Last month, we brought you our Future of Music 2025 list, featuring 25 of the most innovative artists from Australia and New Zealand we expect to achieve big things this year and beyond.
But what about the rest of the world?
Our Rolling Stone partners also compiled their own Future 25 lists as part of our global Future of Music series, including Rolling Stone Japan.
Find out more about three of their chosen artists – Chevon, Minna-no-Kimochi, and Mugendai-Mewtype – below!
Check out Rolling Stone Japan’s full Future 25 list here.
Chevon
Chevon is a three-piece band formed by pansexual vocalist Mayuu Yaginu, guitarist Ktjm, and bassist Tatsuya Ohno. They have been actively based in Sapporo since June 2021.
With their lyrically rich, literary approach to songwriting and a dynamic sound and vocal expression that shifts dramatically from track to track, they are rapidly gaining a strong presence in the live music scene.
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Minna-no-kimochi（みんなのきもち）
Minna-no-kimochi is a trance party crew and DJ unit with a cult following both in Japan and abroad. Bursting onto Tokyo’s rave scene in 2021, they quickly gained worldwide recognition after their appearance on Boiler Room, leading to acclaimed performances at Glastonbury Festival and Berlin’s legendary club Berghain.
Centring their sound around trance and ambient, they traverse the boundaries of electronic music, generating an overwhelming frenzy on the dancefloor and reigniting a primal sense of life across the scene.
Mugendai-Mewtype（夢限大みゅーたいぷ）
Emerging from the popular franchise BanG Dream!, which pioneered the style of voice actors performing as actual band members through their characters, Mugendai-Mewtype is a five-member unit that defines itself as a “destined collective (band) that transcends dreams (virtual) and reality (real).”
They are a new type of band that operates both in the virtual realm – through performances using Live2D avatars – and in the real world, by delivering live shows in person.
