UJoji yiciko elidumile laseJapan elaziwa ngesitayela sakhe somculo esingajwayelekile. Izingoma zakhe ziyinhlanganisela yomculo we-elekthronikhi, i-trap, i-R&B kanye nezakhi zesintu. Abalaleli bakhangwa yizisusa ze-melancholy kanye nokungabikho kokukhiqiza okuyinkimbinkimbi, ngenxa yokuthi kudalwa umoya okhethekile.
Ngaphambi kokugxila emculweni, u-Joji wayeyi-vlogger ye-YouTube isikhathi eside. Angaqashelwa ngamagama okungelona iqiniso uFilthy Frank noma uPink Guy. Isiteshi esikhulu esinababhalisile abayizigidi ezingu-7,5 yi-TV Filthy Frank. Lapha uthumele okuqukethwe kokuzijabulisa kanye ne-Filthy Frank Show. Kukhona ezimbili ezengeziwe - i-TooDamnFilthy ne-DizastaMusic.
Yini eyaziwayo ngempilo kaJoji?
UGeorge Kusunoki Miller wazalwa ngo-September 16, 1993 edolobheni elikhulu laseJapane i-Osaka. Umama womculi ungowase-Australia, kanti uyise ungowokuzalwa eJapan. Umfana wachitha ebuntwaneni bakhe nomndeni wakhe eJapane, njengoba abazali bakhe basebenza khona. Ngemva kwesikhashana, umkhaya wakwaMiller wathuthela e-United States, wazinza eBrooklyn.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, abazali bakhe bashona, ngakho wakhuliswa umalume wakhe uFrank. Nokho, kukhona impikiswano mayelana nalolu lwazi. Abanye bakholwa wukuthi lo mculi ubezincokolela nje ngesikhathi esho kanje. Kukhona nenguqulo ayisho lokhu ukuze avikele abazali bakhe ekuhlukunyezweni kuyi-Internet.
Umculi wafunda e-Canadian Academy, etholakala edolobheni laseKobe (Japan). Ngemva kokuphothula kulo ngo-2012, wangena e-University of Brooklyn (USA). Nakuba uJoji ephile isikhathi esiningi sempilo yakhe e-States, usaxhumana nabangane basebuntwaneni baseJapan. Umdwebi unezindlu ezithengiswayo futhi usebenza e-Los Angeles, ngakho undiza lapho kaningi.
Indlela yokudala
UGeorge kusukela esemncane wayefisa ukuba umculi, kodwa ngenxa yokubhuloga, wazuza impumelelo yakhe yokuqala. Ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Filthy Frank, wathwebula imidwebo yamahlaya futhi wakhulula izigaba zamavidiyo ezimbalwa. Ngo-2013, u-Joji, egqoke ingubo ephinki ye-lycra, wethula umdanso we-Harlem Shake owathatha i-inthanethi ngamandla.
Lo mfana ubezibandakanye ekubhulogini kwevidiyo kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2017. Ngenxa yokuqukethwe okuvusa inkanuko isikhathi eside kwabezindaba, wafihla igama lakhe langempela. UJoji ubengafuni ukuthi imisebenzi yakhe iphazamise umsebenzi nokufunda. Ngaphezu kokushutha ividiyo, umculi wayefuna ukwenza umculo. Ukwazile ukubhala kahle ingoma ohlelweni lweGarageBand ngemuva kokuzwa ingoma kaLil Wayne eshisa izikhotha ethi A Milli (2008) futhi efuna ukusidala kabusha lesi sigqi.
“Ngazama izifundo ze-drum inyanga yonke kodwa lutho ukuphuma. Bengingeke ngikwazi,” kuvuma lo mculi. Wazama nokucula ukulele, upiyano nesiginci. Nokho, uJoji uke wavuma ukuthi amandla akhe asemandleni okwenza ngendlela engajwayelekile, hhayi ekudaleni umculo wezinsimbi.
Iziteshi ze-YouTube uJoji wazidala njengendlela "yokuthuthukisa" izingoma zakhe. Kwenye yezingxoxo, iciko liphawule:
“Isifiso sami esikhulu bekulokhu kuwukwakha umculo omnandi. U-Frank ongcolile no-Pink Guy kwakufanele babe nje ukusunduza, kodwa babethanda kakhulu izethameli futhi badlula noma yikuphi engangikulindele. Ngabuyisana futhi ngaqala ukusebenza ngokuqhubekayo.
