Aaamyyy

Honami 'Amy' Furuhara (born in Kawakami, Nagano[5]), known professionally as Aaamyyy (/eɪmiː/, stylized as AAAMYYY) is a Japanese electronic musician. Originally a member of electronic pop groups Go Retro and Eimie, Furuhara began working with the psychedelic rock band Tempalay from 2015 (becoming an official member in 2018), and starting a solo career in 2017.

Aaamyyy
Birth nameHonami 'Amy' Furuhara[1][2]
Also known asAaamyyy, Amy Furuhara
OriginKawakami, Nagano, Japan[3]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Synthesizer
Years active2013–present
LabelsSpace Shower Music
Associated acts
Websiteaaamyyy.jp

Biography

Amy Furuhara grew up in a rural community in Nagano Prefecture.[4] She first became interested in music when she joined the light music club in high school, where she primarily played the drums.[5] Furuhara was inspired by musicians such as M.I.A. and T-Pain who she heard after traveling to Canada as an exchange student in 2008, and by final year of high school she had begun composing songs.[5][6] Following high school, Furuhara attended the Kanda University of International Studies, were she spent up to 14 hours per day speaking English, and later a flight attendant school for Air Canada in Vancouver.[5][7] She returned to Japan as Air Canada required at least three years of work experience, and worked as an English conversation teacher in Osaka.[3][7]

Furuhara started creating music when she was 22 when she returned to Japan.[4] Inspired by the music she heard in Canada and having some experience using GarageBand, she decided to start a Tokyo-based electropop band called Go Retro with her friend Shiori Ogawa in 2013.[1][8] Her bandmate Ogawa played the drums and used a Kaoss Pad for their live performances, while Furuhara performed on the synthesizer. Furuhara decided to start singing as the band's vocalist, so that she could lessen the work that Ogawa needed to do.[6] The band released two demos and performed concerts around the Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka areas,[1] and received a development contract from a record label, where Furuhara was given vocal training lessons.[5][6] After a year together, the band broke up, as Ogawa decided to return home to Osaka.[5]

Shortly after Go Retro's dissolution in 2014, Furuhara was approached by a DJ called Takuma, and together they formed the group Eemie, producing exclusively English-language music.[7][9] Initially self-releasing electro/chillwave music on Bandcamp,[10] the group debuted on independent label Maxtreme Records in 2015 with the single "Carnival", and were listed among AP Japan's 36 Bands You Need To Know 2015.[11] Eemie performed at the Summer Sonic summer rock festival in 2015.[7] In 2015, Furuhara met the psychedelic pop/rock group Tempalay, and was invited to perform as a live support member of their band.[12] Furuhara toured the US, performing both as a part of Tempalay and as a member of Eemie in March 2016 (including a performance at South by Southwest).[7] In August 2016 the band disbanded, performing a final concert on August 31, where the band also released their debut and final album.[13][14]

Solo career, Tempalay

Furuhara began her solo career in February 2017 as Aaamyyy, after becoming a radio DJ on InterFM's programme Tokyo Scene, where she debuted her song "8PM".[6][15] For her solo career, she decided to sing in Japanese, as a way to reach listeners more easily in Japan.[5] Aaamyyy released her debut extended play Weekend EP in September on cassette,[16] recording the entire release on her phone, using the iOS app Figure.[5] This was followed by the Maborosi EP in February 2018, as well as a compilation release of this plus her debut EP, entitled Maborosi Weekend, which was her first widely distributed release in Japan.[17]

In June, Furuhara officially became a member of Tempalay, which lead to the band releasing the extended play Nante Subarashiki Sekai in September, featuring Furuhara as the band's synthesizer player, and as their occasional background vocalist.[17][18] Aaamyyy's final of her three EP series, the Etcetra EP, was released digitally and on cassette in October.[4][19]

Aaamyyy began recording her debut album Body in October 2018, releasing it in February 2019.[6] A concept album set in 2615, the release was inspired by Netflix television shows such as Black Mirror and Maniac (2018).[2] The album featured collaborations with American musician Computer Magic, New York-based group JIL and Japanese group Paellas' vocalist Matton.[6] Tempalay's third album With Love from the 21 Century was released in June, and was the band's most commercially successful work to date, reaching #30 on Oricon's weekly charts.[20]

In March 2020, Aaamyyy voiced the ending theme song for the animated series BNA: Brand New Animal.[21]

Personal life

Furuhara adopted the English name Amy while living in Canada.[9]

Discography

Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[22]
Body 198

Extended plays
Title Album details
Weekend EP
  • Released: September 17, 2017
  • Label: Flake Records
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
Maborosi EP
  • Released: February 8, 2018
  • Label: Flake
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
Etcetra EP
  • Released: October 15, 2018[19]
  • Label: Flake
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download

Compilation albums
Title Album details
Maborosi Weekend
  • Released: February 9, 2018
  • Label: Aaamyyy
  • Formats: digital download
Weekend / Maborosi / Etcetra
  • Released: April 26, 2019
  • Label: Flake
  • Formats: LP

