Explanatory note

Ginza Sony Park, which has long engaged in experimental initiatives to foster new creativity around the element of place, recently co-created an experimental live-music streaming event with hip-hop unit Creepy Nuts that marked Sony's first foray into the cutting-edge video-shooting technology of "virtual production." This video is the live-stream footage from the event.

The footage begins with a shot of a parking lot at Nippon Broadcasting, the radio station that broadcasts "Creepy Nuts' All Night Nippon." The hip-hop duo slowly enters the frame and launches into a three-song set, performing "2way nice guy," "Daten," and "Yofukashi no Uta" in the dim light of the space.

Stagehands then set up a makeshift radio studio in the performance space, with Creepy Nuts taking their seats at a pair of microphones for the talk-show portion of the event. Eventually, R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga come out with the big reveal: the entire parking lot is actually virtual imagery. As the camera pulls back, showing the 3DCG lot in full, the duo looks on in awe. They then start trying out a host of other background visuals, chatting back and forth in amazement while they immerse themselves in a collaboration with cutting-edge technology.

Following the talk part, Creepy Nuts finishes the event off with a performance of "Nobishiro" against a backdrop of Kachidoki Bridge—which also makes an appearance in the song's lyrics—along with other area landmarks like TOKYO SKYTREE and Tokyo Tower. "Sony Park, omaera mada nobishiro shika nai wa!" [Sony Park, you got nothing but room to grow!] R-Shitei belts, giving the venue a special shoutout in a rousing ending to a performance blending the real and unreal.