Takashi Murakami Instagram – The “Takashi Murakami Mononoke Kyoto” exhibition opened on February 2. JP THE WAVY produced and sang the theme song, “Mononoke Kyoto”, for the exhibition. The reason why I asked JP THE WAVY to write the song for me was because I happened to see a group of children around second to fourth grades dancing energetically to his song “Pick N Choose” at their hip-hop dance recital. I became extremely excited, sensing that this was the long-awaited dawn of Japanese hip-hop. To draw an analogy, it seemed comparable to the dawn of Japanese rock music marked by the appearance of the band, Happy End! Whoaaaaa! I couldn’t sit still, so I reached out by DM-ing WAVY’s Instagram, and he responded immediately; by midnight that day, astonishingly, he was at my studio. That was toward the end of November 2023. He started making the music at a tremendous speed, we exchanged numerous LINE messages back and forth, and I was able to attend the first recording in early December. From there, things progressed rapidly and, at the end of the year, on December 30, he completed the song. WAVY stayed at my studio for about 8 hours during the lyric writing process and kindly picked up a lot of ideas from me. After that, I created the WAVY character as a creative response from me. And finally, on February 2, at the opening reception that started at 6 pm, WAVY actually performed with the kid dancers, and then again at the dinner party from 8 pm, he also had his own performance. His stage costume was made by PROLETA RE ART at the suggestion of WAVY. You can listen to the theme song “Mononoke Kyoto” written by JP THE WAVY by scanning the QR code at the end of my exhibition. Please have a listen when you visit “Takashi Murakami Mononoke Kyoto”. @sorry_wavy @musiclabo1998 @amkk_project @jardins.des.fleurs @azumamakoto @proletareart @kojima_shoten @takashimurakami_mononoke_kyoto #kyotocitykyoceramuseumofart #kyoto #art #TakashiMurakami #mononokekyoto Photo by @suzukish1n