Joji sets date for London's Gunnersbury Park

Smithereens Oblivion 2023

Thursday 17th August 2023
Gunnersby Park, London, London, W3, England MAP
£88

Last updated: Mon 24th Apr 2023

Japanese internet-culture star turned bonafide music sensation Joji will present Smithereens Oblivion from 5pm in Gunnersbury Park, West London, on Thursday 17th August 2023.

This will be Joji’s biggest ever UK show, alongside his newly announced arena dates at Madison Square Garden in New York and The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, the largest venues he’s played to date in the US.

Joji's PR said: "Chart-topping artist Joji’s highly anticipated new album Smithereens is out now via longtime label 88rising. In celebration of the release and coming off the heels of his immensely successful Smithereens Tour that sold over 120,000 tickets, Joji has announced a huge headline show at the iconic Gunnersbury Park in London on 17 August 2023.

Smithereens marks Joji’s first full-length since UK top 10 album Nectar in 2020. He delivers his characteristically melancholic yet powerful vocals on tracks like “Die For You,” a sober, morning-after remembrance of a former love. The track is accompanied by a visual directed by creative studio Actual Objects compiled entirely from stock footage.

Side A of the album heralds a mature sonic direction for Joji through wistful and contemplative ballads accompanied by lush production that blooms within each song. Side B, largely produced by Joji himself, digs deeper into the lo-fi and off-kilter sounds that hark back to his experimental beginnings as an artist.

Since its release in June, the album’s debut single, “Glimpse of Us,” reached the #9 spot on Mediabase’s Top 40 chart as his first-ever top 40 radio record. The song received an RIAA platinum certification in the US, Australia & Canada with over 784 million global streams to date and is Joji’s highest-ever Billboard Top 100, peaking at #8. It also made significant debuts on Billboard’s Top Streaming Songs and Global 200 charts and remained in the top 3 on the Spotify Global and U.S. charts for over a month. “Glimpse of Us” is nominated in the 2022 ARIA Awards “Song of the Year” category and its Dan Streit-directed video won “Best Editing” at the UK Music Video Awards. “Yukon (Interlude)," the following single off the record, saw similar success and praise for its psychedelic and mind-bending music video directed by the visionary duo and longtime collaborators BRTHR."