Virtual Artist IA Made Successful New York/East Coast Debut at Gramercy Theatre
Photos by Mayumi Nashida
New York (Oct 13th, 2015) – IA, who's known as a virtual artist - originally developed as a voice library for [VOCALOID TM3], made NYC debut with her Special 3D Live Showcase on October 11th (Sun) at Gramercy Theatre as part of NY Comic Con presents NY Super Week!
Fans started to line up as early as 10am on Sunday for 7pm door, and it eventually went all the way around the block of 23rd and Lexington. Many of them were already geared up with IA live T-shirts and other merch they had picked up at the Comic Con, and the glow stick, the must have J-Pop concert item. IA was accompanied by two live dancers who were also performing with her at Anime Expo in Los Angeles earlier, and gave very energetic live performance with several wardrobe changes. Audiences were also wowed by IA's guitar playing that was added after the LA concert as well as her singing voice, which was so clear and humanly smooth, especially noticeable when she was singing a ballad. 60 minutes of full stage went so fast, but passionate crowed did not let her go. IA sang two songs as an encore and promised to come back soon.
The next stop is London Hyper Japan on Nov. 28th and 29th!
IA is a virtual artist brought to life as part of
the VOCALOID3. 「 IA -ARIA ON THE
PLANETES-」and「IA ROCKS」are both
ranked #1 on Amazon Japan Music
Software chart. IA-related videos have
collectively garnered more than 100 million
views.
IA started her artist career by embarking on
a live tour in 2012, followed by a dance
music collaboration with the game,
“GROOVE COASTER”, as well as
collaborations with several fashion brands.
IA is also the featured singer of KAGEROU
PROJECT by the multi-talented JIN and
also included in Evangelion final chapter
comics CD. Since 2013, IA has reached out
to her international audience by doing live
shows in France and Taiwan as well as the
string of successful concert movie
screenings in New York, Seattle, San
Francisco, and Los Angeles. IA made her
North American live performance debut with
more than 2000 screaming fans in July
2015. On July 30th「IA/VT ‒COLORFUL-」
for PlayStation(R) was released and ranked
#2 on the game chart. IA performed her first
solo concert in Japan in September
followed by her New York Show on Oct
11th.
IA OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://1stplace.co.jp/artist/ia
IA 3rd Year Anniversary Song, “Diamond Days” (MV): https://youtu.be/8EabC3OCOi8
IA FB World Page: https://www.facebook.com/IA.WORLD.PAGE