iri is a vocalist that got her start back 2016 who takes her unique spin on the ever-growing R&B-Jazz fusion genre that has taken over Japan music industry as of late. Given with a gift of an acoustic guitar and the interest of going jazz bar time and time again. Combined with all these contributions, iri developed a soulful vocal style mixed in with hip-hop like a lyrical arrangement, which at first listens might throw off some listeners as her vocal style is a fairly mature one for someone of her age.
iri vocal present is almost trance-like as akin to JUJU, iri takes full control of her vocals and mixes it beautiful to whatever arrangement that is thrown to it. Whether it be a slower and dramatic composition like “Shade” or the more energetic fusion style tracks such as ”Wonderland”, or “Only One”, iri brings a present that might have been glossed over several years back but is a perfect fit to what the industry needs now.
Although short iri has several achievements already under her belt such as winning Sony Music’s JAM auditions which immediately propelled her to an artist to keep watch of with the collaboration of several big partners such as Amazon for their 2019 Japan Fashion Week the sky is her ceiling for the reach of her success. Currently, iri released two singles “Watashi”(2017) and “Only One”(2018), with three albums Grove It (2016), Juice (2018) and Shade (2019). iri also has several vinyl releases under her belt due to the genre she’s associated with.
Check out iri official website along with her Twitter. Also check out her latest music video “Wonderland” along with the link to her latest album Shade below!
