Joji’s first full-length project features ... Yet outside of a few standout tracks, BALLADS 1 coasts along a lukewarm formula of sad-boy R&B.

Stream BALLADS 1here and continue for our full interview with Joji. Since we spoke in January ... Where did the cover photo come from? I knew I wanted that photo before we took it.

Last November, the Osaka-born artist saw his first Joji album, the EP In Tongues, premiere on the Billboard 200 at No. 58, and today (Oct. 26) he’s returned with Ballads 1. Intensely ...

There’s a whole cast of actors, many in alien prosthetics and makeup, a laser shoot-out ... Expect to hear Joji try out some new sounds in his post-Ballads 1 era. Personally, I'm not going ...

Indeed, since quitting YouTube last year, Miller has focused entirely on making music as Joji, crafting a darker, heavier, and more serious sound to go along with a series of stunningly beautiful ...

Same goes with his track, “Yeah Right,” which he planned to shoot on VHS from the start. Dark, offbeat, and edgy, Joji’s videos ... in his debut album Ballads 1 that dropped in October.