, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. From 2014 to 2015, she was the lead vocalist of the band

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Career

2013-2015: Early music career

In high school, Lovely Summer Chan was part of her high school's light music club. The first song she composed was "Tsuki no Hikarikata." In 2013, she began producing music at home and posting music on

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. Lovely Summer Chan sang on the chorus of

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's second single, "Disco no Kami-sama", which was released on March 14, 2014. In April 2014, she released the song "Hajimemashite" digitally, and in July of the same year, she and singer Yoshino Arakawa opened a crowdfunding campaign on Picnic to release a physical version of their collaboration album, ''Yoshi Yoshi, Summer!'' The campaign was successful and the album was later sold in February 2015. In December 2014, she collaborated with Universe Nekoko, releasing "Universe Nekoko and Lovely Summer Chan" digitally. From 2014 to 2015, Lovely Summer Chan was the lead vocalist of the band

. Lovely Summer Chan appeared on Kosmo Kat's

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, ''Eresora'', as a featured artist in the title track "Eresora", which was released on July 8, 2015. For her 20th birthday, Lovely Summer Chan released the single "Bedroom no Yume" digitally on July 29, 2015. The single later saw a physical release on September 9, 2015 under the title "Bedroom no Yume E.P." On November 11, 2015, Lovely Summer Chan released her debut album, ''#Lovely Music'', with "Watashi no Suki na Mono" as the lead track.

2016-present: Major label debut

In April 2016, Lovely Summer Chan announced she would be releasing one monthly single over the next three consecutive months. The first of the singles, "Love Desho?", was produced by Muteki Dead Snake and released digitally on April 6, 2016. "Part-Time Robot", which was inspired by

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, was later released digitally on May 18, 2016. "Aoi Mabataki no Tochū de", a rock tune, was released digitally on June 22, 2016. On August 20, 2016, Lovely Summer Chan announced that she would be making her major label debut on

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's label, Speedstar Records, with the release of her album, ''LSC'', on November 2, 2016. The lead track of the album is "Anata wa Tobacco Watashi wa Shabon." "202", which featured rapper Makura Izumi, was pre-released as a

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single on September 28, 2016 to promote the album. ''LSC'' also included her earlier compositions such as "Tsuki no Hikarikata" and "My Sweet Chocolate Baby!" Lovely Summer Chan revealed that Victor Entertainment offered to sign her to their agency through

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as early as Q2 2014, after hearing her original demo for "Anata wa Tobacco Watashi wa Shabon" on Soundcloud. Her major label debut was originally planned for 2015, but she delayed it to produce more songs for the album. On August 2, 2017, Lovely Summer Chan released her first

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, ''Ningen no Tochi''. The extended play is named after the Japanese translated title of the 1939 novel ''

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''. "Fly Fly Fly", the lead track, was inspired by a skydiving trip Lovely Summer Chan took during while trying to think of ideas for her next song. Lovely Summer Chan was featured on a remix of "Chururira Summer Fish" by the Peggies, which appeared in their extended play ''Natsumeki Summer E.P.'' and was released digitally on July 5, 2018. She appeared as a featured artist on Makura Izumi's song "Inochi", which was released digitally on November 7, 2018. On April 22, 2019, Lovely Summer Chan released "Millennium" and "Ima wa Shōnen no Mama no Kimi" as a double

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digital single, with "Millennium" featured in a commercial for

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's Lifebook laptop product line. Later in the year, Lovely Summer Chan re-released "Universe Nekoko and Lovely Summer Chan" on vinyl on October 23, 2019. In December 2019, she released "LSC2000" and "Santa Claus ni Onegai" as a double A-side single at one of her live events. On September 15, 2020, Lovely Summer Chan released her third studio album, ''The Third Summer of Love'', as a digital download, CD, and vinyl. The album was nominated for a Music Award at the 4th Apple Vinegar Music Award in 2021. On December 11, 2020, "LSC2000" and "Santa Claus ni Onegai" were re-released on vinyl.

Personal life

Lovely Summer Chan attended middle school and high school with all three members of The Peggies, and they graduated in the same year. In 2019, she revealed she was studying at

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. She graduated in March 2020. She keeps her face hidden in her public appearances.

Artistry and influences

Lovely Summer Chan describes herself as a "youthful rock gal." She cites

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and their lead vocalist,

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, as influences to her music. She uses

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to produce her songs. ''Ningen no Tochi'', Lovely Summer Chan's first extended play, experimented with

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sounds, drawing inspiration from The Brilliant Green and

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovely Summer Chan 1995 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Japanese women pop singers Singers from Tokyo