Comics / Press Releases

Guitarist MIYAVI Announces Music Video for "Long Nights"

By The Editor
April 26, 2018 - 11:49

Miyavi widescreen blue photo image

Japanese Rock Legend Miyavi Debuts Powerful Music Video For New Track “Long Nights” Featuring Former Afghan Child Bride Turned Rapper And Social Activist Sonita

“The Samurai Guitarist” And Star Of Angelina Jolie-Directed Film “Unbroken” Will Perform Live Concerts In 6 Major U.S. Cities In May; New Music Video Features Sundance Film Festival Winner Sonita

Universal Music Japan recording artist MIYAVI has released a new music video for his latest song – “Long Nights.”

The video is a musical/vocal duet between guitarist MIYAVI and Afghan phenom rapper, Sonita, who has drawn wide critical acclaim for her vocals, fortitude as a Muslim woman in hip hop and also her work as a social activist bringing wider attention to the plight of Afghan families selling their daughters into marriage.

Catch the music video for “Long Nights” HERE; the track is available now from iTunes and Spotify.

Embeddable link for “Long Nights” at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3xqFRdlRxs

The release of “Long Nights” comes as MIYAVI embarks on an international tour. Several North American concert dates for May have been announced part of his “Day 2 World Tour 2018.”

            May 8 – El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

            May 11 – Slim’s, San Francisco, CA

            May 13 – The Crocodile, Seattle, WA

            May 16 – The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON

            May 18 - The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA

            May 20 – Irving Plaza, New York City, NY

MIYAVI is a world-renowned musician, actor and philanthropist, who has focused on bridging cultures across the globe with his music and through his work for numerous humanitarian causes. With the moniker of the “Samurai Guitarist,” MIYAVI developed a very unconventional style of guitar playing – performing not with a pick, but with his fingers in a method dubbed “slap style.”

Sonita was the focus and title of a stark documentary that narrated one woman’s fearless efforts to end child marriage in the name of human rights and gender equity. It was hailed as the best and most popular documentary in the World Cinema category at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury prize and the Audience Award. MIYAVI and Sonita will perform “Long Nights” live for concertgoers on select dates on his current tour.

In addition to music, MIYAVI has been celebrated internationally for his work as a movie actor. His debut role, portraying Imperial Japanese Army sergeant Mutsuhiro Watanabe in the 2014 film, Unbroken, directed by the Oscar-winning actress, Angelina Jolie, was widely praised for its intensity. MIYAVI has continued to explore acting and was recently featured in the 2017 Warner Bros. film, Skull Island. He is presently set star in an upcoming Japanese live-action movie based on the smash hit supernatural action manga and anime series, Bleach.

On the humanitarian side, MIYAVI continues his important work with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, which works to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. In 2016 and 2017, MIYAVI visited refugee camps in around the world and helped to spread the message of the ongoing global refugee crisis. In November 2017, he was appointed an official UN Goodwill Ambassador.

Official website: http://myv382tokyo.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MIYAVI.OFFlCIAL/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miyavi_ishihara/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MIYAVI_OFFICIAL

Last Updated: August 31, 2023 - 08:12