UJoji waqala ukukhipha izingoma zokuqala ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu elithi Pink Guy. Izingoma zenziwa ngendlela ehlekisayo, ngokuhambisana nokuqukethwe esiteshini. I-albhamu yokuqala ye-studio enobude obugcwele bekuyi-Pink Season, ekhishwe ngo-2017. Umsebenzi ukwazile ukungena ku-Billboard 200, uthathe isikhundla sama-70 esilinganisweni.
U-Joji ucule eNingizimu-ntshonalanga futhi waze wafuna ukuvakasha nge-albhamu ye-Pink Season. Kodwa-ke, ngoDisemba 2017, wanquma ukuvalelisa kubalingiswa bamahlaya uFilthy Frank noPink Guy. Umenzi wokuqukethwe ubhale ku-Twitter ngakho. Ngokusho kwakhe, izizathu eziyinhloko zokushiya i-YouTube ukwehla kwe-banal kwintshisekelo yokubhuloga kanye nezinkinga zempilo eziye zavela.
Sebenza ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Joji
Ngo-2017, isiqondiso esikhulu sikaGeorge kwakuwukusebenza ngaphansi kwegama elisha lokuqamba elithi Joji. Umfana waqala ukuhlanganyela emculweni ochwepheshe futhi washiya isithombe samahlaya. Ukube u-Pink Guy noFilthy Frank bebengelutho ngaphandle kwabalingisi, kusho ukuthi u-Joji unguMiller wangempela. Umdwebi usayine isivumelwano nelebula yase-Asia i-88rising, okuye kwakhululwa izingoma ezimbalwa ngaphansi kwayo.
I-EP yokuqala kaGeorge Ngezilimi yakhululwa ku-EMPIRE Distributio ngoNovemba 2017. Ngemva konyaka, umculi wakhulula inguqulo ye-deluxe ye-albhamu encane. Ingoma ethi "Yeah Right" ingene eshadini le-Billboard R&B Songs, lapho ikwazile khona ukuthatha indawo yesi-23 esilinganisweni.
I-albhamu yokuqala bekuyi-BALLADS 1, eyakhishwa ngo-Okthoba 2018. Lo mculi usizwe i-D33J, iShlohmo neClams Casino ekukhiqizeni izingoma ezimbili. Phakathi kwamathrekhi angu-12, ungezwa kokubili umculo opholile nojabulisayo. Lo mculi uthe ubengafuni ukuthi abantu bahlale bedabukile ngesikhathi kuqhubeka inhlolokhono. Engomeni ye-RIP, ungezwa ingxenye idlwengulwa ngu-Trippie Redd.
Umsebenzi wesibili we-studio we-Nectar, ohlanganisa amathrekhi ayi-18, ukhishwe ngo-Ephreli 2020. Kumathrekhi amane ungezwa izingxenye zenziwa nguRei Brown, Lil Yachty, Omar Apollo, Yves Tumor kanye noBenee. Isikhathi esithile, i-albhamu yayikunombolo 3 ku-Billboard 200 yase-US.
Isitayela somculo sikaJoji
Umculo kaJoji ungamaniswa ne-trip hop ne-lo-fi ngesikhathi esisodwa. Inhlanganisela yezitayela ezimbalwa, imibono evela ku-trap, folk, i-R&B yenza umculo uhluke. Abagxeki abaningi baphawula ukufana kukaMiller nomdlali odumile waseMelika uJames Blake. UGeorge uthi okulandelayo mayelana nezingoma:
“Okubalulekile ukuthi izingoma zeJoji zimayelana nokuqukethwe okufanayo ne-pop evamile, kodwa ngokuvamile ziveza umbono ohlukile. Kuhle ukubuka izihloko zansuku zonke ngelinye iso. Izingoma ezilula nezijabulisa kakhulu zinezwi eliphansi "elihlekisayo", kuyilapho ezimnyama zibonakala zembula lonke iqiniso. Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi umculo nesikhathi esiphila kuso kuthuthuka ngaphandle komunye nomunye.
