Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely

First solo album in almost a decade from founding member of the influential folk rock act Happy End and the pioneering electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra
Considered one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop and cited as an influence by Mac DeMarco, Harry Styles, Tyler, the Creator, Vampire Weekend, Cameron Winter, Balming Tiger, Ginger Root, and more
Hosono’s five-decade career spans many styles that effortlessly fuse exotica, funk, country, electronic, ambient, and everything in between
The release follows acclaimed reissue projects with Stones Throw and Light in the Attic
This year, Hosono plays two iconic venues, Radio City Music Hall and the Greek Theatre, his first shows in the US since 2019
Shaped by mid-century American music, Hosono's work now reverberates back through a new generation of Western artists – a remarkable circular exchange

Haroumi Hosono, the pioneering Japanese musician, producer, composer, and founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End, has “found his voice in a late career renaissance," writes The Wire. His five-decade legacy continues to grow and attract new fans, and has been cited by an acclaimed list of artists, including Mac DeMarco, Cameron Winter, Ginger Root, Vampire Weekend, and Harry Styles. Shaped by mid-century American music, Hosono's work now reverberates back through a new generation of Western artists—a remarkable circular exchange.
Yours Sincerely, his 23rd studio album and first collection of new music in over seven years, finds Hosono ever-pushing his exploratory songcraft: “I am now 78 years old, but from here on, I feel a growing curiosity toward the unknown
music that my new self will create, while also embracing the music of my former self—as if I now carry two musical worlds within me.” Across arrangements that span tender psych-folk and bubbling avant pop, Hosono contemplates the concept of a maternal force that envelops the Earth, “humanity’s understanding of the unconditional love possessed by those who give us life,” he says. Songs tap into a collective current, engaging the “deeply buried instincts—maternal compassion and mercy, things we rarely engage with in our daily lives.”