HATEandTEARS' Kayo Launches Solo Project Kanade Miru
The solo project extends HATEandTEARS' overseas momentum, including a Japan Expo Paris performance, into a more personal artistic direction beyond the group's SHOCK POP genre.
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Kayo, leader of Nagoya-based electro x hip-hop x idol group HATEandTEARS, is launching the solo project Kanade Miru. The first single, SUN LAND SUN, releases worldwide on August 14, 2026. The project moves beyond the group's SHOCK POP framework, pursuing more personal expression as an individual artist.
Kayo, leader of the Nagoya-based electro x hip-hop x idol group HATEandTEARS, is stepping out on her own with the solo project Kanade Miru. The project's first single, SUN LAND SUN, arrives on major streaming services worldwide on August 14, 2026.
Kanade Miru builds on the group's overseas push, which included a performance at Japan Expo Paris and the 2026 worldwide release of YOU SHOULD BE BETTER, a song produced for that event. The solo work aims for a new kind of pop that mixes conflicting emotions and musicality, described as emotional, aggressive, beautiful, and catchy.
The name Kanade Miru carries the meaning of playing sounds and pursuing sounds you can say you like, delivering them to others. The debut single is a summer pop track themed around the sun, the sea, and the fleetingness of time.
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