Hakushi Hasegawa

Hakushi Hasegawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 1998. They began taking piano lessons at a young age and later in life found themself in online chatrooms discussing electronic music. There they were introduced to artists such as Nyolfen.{{cite web |last1=Patrick |first1=St. Michel |title=Hakushi Hasegawa Questions The Shovel |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/hakushi-hasegawa-mahogakko-interview |website=Bandcamp Daily |publisher=Bandcamp |access-date=6 January 2025 |ref=int1 |date=September 5, 2024}}

On August 31, 2016, Hasegawa released their debut single, {{Nihongo|Hadairo No Kawa|肌色の川|Flesh Colored River}}, on SoundCloud, which went viral in Japan, grabbing the attention of the founder of Maltine Records, Tomohiro Konuta, who would sign them to the label. A year later, Hasegawa would release their debut EP, iPhone Six Plus, through Maltine Records.{{cite web |title=Maltine Records - [MARU-168] 長谷川白紙 - アイフォーン・シックス・プラス |url=http://maltinerecords.cs8.biz/168.html |website=Maltine Records |access-date=28 October 2024}}

This got them the attention of independent record label Musicmine, which oversaw the release of Hasegawa's follow-up EP Somoku Hodo (2018). Less than a year later, Hasegawa released their debut album, Air Ni Ni, which garnered positive reviews, with multiple domestic outlets calling it their "Album of the Year".

Hasegawa performed at the Secret Sky Festival held by American musician Porter Robinson as a response to the restrictions COVID-19 put on live music.

In May 2020, Hasegawa released Bones of Dreams Attacked!. Described as a "stylistic U-Turn", the entire album is composed of stripped back cover versions of J-pop and J-rock songs, as well as a cover of "A Whole New World" from Disney's 1992 film Aladdin. Artists covered include bands such as Sōtaisei Riron, Sakanaction and Sambomaster, among others.

After drawing the attention of American producer Flying Lotus, Lotus invited Hasegawa to perform at his 2021 online live-music event The Hit. In July 2023, Hasegawa announced their signing to Flying Lotus' record label Brainfeeder.{{cite web|url=https://toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-106-hakushi-hasegawa |title=Tone Glow 106: Hakushi Hasegawa |author=Miyauchi, Ryo |date=2 October 2023 |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Tone Glow Substack}} They are the first Japanese act to be signed by the label.

In July 2023, Hasegawa released the single "Mouth Flash", enlisting the video production group Tsuribu Tokyo for a music video.

May 2024 saw the release of two singles for the upcoming album: "Boy's Texture" and "Departed". Both singles were accompanied by music videos animated by digital artist Gauspel.{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/hakushi-hasegawa-introduces-new-album-mahogakko/ |title=Hakushi Hasegawa Introduces New Album 'Mahōgakkō' |author=Murray, Robin |date=28 May 2024 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Clash}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/hakushi-hasegawa/ |title=The Magical World of Mahōgakkō: An Interview with Hakushi Hasegawa |date=12 August 2024 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Kaltblut}} "Departed" also landed on Pitchfork's "Selects", a weekly curated playlist.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/charli-xcx-nourished-by-time-newjeans-this-week-pitchfork-selects-playlist/ |title=Charli XCX, Nourished by Time, NewJeans, and More: This Week's Pitchfork Selects Playlist |date=4 June 2024 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Pitchfork}} On July 24, 2024, Hasegawa released their third album Mahōgakkō. In an interview for Bandcamp, Hasegawa talks about their newfound interest in experimenting with their voice, citing Alvin Lucier's I am sitting in a room as inspiration. In the same interview, they describe Mahōgakkō as "meaner" than their earlier work and voice the prediction that it will "likely go down as [their] most disorganized, distorted [and] chaotic album".

Hasegawa cites labelmates Iglooghost, Jameszoo, Thundercat and Hiatus Kaiyote as musical and creative influences.{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/lists/brainfeeder-at-15/ |title=Brainfeeder at 15: Label family and friends reflect on their favourite ever releases |author=Kent-Smith, Jasmine |date=27 July 2023 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Crack}}

• 2019 – Air Ni Ni
• 2020 – Bones of Dreams Attacked!
• 2024 – Mahōgakkō

• 2017 – iPhone Six Plus
• 2018 – Somoku Hodo

• 2016 – "Hadairo No Kawa"
• 2020 – "Otogasuru" (with yuigot)
• 2020 – "Sukuinote" (with Yukichikasaku/men)
• 2021 – "Uni"
• 2022 – "Thunder in Bud" (with KAF)
• 2024 – "Wonderful Christmastime"

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• [https://hakushihasegawa.com/ HAKUSHI HASEGAWA official site]
• [https://hakushihasegawa.bandcamp.com/ HAKUSHI HASEGAWA - Bandcamp]
• [https://soundcloud.com/hakushi-hasegawa HAKUSHI HASEGAWA - Soundcloud]
• [https://x.com/hsgwhks 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa (hsgwhks) - X (formerly Twitter)]
• [https://x.com/hsgwhks_info 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa Information (hsgwhks_info)]
• [https://www.instagram.com/hsgwhks/ 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa (hsgwhks) - Instagram]
• [https://www.youtube.com/c/HAKUSHIHASEGAWA HAKUSHI HASEGAWA - YouTube]

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