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Album
"Over My Dead Body" (屍を越えてゆけ, Shikabane o Koete Yuke)[23] 2019 Body
"Dayz"[24]
(Aaamyyy x Monjoe)		 Non-album singles
"Home"[25] 2020
"Leeloo"[26]
"Utopia"[27]
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Hot 100
Digi[28]
"Supernova"[29]
(Stei featuring Amy from Eimie)		 2015 — Non-album singles
"Dangerlove"[30]
(Jsquared featuring Amy)		 2016 —
"Garland"[31]
(Kakeru Imaizumi featuring Amy Furuhara)		 —
"Make Me Feel"[32]
(JSquared featuring Aaamyyy)		 —
"RMB Me"[33]
(Jsquared featuring Amy)		 2017 —
"All Night"[34]
(The Jazz Zodiac featuring Amy & Irie)		 2018 —
"Downer Love" (ダウナーラブ)[35]
(Yonkey featuring Amy)		 2019 —
"Konomama Yume de" (このまま夢で, "In My Dream")[36]
(Shin Sakiura featuring Aaamyyy)		 2020 — Note
"Night Running"[37]
(Shin Sakiura featuring Aaamyyy)		 83 Anime BNA: Brand New Animal Complete Album
"—" denotes items that did not chart.

Guest appearances
List of non-single guest appearances with other performing artists
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Crutch"[38] 2015 A Fluxy Walking on the Same Ground
"Poison"[39] 2016 Five New Old, Yoko from Skall Headz Ghost in My Place EP
"Charm Point"[40] 2017 Daoko Thank You Blue
"Flash (Gōka Kenran Ver.)"[41] 2018 Sanabagun, Nao Kawamura, Tomoko Osaka Octave Live in Tokyo
"Tōgenkyo to Taxi"[42] Mega Shinnosuke Momo
"Song in Blue (Interlude)"[43] Ryohu Ten Twenty
"Run Away"[44] 2019 Keiju (Kandytown) Heartbreak E.P.
"Vampires"[45] The Jazz Zodiac Set Me Free EP
"Set Me Free"[45]
"Kamera / Music Bar Session (Tokyo Sounds)"[46] Tendre Music Bar Session
"You"[47] Tsubame from Tokyo Health Club, Itto The Present
"Kami to Kon"[48] Odd Foot Works Gokoh
"Lost Youth"[49] Opus Inn Time Stand Still EP
"Opening Theme"[50] 2027Sound, Shō Okamoto, Kōki Okamoto Hello World Original Soundtrack
"Iden"[51] 2020 Breimen Tity
"Walk the Line"[52] Max Jenmana 555!

Songwriting credits
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Intro -Blues-"[53] 2019 Solmama Amanecer
"Step Ahead"[53]
"Roots"[53]
"Set Me Free"[53] Solmama, Dian
"Clione"[54] Kaela Kimura Ichigo
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gollark: Some parts tend to degrade over time, and I'd definitely want those to be swappable.
gollark: I at least want hardware I can actually replace/upgrade parts in.
gollark: Also software designed that way.

References
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  2. Russell Thomas (March 13, 2019). "Aaamyyy whips up a synth-heavy soundscape for the year 2615". The Japan Times. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. Takanori Kuroda (June 10, 2019). AAAMYYYが語る、Tempalayに入るまでの道のりと正式加入の理由 (in Japanese). Cinra. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. Takuro Ueno (February 10, 2019). 「ミニマムでシンプル」を実践するAAAMYYY、謎めいた作品の奥にあるもの (in Japanese). Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  5. Shoichi Miyake (February 5, 2018). "90s Memories : Interview with AAAMYYY about 『MABOROSI EP』" (in Japanese). Neol. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  6. Amy Nonaka (March 11, 2019). ちょっとノスタルジーを感じつつ、未来を考える1stフルアルバム『BODY』を携えてライブを開催AAAMYYYのソロ活動に迫るインタビュー (in Japanese). Pia. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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  21. アニメ『BNA ビー・エヌ・エー』、影森みちる（CV：諸星すみれ）による「Ready to」がOP、Shin Sakiura feat. AAAMYYY「NIGHT RUNNING」がEDテーマに (in Japanese). Real Sound. March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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  35. yonkey、1stシングル「ダウナーラブfeat.AAAMYYY」MV公開 (in Japanese). MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
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  40. DAOKO、セカンド・アルバム『THANK YOU BLUE』は映画「打ち上げ花火、下から見るか?横から見るか?」主題歌など収録 (in Japanese). Tower Records. November 24, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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  42. 【CD】momo Mega Shinnosuke (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  43. Ryohu新作「Ten Twenty」にCampanella、AAAMYYY、EVISBEATS、OMSBら参加 (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  44. 【CD】heartbreak e.p. (deluxe edition)＜完全生産限定盤＞ KEIJU (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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  50. 「HELLO WORLD」オリジナル・サウンドトラック (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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  52. タイのシンガー・Max Jenmana、新作EP『555!』よりAAAMYYYを迎えた「Walk The Line」MV公開 (in Japanese). Spincoaster. June 29, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  53. 【CD】AMANECER Solmana (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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