nominally a dream-pop act, indulgent in the stirring static and hushed whispers that have become requisite for the genre." [18]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Guest appearances

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References

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