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Kocchi no Kento on Viral Hit ‘Hai Yorokonde’ & The Importance of Loving the Music You Create: Interview

Kocchi no Kento, the creator of "Hai Yorokonde," which is going viral on the video platforms, recently sat down for an interview with Billboard Japan.

Kocchi no Kento, the creator of “Hai Yorokonde,” which is going viral on the video platforms, recently sat down for an interview with Billboard Japan. He turned it in about a month earlier than expected, and in his email, he wrote “I just couldn’t put my pen down” and “The song is wonderful, so it was smooth and effortless to translate what I was feeling into visuals.” When I looked at what he’d created, I knew it would directly connect with people. Luckily, I got a lot of comments from overseas listeners, so I consulted with my record label, and we decided to release an English version.

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