Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi

Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
Also known as Shigaisen (市街戦, "Street Fighting"), Shigaisen (紫外線, "Ultraviolet")
Born (1998-02-12) February 12, 1998[1]
Origin Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels Connectone
Associated acts
Website bokuriri.com

Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (Japanese: ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ, Hepburn: Boku no Ririkku no Bōyomi, "Reading My Lyrics Monotone", born February 12, 1998), is a Japanese rapper, vocalist and lyricist.

Biography

Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (birth name unknown) was born in Yokohama, Japan,[1] and went to school in the same area.[2] He first became interested in releasing music in junior high school,[3] and began uploading songs on the Japanese video streaming service Nico Nico under the moniker Shigaisen (市街戦, "Street Fighting") from February 2012, at the age of 14.[4] This name (later changing the name to Shigaisen (紫外線, "Ultraviolet")) was his utaite moniker, a Nico Nico specific term for a person who uploads sung vocal covers of Vocaloid songs.[5][6] Among the songs he covered were Ishifuro's "Yurufuwa Jukai Girl", Denpol-P's "Hitorinbo Envy" and Hachi's "Donut Hole".

Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi became interested in rap music through the Nico Nico community Nico Rap, especially a rapper in the community called Vacon. After becoming friends, Vacon inspired Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi to try releasing original rap songs.[3] In late 2012, he uploaded his first rap song, "One Night Stand and Rain".[7] He decided on his stage name late at night while uploading the song, arbitrarily choosing the phrase Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ, "Reading My Lyrics Monotone").[3] He felt that his voice while rapping sounded as if he were singing in a monotone instead of rapping, so decided on the name because of this.[3][8] Originally he wanted to form a band, however did not have any friends who wanted to join in. As a student at an elite high school, he found that his friends had little interest in music, so he decided to release music as a solo act.[8][9]

In April 2014, Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi released a free to download extended play through the independent hip-hop label Idler Records,[10] a label run by Denpa Girl member Hashishi.[11] Later in 2014, he was announced as one of the finalists of the Tokyo FM teen music contest Senkō Riot, after submitting the song "Sub/objective" because it had the biggest response on the internet.[12][2] Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi submitted another song, "Fuckin' Summer Vacatioooooon!!!!!!!!!!!", for the contest's annual contestant compilation album.[13]

In December 2015, Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi released his debut album Hollow World through newly founded JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment sub-label Connectone,[11] His second album Noah’s Ark (2017) features a collaboration with Latin jazz producer Nicola Conte,[14] and "Be Noble", the theme song for the film March Comes in like a Lion Part 1 (2017).[15]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[16]		 JPN
Billboard
[upper-alpha 1]
Hollow World 39 17
Noah’s Ark
  • Released: January 25, 2017
  • Label: Connectone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 24 22

