Weekly Music Video

This week's video is Highway by NOA. His full name is Kazama Noa (or Noa Kazama in Western terms) and he is a Japanese singer and songwriter who is trilingual (in addition to Japanese, he speaks English and Korean). Aged 12, he was scouted by South Korean record company YG Entertainment and became their first ever Japanese trainee.

NOA made his debut with the release of digital single LIGHTS UP in January 2020. In June he brought out his 2nd digital single TAXI featuring Japanese record producer and DJ tofubeats, which was No. 1 on the Spotify viral chart in Thailand. This January he released his debut EP Too Young. His other singles include Don't Waste My Time and LET GO which features JEON WOONG of Korean group AB6IX.

Highway is NOA's 3rd digital single and is Japanese language with some English lyrics. It came out on 10th October.

Find the lyrics and an English translation here: https://www.lyrical-nonsense.com/global/lyrics/noamusic/highway/

For more on NOA visit these links:

Kprofile: https://kprofiles.com/noa-profile-facts/

Bandwagon Asia interview (scroll down to listen to Too Young): https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/noa-kazama-interview-japan-amuse-inc-debut-ep-too-young-korea-treasure-kpop-idol-trainee-jpop-2021

Official site (Japanese/English): https://noamusic.jp/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/noamusicjp.official

Want more J-pop? Check out these posts:

New(ish) J-pop and K-pop Videos (October): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/10/newish-j-pop-and-k-pop-videos.html

J-pop in Public Dances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/11/j-pop-in-public-dances.html

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