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Writer in Tokyo. Music / Internet / Pop Culture patrickstmichel@gmail.com

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Writer based in Tokyo covering Japanese entertainment, pop culture and more.

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Summer Sonic’s future is looking more Japanese

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By Patrick St. Michel Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Before Ado took the stage at Summer Sonic last week, the screen flashed a series of angry social media posts: “this isn’t rock,” “not up to the level.” They were reactions to the announcement that the J-pop singer would replace American rapper A$AP Rocky as the festival’s Saturday headliner. Then came the opening riff to “Enter Sandman” by past headliner Metallica. Ado ripped into a cover of the rock staple, turning the moment into a defiant declaration that she belonged on the Marine Stage.
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Pop stars Yoshinori Masakado and Noel Kawashima go vertical in ‘Chat Boy’

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By Patrick St. Michel Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
The lights dim in the theater at Imagica Media Studio in Tokyo’s Takeshiba neighborhood, and the press settles in for a movie exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity. Then, the screen narrows to a third of its original size. It’s the least surprising twist in “Chat Boy,” a nearly two-hour drama made for smartphones. But seeing a vertical video projected in a movie theater still has a certain surreal quality to it — like watching a TikTok in IMAX.
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The man behind 25 years of Summer Sonic

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By Patrick St. Michel Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Summer Sonic began in 2000 with two stages, 29 musical acts and more than 15,000 attendees. Twenty-five years later, its creator is expecting between 300,000 and 330,000 people at the event’s three-day anniversary edition. “Since we had Green Day as a headliner, it was totally full,” recalls Naoki Shimizu, president of Creativeman Productions, of the inaugural event held at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park. One thing he learned from running a summer music festival? Book a bigger venue.
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