Experimental pop/rock/digital/hip-hop artists Frost Kids (from New York) and Haru Nemuri (from Tokyo) launched their collaborative EP Soul Kiss final fall on True Panther, the document label that places out Frost Kids’s music. Within the months because the EP’s launch, issues haven’t gone properly between the Frost Kids and Nemuri camps, and this week that battle is spilling into the general public eye.
Thursday, Nemuri posted a prolonged assertion to her Instagram story and X account detailing her complaints towards Frost Kids. In a message she stated she wrote on Dec. 29, Nemuri says Frost Kids exerted management over their mutual tour plans, then pulled out of the tour with Nemuri after they acquired a greater provide, then ghosted her. She had different issues, too, like the usage of an unapproved selfie as a substitute of her {many professional} promo pictures. Right here’s the complete textual content:
All of the work we did has been launched, so I want to write my sincere emotions on the finish. Initially, we have been purported to do the tour for it and talked in regards to the concrete plan. The cities I wished to go to have been completely different from the cities Frost wished to go to, and we adjusted it in line with their needs. After the tour schedule was finalized, their agent despatched a message to my agent. “We acquired the higher provide to do the opposite tour, so we’re going with it.” I couldn’t consider it as a result of | had already modified my schedule and made the dates out there to do the tour with them. And even the 2 from Frost Kids didn’t say something to me straight. It’s actually unbelievable!
After that, they didn’t permit me to make use of all of the hundreds of promo photographs for promotion, whereas they used a selfie with none permission (I didn’t care about it although), they uploaded the album on Bandcamp though we are able to’t promote it with space restricted (they’ll promote it within the US and Europe however can’t do it in Asia because of the contract), they made the album art work out there on Instagram. They did all of this with none prior dialogue and mutual settlement. Nothing however laughter. I couldn’t stand it and despatched an indignant message in a bunch chat a month in the past, however the folks from the label (True Panther) and two from Frost haven’t stated something to me but. I requested them how they might enhance this unhealthy method of doing enterprise. And at the moment (| wrote this on 29.12.2024) I acquired a message from Angel: “I’m comfortable that our cooperation goes properly! Wtf? I’m simply as pleased with the music work itself, besides for his or her lame method of communication.Anyway, I’m so upset with them.
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There’s additionally a message dated March 15 through which she claims she couldn’t stand the music she made with Frost Kids, amongst different remarks:
And so they additionally despatched us the design of the CD booklet (with my Japanese lyrics translated into English through Google, truly tousled), we adjusted it, mounted it and despatched it again. We hadn’t checked the ultimate information, requested them the way it went and had no response from both the label or the members of Frost. Right this moment I came upon that they already made it and despatched it out to individuals who purchased it by their tales. What the hell is that this? In The Motive I wrote and made this public was as a result of I couldn’t assist however suppose that they actually seemed down on my staff from the underside of their coronary heart. I really feel very sorry for the individuals who love our collaborative music, however I actually couldn’t stand it.
Frost Kids provided their response at the moment, arguing that Nemuri’s label, Sony, had initially provided them exploitative phrases, her staff was unresponsive to their advised edits, Nemuri ghosted them, the duo wasn’t snug with the official promo pictures, they made all however one of many adjustments to the CD requested by Nemuri’s staff (and had what they suppose is an efficient motive for that). Right here’s what they wrote:
We didn’t need to have to do that publicly, however because of the escalating false narratives being unfold by Haru Nemuri, we have to clear the air.
We had such a good time making this collab EP. We’re pleased with the music we made collectively and are nonetheless grateful for the stunning real musical connection we made. The final time we talked to Haru and her staff we had invited them to Angel’s DJ set in Shibuya with a word that Angel was actually comfortable about how the document was being acquired. They didn’t reply. In order that’s why we’re a bit stunned at what she posted yesterday as a result of we’ve got nothing however happiness in my coronary heart about this document.
There have been quite a lot of negotiations between our label and Haru’s as a result of the unique phrases her label (Sony) despatched us have been extraordinarily exploitative. Her staff was unresponsive to the edits we requested, which set the timeline again.
We’re equally upset that the tour wasn’t capable of occur, which we turned down as a result of the routing they advised would have result in large prices and a deficit that we couldn’t afford at the moment.
We weren’t snug with the vast majority of the press photographs that have been taken, so we requested that these not be included in press releases or art work. We may go into causes for this, however finally all artists ought to have the company to decide on how they need to be represented publically. For what it’s value, we predict the compromise we made about pictures labored.
With regard to Bandcamp, True Panther sends the royalties from gross sales of their territories (which is customary with cut up territories). As requested by Haru’s staff, we took the venture down from Bandcamp instantly it was out there for a really very transient time and had solely generated $200 globally.
In regard to the CDs, we made all their edits, together with correcting the interpretation of all Japanese and English lyrics, after ready for notes for months. It’s plain to see in any of the full 200 cds that have been made. The one request that was not carried out was altering the album title to all caps. We selected to not implement this as a result of the album title wasn’t in all caps digitally.
We love the EP and are unhappy that it has come to this.
Nemuri has responded in flip by sharing display pictures of her textual content communication with Frost Kids. She provides, “In case you don’t wanna go on the tour because of the value after you determined to go on, it is best to have defined it and apologized. In case you don’t need it in publicly, you or different staffs ought to have answered my questions straight. EVEN ONCE.” What a multitude.
I actually can’t endure it so sorry pic.twitter.com/uK96iFbFaA
— 春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her) (@haru_nemuri) April 3, 2025
— frost chile (@FrostChildren) April 4, 2025
In case you don’t wanna go on the tour because of the value after you determined to go on, it is best to have defined it and apologized.
In case you don’t need it in publicly, you or different staffs ought to have answered my questions straight. EVEN ONCE.@FrostChildren
— 春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her) (@haru_nemuri) April 4, 2025
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— 春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her) (@haru_nemuri) April 4, 2025