Swetty is Japan’s modern emo rock star

In his first English-language interview, the troubled viral singer speaks on his long-awaited return to music

Swetty is Japan’s modern emo rock star
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This article is partly taken from the summer 2026 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine here.

There’s a spiritual connection between 00s emo rock bands like My Chemical Romance and the midwestern hyperpop of artists like Glaive over two decades later – a sort of fatalistic teenage angst that froths over into maximalist instrumentation. Transplant thesehellip;

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