Keiko's solo debut (after 2020)

Just rewatching the FST anniversary performance of RYB and it seemed that the guitarist there was the same one that played with Keiko in her Christmas live and I guess is her guitar teacher/recent acoustic solo live collaborator.

Am I just seeing things?
 
She sang one song at the beginning. The focus of the live was talking about Valentine's and chocolates of course. I watched for a bit.
 
OH WOW !!1 Not only Keiko at Tristone 2025, but MIWA is there too on Keiko's team. Man, I want to see a Miwa - Keiko duet. Why is Miwa in a wheel chair ? What happened ?

correction: Miwa is on the Purple team. Still,, how did she get injured. ? I still want a Keiko - Miwa duet. Both of them can blow windows out with their big voices.
 
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I can't remember what thread we were discussing Keiko's travel to the US. I was checing her IG and maybe it's just me but starting to feel a shift. Like the US is bringing a different side of her we don't usually see and I like it. We know nothing of what she is doing so it is obviously speculation, but I am so intrigued to see what she is workign on.
 
She cant change just by doing some sightseeing and talking to a few strangers ... Maybe if she meets american singers who talk to her and change her point of view on things.
 
Don't know what's going on with Keiko at all so no comment on that, but a change of environment (both place and people) can absolutely affect a person.
 
Yes what i mean that a few days arent enough she needs to stay longer to have an impact. Its similar to tasting a food compared to eating a whole plate of it.
 
I've seen her posts. She went to California because her Acoustic Guitar teacher usually go there a lot and he must have invited her to go with him.
And her teacher is close to a composer her0ism so we might especulate that she went there to record a song. Or she just went there due to leisure. After what happened with Yuki would be good for her to change airs.
 
The her0ism angle is interesting,

Coincidentally, I recently just found out about him maybe a week or two ago on IG and read a couple of his interviews with Japanese outlets.

He's working with US and other artists and he has a more international outlook to his songwriting and producing vision. He is also interested in bridging Japanese artists into possible crossover success in the West. That's where Keiko traveling and potentially meeting with him may not be a case of her going on holiday or just tagging along.

It's exploratory and maybe even a little collaborative...maybe. I believe it's an introduction towards possible future work, and as an aside it would be a rare opportunity to run into US-based artists and industry people.

Relatedly, a fascinating thing to me is the massive international chart success that some Japan-based producers and artists have been having recently with homegrown JPop releases (anisong or Vocaloid-inspired), without necessarily (to my knowledge) working with foreign producers to tailor the sound to the international market.

That gives hope for the top and most well-positioned Japanese acts /producers to really break through to the world with just their own creativity. Babymetal broke a lot of barriers in the last decade for performing in the Japanese language and getting commercial and critical success including live touring in the West, with a fully Japan-originating team.
 
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