Band members and solo work Sarah Midori Perry In August 2023, the band released "Legendary", the official theme song for the Pokémon World Championships. The song was released under the 23rd instalment of Adult Swim's Singles Series. In September 2021, Kero Kero Bonito released "Rom Com 2021", a remix of Soccer Mommy's single "Rom Com 2004". In April 2021, Kero Kero Bonito released their fifth EP, Civilisation II. In 2020, the band wrote and performed "It's Bugsnax!", the theme song for the video game Bugsnax, which was featured in its announcement trailer. Later on in the month, before the tour started, they also released their fourth EP Civilisation I. They announced a North America and Europe tour shortly after and released the single "When the Fires Come" in September 2019. On 8 July 2019, the band uploaded "KKB Life" to YouTube, a vlog video recorded during the Time `n` Place era, announcing that a new era is starting. The album was sonically a significant departure from their previous studio album, and was inspired by radical changes in the band's personal lives following their tour cycle for their debut album. On, the band released the single, "Time Today", and announced their second studio album, Time 'n' Place, which was released on 1 October 2018. This change in live line-up reflected their change in sound following the EP. Rowland previously played guitar on TOTEP. This involved two extra members, James Rowland on electric guitar and Jennifer Walton on drums and sampler, as well as Lobban on drums and keyboards and Bulled on bass guitar. On 13 April 2018, the band performed their first 'full band' show. Sarah Midori Perry and Jennifer Walton performing in Hoboken, NJ in 2018 The EP included "Only Acting", and other songs following the rock-influenced style. Later, on 20 February 2018, the band released the EP TOTEP. It departs from the band's previous electronic sound with a darker, rock-influenced style. On 12 February 2018, the band released the single "Only Acting". The video went viral, and became an internet meme, surpassing 25 million views as of April 2023. On 2 February 2017, the YouTuber Berd published a parody animation of the band's single "Flamingo". On 21 October 2016, the group released their first album Bonito Generation through Double Denim. On 10 August 2015, Kero Kero Bonito announced their first North American tour, which took place during October 2015. The band released the single "Build It Up", on which Perry sings in a call and response pattern, in November 2014. In September 2014, Kero Kero Bonito released Bonito Recycling, a compilation of Intro Bonito remixes by artists including Danny L Harle and Spazzkid. The band contributed "Flamingo" to Ryan Hemsworth's compilation EP shh#ffb6c1. They wrote many of their songs featured on the mixtape using a Casio SA-45 mini-keyboard. The group released their debut mixtape Intro Bonito through Double Denim Records in August 2014. Other meanings include the Brazilian quero-quero bird while "bonito" means "pretty" in both Portuguese and Spanish, thus "Pretty Quero-quero" – or even "I want, I want pretty" in a rough translation. The trio called themselves Kero Kero Bonito its meaning is intentionally ambiguous, with one derivation from the Japanese onomatopoeic words for frog croaks and a type of fish. Although she had collaborated with a Japanese girl group previously, Perry did not have a background in professional singing instead, she was interested in collaborating with Lobban and Bulled simply because she "wanted to try it". They selected her based on her background in art, and their interest in her bilingual ability. In search for a new band member, they posted advertisements, including on MixB, an online bulletin board for Japanese expatriates, largely due to their interest in " Japanese rap". Lobban and Bulled grew up in Bromley in the suburbs south of London and met in their teens. History Jamie Bulled (left) and Gus Lobban (right) Sarah Midori Perry performing the song "Break" from the album Bonito Generation, live in Dublin (2018) Perry, who is half-Japanese, sings and raps in both Japanese and English. The band's earlier work was influenced by J-pop such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, as well as dancehall, and video game music however, following their 2018 EP TOTEP their sound and influences diversified, with their second studio album, Time 'n' Place, being influenced by indie rock contemporaries such as Mount Eerie and My Bloody Valentine. Their musical style consists of indie pop, electropop, dance-rock, hyperpop, and bubblegum pop. The band consists of vocalist Sarah Midori Perry and producers and multi-instrumentalists Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled. Kero Kero Bonito ( KKB) are a British indie pop band formed in South London in 2011.
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