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Anamanaguchi has almost 1.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, but let’s be real: that’s mostly the result of one song.

“Miku”, a track released by the chiptune band in collaboration with turquoise-tressed vocaloid Hatsune Miku, is an absolute banger: an upbeat, catchy bop that serves as a modus operandi for the fictional pop star. It spawned remixes and TikTok dance trends and even a hyper-specific Guinness World Record .

Scratch a little deeper though—moving aside the weeaboos and otakus that comprise most of Hatsune Miku’s most loyal audience—and you’ll find a fascinating band that stands on its own merits. Anamanaguchi, after all, helped to popularize an entire genre of mus

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