Towards the middle of the song, the lyrics and instrumental are amped with lots of gain, expressing the frustration Joji has towards someone who doesn’t look at him in the same way anymore. The album opens with “Attention,” which starts with an echoing, quiet piano, creating the atmosphere of an empty hall with just a piano and Miller playing away. Now with the whole album in front of the listener, this is a fantastic debut and shows off many sides to Joji that no one knew he had. His next single, “Slow Dancing in the Dark,” was another breakout hit which had a stunning video to accompany it. He captures this with the line “She don’t care if I die / Yeah right yeah right.” This single was a perfect introduction to the full potential Miller has as Joji. The first single, “ Yeah Right,” was a stunning work of lo-fi hip hop and lyricism, where Miller lamented over the fact that, when you are at a club and dancing with a stranger, that they don’t care about you at all. After about another year Joji announced his first full length album Ballads 1, which dropped October 26.īallads 1 is the perfect title for this collection of twelve beautiful crafted and heartbreakingly personal songs. ” In August of 2017, Joji released his first commercial EP, In Tongues, which quickly reached the top R&B charts in many countries.
Around the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017, Joji blew up with singles like “ rain on me” and “ I don’t wanna waste my time.
These singles did not hit the mainstream for a while and were became a fan secret to his audience. He started to release a couple of singles and demos on Soundcloud under Joji in 2014. As time went on, he created his first music persona, Pink Guy, under which he released one mixtape and one album.Īfter those two projects, Miller began to look at music through a serious and personal lens rather than a comedic lens. It was crude but beautifully executed humor. Then, Miller used the persona he created to post funny videos where he would comment on various things happening online or in the world. Joji) has made a name for himself in the pop culture sphere since he created his YouTube persona, Filthy Frank, in 2011.
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