YOASOBI share new song "Watch me!" | playing Primavera Sound + London this summer

J-POP SUPERSTARS YOASOBI UNVEIL NEW SONG “WATCH ME!” OPENING THEME FOR TV ANIME SERIES WITCH WATCH PLAYING PRIMAVERA SOUND IN BARCELONA + LANDMARK HEADLINE SHOW IN LONDON photo credit: courtesy of YOASOBI PRAISE FOR YOASOBI: WATCH HERE   WATCH HERE READ FEATURE HERE   WATCH HERE WATCH HERE READ HERE   READ HERE READ HERE   READ HERE   READ COVER STORY HERE READ COVER STORY   LISTEN TO IKURA'S FEATURE   READ HERE   READ HERE   READ HERE May 19, 2025—J-pop superstar duo YOASOBI have unveiled a new song, “Watch me!” The track acts as the theme for television anime series, Witch Watch. Known for creating songs based on novels, “Watch me!” is inspired by an original novel penned by Kenta Shinohara. Listen/share HERE. YOASOBI will perform a pair of landmark headline dates in London this summer—June 8th and 9th at Wembley Arena. They’ll also take the stage at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on June 6th. The duo recently teamed up with PlayStation® to release a new song, “PLAYERS,” in celebration of the legendary gaming console’s 30th Anniversary in Japan. It was written based on “game episodes that users wish they could experience again after erasing their memories.” Watch HERE. They recently journeyed back to the states for a performance at “matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES.” Summer 2024 saw their first ever show at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, followed by Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway. They also played Chicago’s beloved Lollapalooza music festival. These performances followed their Coachella debut and sold-out shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco earlier in the year. This winter, they completed their largest Asia arena tour to date—also the largest arena tour by a Japanese artist ever.  Comprised of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, YOASOBI are record-breaking international superstars in the making. Their first song, “Into The Night (Yoru ni Kakeru),” was released in November 2019, immediately attracting attention by achieving #1 on numerous streaming charts in Japan and appearing on viral charts in several countries. It was #1 on the 2020 Billboard JAPAN Combined Song Chart and Streaming Song Chart, and in January 2023 the total plays surpassed 900 million streams marking a first in Japan. YOASOBI gained international attention and reached #1 on the Spotify charts for the Japanese Artist Most Played Internationally in 2021. Their song “Monster (Kaibutsu)” was named one of the 10 Best Songs of 2021 by TIME. YOASOBI’s TikTok LIVE performance achieved the highest ever viewership for a Japanese artist on the platform when it was streamed by more than 630k fans with simultaneous viewers surpassing 120k. Their first arena tour “YOASOBI ARENA TOUR 2023 ‘Denkosekka’” consisted of fourteen shows in seven cities with a total of 130k attendees as the duo continues to attract attention in all directions of their career. Their global smash hit song “Idol” was named the #1 Song of the Year in 2023 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. It smashed a multitude of records, amassing 22 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot. The song also broke the record for the fastest single to reach 100 million streams on the Billboard Japan chart and surged to #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.