Nariaki Obukuro has been living in London for a little over a year now, and the Japanese singer-songwriter says the city routinely gets his imagination going.
“It’s all about vibes. I feel creative even when I take a walk in this city,” he says. “People in London are always trying to find a way to do new things, like with rave culture. People in Tokyo always look for reasons why you can’t do new things.”
While the 28-year-old artist has developed a routine in the English capital — wake up at noon, apply some shea butter to his face, work in the afternoon (“I usually tweet around this time because I’m sober”) and then create music late into the night — change has been the norm for him in recent years.