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YU-KA Talks About Her ‘Wild Nights’ EP, Working In Sweden & Netflix Anime ‘Beastars’

YU-KA on her 'Wild Nights' EP, working in Sweden, dualities and 'Beastars.'

Singer-songwriter YU-KA traveled to Sweden to work with local creators and co-write the songs on her newly released five-song EP, Wild Nights. With songs like “Feel Like This,” the ending theme to part 1 of the Netflix series Beastars ‘ final season, the EP has a mellow electronic sound evocative of northern Europe, and YU-KA’s delicate singing voice and expressiveness are in full bloom. The theme of Sunshade was “J-pop.” The songs I wrote in Sweden had a sound that was more like Western music, so before releasing them, I wanted to make an album that embodied my J-pop side.

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