BRATS Rei and Aya on their crowdfunded single "Spiderweb"

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After a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, Japanese girls rock band BRATS released their new song “Spiderweb” on September 16.

Members Rei and Aya discussed their new single:

Rei: Up until now, our BRATS sound has been rooted in a traditional style of rock. For this new single, we wanted to go for a heavy digital approach to match the song’s message about life on the internet.

Aya: And at the same time, we wanted to stay true to the dark and heavy viewpoint of BRATS. Since the lyrics are so specific to “digital life”, we felt like shooting the video on a digital video stage completely immersed us in that world.

Rei: At the end of the music video, I was particular about using our past BRATS music videos as flashbacks. I want viewers to feel like BRATS is entering a brand new chapter of our journey.

The music video was produced at Tokyo’s ultra-modern studio “BLACK BOX³”, which houses cutting-edge technology and massive LED screens.To commemorate the new song, BRATS will hold their second live show of the year at Shibuya Spotify O-WEST on Saturday, October 8, featuring new arrangements of previous hits like “Forget me not”, “Ms. Downer”, and “Dodatte Yokatta”.

“BRATS-Spiderweb”
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Spotify O-WEST, Shibuya, Tokyo
Open 17:30 / Start 18:00