Friday Night Plans is a musical act led by Japanese vocalist Masumi (born January 1996), who is the group's sole member. Debuting in 2017 as a featured vocalist in a collaboration between StarRo and AmPm, Friday Night Plans solo debuted in 2018, primarily collaborating with drummer and producer Tepppei. Friday Night Plans is best known for covering

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" in 2018, and her song "Honda", which was used in commercials for

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cars in Japan in 2019.

Biography

Masumi was born in Tokyo to a Japanese father and

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mother. She spent most of her childhood in Tokyo, only visiting the Philippines once every few years. Masumi wanted to become a singer after listening to her mother singing Mariah Carey and

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songs, and became interested in Western music in junior high school, especially after watching

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every day and becoming a fan of

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. Masumi began attending a vocal training school in high school. Masumi was discovered on Instagram by Japanese singer

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around June 2017, who liked her cover song performances she had posted. This led to Masumi being scouted to sing on a collaborative song between producer StarRo and electronic duo AmPm entitled "Maybe", which was released in November 2017. Without having a stage name before the song's release, Masumi decided to go with ''Friday Night Plans'', reminding herself of the feeling of excitement in her childhood making plans with friends (and wanting the name to evoke excitement in listeners). Masumi met producer and drummer Tepppei in March 2018 after a suggestion by her record label director, and in July 2018 Friday Night Plans released their first single, "Happy Birthday", produced by Tepppei. The pair worked together for much of 2018 and 2019, including on the project's cover of

's "

" (2018), which became one of the project's most popular songs, and the ''Complex'' EP released in November 2019, which was entirely produced by Tepppei. Outside of this, Friday Night Plans released ''Location: Los Angeles'' in August 2018, a collection of demos not produced by Tepppei, which were recorded by Masumi during a trip to

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in June. In 2019, Friday Night Plans released the song "Honda", a song used in commercials for

, which became the act's first single to chart on the '' Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart. This, along with her follow-up single "Unknown" were produced by Dr. Pay.

Artistry

Friday Night Plans' music has a wide range of influences, including

, Nigerian-Canadian musician Odie, and Korean R&B singer-songwriter

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

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As featured artist

Guest appearances

Notes

References

External links

Friday Night Plans
(@hithisisfnp) on

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