millennium parade Announces Japanese Folklore Inspired Project "THE MILLENNIUM PARADE", Out February 10th

Japanese music and creative collective millennium parade are pioneering a new age of collaboration and creation. Organizer Daiki Tsuneta (producer, songwriter, and frontman of J-Pop band King Gnu) assembled a team of musicians, film directors, visual effects artists, designers, and illustrators to bring this unique, multimedia concept to life. Since their 2019 inception, millennium parade have racked up millions of streams across their diverse singles and incredible accompanying self-produced animated music videos, resulting in a dedicated legion of fans. The group's single “Fly with me” was selected as the official theme song for the ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ reboot series on Netflix. The song was also later remixed by celebrated DJ/producer Steve Aoki and brought the group international acclaim. The hype also led to high profile collaborations with DIOR, adidas, Coach, and Cartier, and praise from media including Billboard, Hypebeast, Highsnobiety, Earmilk and more.

The collectives’ hard work will culminate in their debut full length album, ‘THE MILLENNIUM PARADE’, set to release globally on February 10th via Sony Music Japan. The album features the band’s eclectic releases from the last year, alongside new tracks that showcase millennium parade’s range of influences. The group launched an exclusive album pre-save with Apple Music and gave fans another taste of what the record has in store with a new single “2992” - which also serves as the theme song for NHK ‘2030 A Turning Point for Our Future’ documentary and Daiki focused special documentary is called "Daiki Tsuneta 'DESTRUCTION & CREATION’” that just aired in Japan. They’ve also announced their song “FAMILIA” off the upcoming album as the theme song for Japanese film ‘The Family’ about members of the Yakuza organized crime syndicate releasing on January 29th.

Built around the theme of “mourning what we have lost, and celebrating the new year to come”, ‘THE MILLENNIUM PARADE’ album consists of 14 songs of various genres, including jazz, rock, hip hop, electronic and classical sounds. Much like the unending night parade of a hundred demons, ‘Hyakki Yagyo’ (the underlying concept behind millennium parade), each song in the album melts into the next seamlessly, taking the listener on a journey through “the millennium parade”. On the cover, a “Tezutsu Hanabi” (the oldest form of Japanese fireworks, encased in bamboo and held by hand) which was traditionally used to protect from evil spirits, and was also used to pray for a good harvest, is held by Ebisu (one of the 7 Gods of Fortune in Japanese folklore).

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