Hanabie
- DAY: 06.06
- STAGE: The Shrine Stage
- GENRE: metalcore
- COUNTRY: Japan
Their first – and so far, only – concert in Poland sold out easily, which is why it’s easy to predict that when they step on the Mystic Festival grounds, they are sure to gain even more fans. The young Japanese women have described their sound as harajukucore and it’s the most unconventional metalcore out there. Playing around with the systematised structure of the genre, Hanabie seamlessly infuses metalcore with elements of trap, j-pop, and j-rock. Their sound, overloaded with energy, but also cuteness and eccentricity, is utterly theirs and utterly maximalist. Stagnation? The Japanese quartet don’t seem to know this word.
History:
Tokyo, 2015 – the start of Hanabie’s intense and colourful career. The Japanese group started out as a Maximum the Hormone cover band, which isn’t particularly surprising. They’ve emulated their idols’ ethos of fusing everything in their sights – metalcore, j-pop, trap, glitch, rock, and even nu-metal.
In 2016, the group of friends decided that they didn’t want to play someone else’s songs anymore and they released their self-produced first original single, “Crash Over.” They started gaining traction in Japan, which propelled them forward and resulted in the self-released EP (“Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming” from 2018) and their first full-length album, Girl’s Reform Manifest, which saw the light of day in 2021.
The buzz growing around the band (globally, not just in their native Japan) did not escape the attention of Epic Records Japan, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.
Since then, the band’s career has been evolving at a rapid pace. Their sophomore album, “Reborn Superstar!” (released in 2023), was a commercial success in Japan and led to their first European and US tours.
Just in 2024, among the Mystic Festival, the band is set to play at Rock Am Ring, Download Festival, and Rock im Park.
Discography:
Studio albums:
Girl’s Reform Manifest, 2021
Reborn Superstar!, 2023
EPs:
Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming, 2018
Singles:
Crash Over, 2016
L.C.G., 2019
Love Ranbu (Love乱舞), 2022
Neet Game, 2023
Osaki ni Shitsurei Shimasu, 2023
Run Away (Tousou), 2023
This Is the Year to Be a Gal (Early Summer version), 2023
Believer, 2023
Pardon Me, I Have to Go Now, 2023