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[16]		 JPN
Billboard
[upper-alpha 1]
Parrot's Paranoia
  • Released: April 30, 2014[10]
  • Label: Idler Records
  • Formats: Free digital download
 — —
Dystopia (ディストピア, Disutopia)
  • Released: October 12, 2016
  • Label: Connectone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 26 —[upper-alpha 2]
"—" denotes items which were ineligible to chart, or charted on a Billboard sub-chart.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Oricon
[16]		 JPN
Billboard
[upper-alpha 3]
"Patchwork" (パッチワーク, Pacchiwāku)[26] 2015 — 86 Hollow World
"Sub/objective"[26] — 39
"Newspeak"[27] 2016 — 73 Dystopia / Noah's Ark
"After That"[28] — 53 Noah's Ark
"Be Noble" 2017 77 50
"Sky's the Limit" TBA 27 Non-album singles
"Tsuki to Sanagi" (つきとさなぎ, "The Moon and a Chrysalis") —
"—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart on Oricon singles chart, or items that did not chart.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances with other performing artists
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Sunrise"[29] 2014 Nqrse Compilation Album W.W.W 2014
"Cock Pitt"[30] Rikon Nozaki, Shakabooz, Nera_K, Twoface None
"Fuckin' Summer Vacatioooooon!!!!!!!!!!!"[13] None Senkō Riot 2014
"Idler Stella"[31] 2015 Denpa Girl, Nera_K, Rikon Nozaki Who
"Fukurou Session featuring Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (streamed online live on 2016.06.21)"[32] 2016 Sakanaction "Tabun, Kaze" (single)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sources for chart positions are as follows: Hollow World,[17] Noah's Ark.[18]
  2. ↑ Charted at number 27 on the Billboard Top Single Sales chart.[19]
  3. ↑ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Patchwork",[20] "Sub/objective",[21] "Newspeak",[22] "After That",[23] "Be Noble",[24] "Sky's the Limit".[25]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ プロフィール". HMV (in HMV). Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Shun Takeda (June 29, 2014). "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみの言語感覚を、『文學界』編集者と探る" (in Japanese). Cinra. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hirokazu Kamiya (December 14, 2015). "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみが語る、ネットと音楽のリアル「僕自身すぐにコロコロ変わっちゃう」" (in Japanese). realsound.jp. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Shigaisen (February 25, 2012). "ゆるふわ樹海ガール　歌ってみた　市街戦" (in Japanese). Nico Nico. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ishihidari (January 3, 2016). "弱冠17歳でメジャーデビュー ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ の、歪さ。" (in Japanese). Basement Times. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi. "MCぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ's Public My Lists. ヴぉくのりりっくのぼうよみ" (in Japanese). Nico Nico. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (December 16, 2012). "【初投稿・ニコラップ】One Night Stand and Rain【ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ】" (in Japanese). Nico Nico. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "4組目...神奈川県「ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ」!!さっきまで賑やかだったステージに1人で現れたのは". Senko Blog (in Japanese). Tokyo FM. June 29, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hirokazu Kamiya (December 14, 2015). "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみが語る、ネットと音楽のリアル「僕自身すぐにコロコロ変わっちゃう」" (in Japanese). Tokyo FM. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ – Parrot’s paranoiaのフリーダウンロードを開始しました" (in Japanese). Idler Records. September 29, 2014. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  11. 1 2 Mayumi Tsuchida (December 15, 2015). "ネットラップ・シーンから現れた17歳のシンガー／MC、ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみが初アルバム『hollow world』を語る" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ Hirokazu Kamiya (December 14, 2015). "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみが語る、ネットと音楽のリアル「僕自身すぐにコロコロ変わっちゃう」" (in Japanese). realsound.jp. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "突然少年／閃光ライオット２０１４" (in Japanese). Kinokuniya. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ Mayumi Tsuchida (February 3, 2017). "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみが描く、哲学的ゾンビが増殖する現状に鳴らす警鐘と洪水による淘汰―その先にある救いの音楽とは? ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ『Noah's Ark』" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  15. ↑ "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ「3月のライオン」主題歌MVで水攻めに" (in Japanese). Natalie. January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  16. 1 2 3 "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみの作品" [Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi Products]. Oricon. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot Albums". Billboard (in Japanese). December 23, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot Albums". Billboard (in Japanese). February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Japan Billboard Top Single Sales". Billboard (in Japanese). July 27, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). December 16, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). December 23, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). July 27, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). January 18, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  26. 1 2 "期待の新星・ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみがアルバムリード曲「パッチワーク」の先行配信をスタート" (in Japanese). MTI. October 23, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  27. ↑ "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ 最新アー写は"CD遺影"" (in Japanese). HMV. June 10, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  28. ↑ "ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ 新AL収録曲「after that」物語の始まりを暗示するMV公開" (in Japanese). Billboard. December 7, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  29. ↑ "COMPILATION ALBUM W.W.W 2014 / V.A." (in Japanese). #ORGMENT STORE. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  30. ↑ "fuckin’ summer vacatiooon!!!!!!-ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみを公開しました" (in Japanese). Idler Records. September 29, 2014. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  31. ↑ "WHO" (in Japanese). Kinokuniya. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  32. ↑ "サカナクション、ニューシングル映像特典はスタジオ・セッション＆「BARサカナクション」" (in Japanese). F.B.Communications Inc. & Magnet Co.,Ltd. July 8, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
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