BEYOND BORDERs Drops Second Single 'Light' With slayr, XAMIYA, and picco
The second installment shows the project moving past its Grimes-led debut into a broader lineup of overseas and domestic artists, with an EP that consolidates the collaborations.
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The Japan-U.S. Vocaloid project BEYOND BORDERs released its second collaborative single, 'Light', on Friday, August 28. The track pairs Philadelphia rapper and producer slayr with the unit XAMIYA and Vocaloid producer picco. An official visualizer is on YouTube. A collaborative EP titled 'EMERGE M♡DE MIKU', including 'Light' and contributions from Grimes and others, arrives September 25.
The second BEYOND BORDERs single pairs a Philadelphia rapper with a Japanese Vocaloid unit and producer, and it lands ahead of a full collaborative EP.
'Light' mixes slayr's underground sound, XAMIYA's electronic music, and VOCALOID's digital texture over drum and bass. slayr, based in Philadelphia, gained attention in the U.S. internet music scene through the 2025 mixtape 'Half Blood'. XAMIYA is the unit of KAMIYA and producer XANSEI, who has supplied beats for JP THE WAVY and dance and vocal groups. picco, the Japanese participant, describes his style as 'Hyper kawaii Music'.
The EP 'EMERGE M♡DE MIKU' follows on September 25, adding Grimes and other artists. BEYOND BORDERs, announced at Anime Expo 2026, is run by Dwango with the Creator Support Fund, and its first single, 'Miku-Maxxing' by Grimes and satapann P, came out August 14.
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