Japanese rock star YOSHIKI is about to create a world theme tune to have fun Hiya Kitty‘s fiftieth anniversary.
Leisure large Sanrio tells The Hollywood Reporter that the musician’s new monitor for the model’s golden jubilee might be launched this spring. The corporate provides that YOSHIKI “is in talks with high-profile collaborators to deliver onto the undertaking.”
“Hiya Kitty, congratulations in your fiftieth anniversary. It’s a nice honor for me to obtain a proposal to create an official international theme tune for such an exquisite occasion. Hiya Kitty is at all times cute and makes everybody smile. However that isn’t all. You even have internal power. And as you make mates with others, I really feel as if I perceive the numerous explanation why folks around the globe love you,” YOSHIKI, who based and leads the rock teams X Japan and The Final Rockstars, says in an announcement. “I’m making a tune that completely matches the great qualities of Hiya Kitty.”
Hiya Kitty was created in 1974 and the world well-known character has launched greater than 50,000 branded merchandise bought throughout 130 nations.
YOSHIKI and Hiya Kitty have collaborated previously, together with the three way partnership toy Yoshikitty, which debuted in 2009 and was impressed by Yoshiki. Yoshikitty is Sanrio’s first character modeled after a real-life particular person.
YOSHIKI not too long ago directed the music documentary Yoshiki: Underneath the Sky, which he spent three years creating. It options performances of the composer with acts from across the globe together with Grammy-winning EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers, violinist Lindsey Stirling and singer Nicole Scherzinger.