Kaz Reflects About the Seasons Changing with Latest Music Video!

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INTERSECTION member Kaz has released a music video for “Summer is Over”, the closing track on his debut solo EP CODE LOVE, which was released in September. This gospel-inflected ballad features guest vocalist Mai Anna, Kaz’s schoolmate at Harvard University. The song was produced by the two artists together, and is about a passionate relationship that blossoms in the mournful final days of summer.

Kaz commented, “The song has a gentle melody that evokes the end of summer, with a warmth and touch that feels like touching someone’s skin.” 

The music video features a full-length animation created by Mirai Mizue, who has made videos for numerous artists and is renowned for creating abstract and organic animation works called “cell animation”, a play on “cel animation”. The video is attracting attention online thanks to Mizue’s original interpretation of the themes of “Paradise Lost”, playing with abstraction, metamorphosis and trippy psychedelia.

Be sure to check out the music video for “Summer is Over” below, along with the streaming link for CODE LOVE here!

CAELAN of INTERSECTION Bring Fans Together With Solo Debut Single!

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CAELAN from Japanese-American mixed-culture boyband INTERSECTION had released his first solo single “Forever With You” back on October 8 across all digital music streaming platforms.

CAELAN’s popularity has exploded across Asia since his appearance in February 2021 on CHUANG2021, the massively successful Chinese version of hit audition show PRODUCE 101, where viewers were mesmerized by his world-class performance ability and unique personality. The show generated some 5 billion views, and CAELAN’s account on Chinese social media platform Weibo reached 1.77 million followers.

CALEAN has since become a major celebrity in China, where he has appeared in commercials for national brands, graced the covers of high-fashion magazines as a style icon, and won the grand prize in the Idol category at this year’s InStyle Icon Awards in Shanghai.

His incredible team of songwriting and production collaborators on debut solo single “Forever With You” includes j.Que, the Grammy-nominated super-producer who has crafted hits for Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Beyoncé, as well as David Arkwright, the red-hot songwriter behind Bella Poarch’s hit ‘Build A Bitch’, and songwriters Kinderr and Theo Ross Rosenthal. The result is a song that captures the sound of “now”. CAELAN himself has co-written the Chinese-language version of the lyrics and designed the cover art.

The music video has a rich and textured cinematic feel, with a grand scale that shows CALEAN singing on a mountaintop surrounded by nature and in a car filled with flowers, dressed stylishly in vivid colors and giving off an intense presence. The story of the video expresses his experience of embarking on a new path, learning to put growing pains behind him as he becomes an adult and finds his true identity as “himself”.

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“This song is for vibing out, jamming, singing along, and partying. 

This song is a great song for when you drive on the road and just want to bop your head through something.  I hope the people who can relate to the lyrics can also sing out with their full heart as much as I did. I want to say a special thank you to the songwriters and everyone who has helped with this song. 

There was a lot of hard work put into this. I hope everyone can have fun with this song.” - CAELAN

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Be sure to check out the music video for “Forever With You” below along with the streaming track here!

Kaz Marks the End of Summer With Mai Anna in Latest Release!

“Summer is Over (feat. Mai Anna)” Digital Jacket Cover

Kaz of the boy group, INTERSECTION, has released “Summer is Over feat.Mai Anna” across all digital music streaming platforms, this closely follows his single  “Drown feat. Hikari Mitsushima” which was released earlier this month. This track epitomizes the feeling of Summer’s end and reflecting on all of the memories and romance of the season. 

This is the third self-produced single that Kazuma has released this year and is the last before the release of his first solo EP, CODE LOVE, on September 13th. It will include “White Stallion” (which was downloaded 250k times on the first day of its release in China alone, breaking the record for a Japanese artist)  and “Drown feat. Hikari Mitsushima” as well as “Summer is Over feat.Mai Anna”

“I have produced this song with a producer Solomon Fox, who is a singer-songwriter in the U.S. This song was created at the end of summer as the title says when I was 19. My friend Mai Anna, who goes to the same school as me, joined to write the lyrics.

The melody is soft as it lets you imagine the scene of the end of the summer, but I added the warmth and the sense of the human temperature. Although it’s nostalgic when summer is over, this is the song about the passional romance relationship.” - KAZ

Be sure to check out the track here!

INTERSECTION surprises fans with announcement of first album!

After the release of their latest single “You’re the Reason”, four-member boy group INTERSECTION announced that they will be dropping their first album in August. The news came as a surprise announcement during their first fan club event in SEL OCTAGON TOKYO this past weekend. The group told fans to look forward to more news about the album at a later date. 

Along with the exciting news of the album, INTERSECTION also dropped the music video for “You’re the Reason” on their official YouTube channel. The video features the boys roughing it in various parts of Los Angeles, singing in a blend of English and Japanese to make fans of the genre swoon over them in an instant. Check it out below!