Japanese rockers King Gnu on new music, their first tour abroad, ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ and more
nme.comNME, Japanese rock band King Gnu have discussed touring abroad for the first time, frontman Daiki Tsuneta’s upcoming collaborations with Daniel Caesar, and much more.NME caught up with the quartet at the Singapore stop of their sold-out Asia tour in April, which also called at Taipei, Shanghai and Seoul and marked the J-rockers’ first-ever tour abroad.
King Gnu sold out all seven shows on the tour – a victory lap after the band’s sold-out dome tour in Japan three months prior.King Gnu have been touring behind their eclectic, flamboyant 2023 album ‘The Greatest Unknown’.
It’s their fourth record and first full-length release since their theme songs for the blockbuster anime Jujutsu Kaisen propelled the already popular and beloved band to new levels of prominence.Will King Gnu continue their relationship with Jujutsu Kaisen by releasing new music?
NME finds out in this interview, which also covers frontman Daiki Tsuneta’s sessions with Canadian R&B artist Daniel Caesar, among other artists, and collaborating with celebrated director Makoto Shinkai through his side project Millennium Parade (which just released a new single, ‘Goldenweek’, on top of signing to new labels in the US and UK).Hello, King Gnu.
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