tuki.
A mysterious Singer-songwriter tuki. suddenly appeared on the Japanese music scene.
She has been playing and posting on TikTok since she was 13 y.o, and everything about her is a mystery except that she is currently a first-year student at high school and 15 y.o.
tuki. made her debut on September 29, 2023 with her "Bansanka".
The song quickly climbed the charts, and debuted at No.1 on Spotify's "Viral Top 50 - Japan."
It was also ranked No.1 both on Apple Music's "Top Songs" list and on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
And, she was the youngest artist to establish the record whose songs have been replayed more than 200 million times on major streaming services.
She has also gained 2.94 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Her posts of "me singing (cover)" on TikTok, which convey her overwhelming vocal ability and expressiveness, became a hot topic on TikTok, gaining over 600,000 followers. One of them has been replayed more than 22.4 million times (Posted on July 7, 2023).
The music video of "Bansanka (Acoustic version)", which had been released on YouTube without any notice, was viewed more than 1 million times only in 9 days, and has been viewed about 16.5 million times by now (as of April 25, 2024).
On December 24, 2023, the music video of "Bansanka" was released. The illustration for the video was created by Posuka Demizu, the manga artist who created "The Promised Neverland,"' and it has been viewed more than 36.5 million times.
"Sakura Kimi Watashi," which was released on January 10, 2024, was selected as the insert song for ABEMA's "Today I Loved You Graduation Edition 2024".
tuki.became a high school student in 2024 and released a new song "Inferno Love Letter" on April 16. Completely changed from her previous ballads, this song was written because she was annoyed by a suggestive man, and it has already received a great response on social media.