Music Corner Week 85: Who-ya Extended

Who-ya Extended is a dubbed creative unit group, built around their lead singer who goes by Who-ya. Who-ya is a young vocalist who works with a core group of people that changes depending on which song the group is performing. Who-ya Extended debuted in 2019 with their single “Q-vism” which was used as the opening theme to the show Psycho-Pass 3. On October 25 “Q-vism” would go on to hit number one on Apple iTunes. In March of 2020, Who-ya Extended released their first album titled wyxt. In January of 2021, Who-ya Extended released the song “VIVID VICE'' which was used as the second opening theme for the very popular anime Jujutsu Kaisen. They have a brand-new song titled “Icy Ivy” which will be the opening of the anime Night Head 2041 which started airing in July.

Who-ya is a very talented vocalist who has really put a lot of work into his vocals. According to himself, Who-ya stated that he was a poor pitch singer until his primary school days. But listening to his work it’s hard to believe that he struggled with this in his youth. One big influence of Who-ya is Chester Bennington from Linkin Park and that influence is definitely heard as some of their tracks have a Linkin Park feel to them. Who-ya’s vocals really shine through in songs like “memorized” which was featured on his album wyxt. “VIVID VICE” was the first song I had heard by Who-ya Extended, and the chorus kept getting stuck in my head.

Who-ya Extended keeps all of his latest news on his website and on his Twitter as well.  Be sure to check out his song “VIVID VICE” in the video below!

Gray's Onkagu Go For May 2021

Picking up after Ken and Luna with another month down from 2021, we at Ongaku to You would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music being featured on this site.

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“Vivid Vice” by Who-ya Extended

At first I wasn’t too crazy about this song but since it served as the second opening to Jujutsu Kaisen. I got to be much more familiar with it over the course of the back half of the season and it really started to grow on me. The first take version is on YouTube and it’s really good as well.

Check out “Vivid Vice” here, and the music video below.

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“Kirari” by Fujii Kaze

This was just a delight when it popped up on the Oricon. I’ve had it on repeat ever since. It is songs like this that got me into J-pop. I’m not too sure you would see a song like this do well in America which is really sad because this release is so well done with such a catchy tune. I’ve taken a liking to Fuji Kaze and I’ll definitely be talking about him again in the future.

Check out “Kirari” here, and the music video below.

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“Ganbarenaiyo” by JUICE=JUICE

JUICE=JUICE is one of the more consistent idol groups that produce great songs and their latest release is no exception. Sadly “Downtown” has been added to Apple Music but “Ganbarenaiyo” was just as good and I’ve been listening to this on repeat since it dropped. It’s such a beautiful number that really shows off the vocals of the girls.

Check out “Ganbarenaiyo” here, and the music video below.

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“Something New” by Johnny’s West

This song is so good it actually made me go out and purchase the single off CDJapan. I’ve never bought anything produced by Johnny’s before and that has been mostly due to the lack of money but this song was so good I just had to have it. It’s such a fun number that is does really well by the boys and Aimyon wrote the song in which it shows real well.

Sadly this song isn’t available on Apple Music but the music video is right below so check it out.

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“Fushigi” by Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino can be a real hit and miss with me but this is a release I greatly enjoyed. It’s honestly out of my typical wheelhouse in how laid back the tune is. There is a funkiness to it that I find refreshing.

Check out “Fushigi” here, and the music video below.