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Japan's MIYAVI Shares Animated 'Holy Nights' Video, Launches New Virtual Project
14.05.2020 - 18:50 / billboard.com
Japanese artist MIYAVI dropped the animated music video accompanying the title track from his latest album, Holy Nights.
The track is being featured in Japan as this month's ending theme of Fuji TV's late-night music talk show, Love Music. The cyberpunk video was created by a U.S.-based animation team as the first release of the guitarist's new "MIYAVI Virtual" project, launched as a new way of reaching out to fans during the coronavirus pandemic.
MIYAVI announced the virtual project and shouted
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