PiNKII (Natalia Castro) is an American artist with strong influences from Japanese pop culture and anime. Her music is a mix of Techno, J-POP, and modern Hip Hop. After living in Japan, she has become fluent in the language and occasionally adds Japanese lyrics to her songs. Throughout her stay in Japan, she recorded songs in Japanese & English, DJ’d at top nightclubs establishments, and found a passion for editing videos after starting her Japanese youtube channel. Her creativity and aesthetic are recognizable in her videos, and within her Bubblegum Trap music.

PiNKII grew up in a small town and decided to become a Japanese idol in high school. After moving to Japan and accomplishing that goal, she had realized that she was too eccentric for the “squeaky clean” image pushed on girls in this subculture. She started DJing Trap Music in clubs across Tokyo and even created a name for herself on her Japanese YouTube Channel

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子供の頃から、日本が大好きだったから、高校卒業してから、日本に勉強しに行った！ ４年も東京に住んでたけど、その時、東京でDJしたり、渋谷１０９で働きたり、専門学校で勉強したりした。 今は音楽の活動やり始めて、しばらくアメリカに戻ってきたけど、文化の違いや、アメリカのものを日本語で紹介したりはしてる。そして、自分で...

that reaches over 100,000 subscribers. Even so, she was pushed again into a box and was tied to an outdated image of femininity. This made her decide to create a world of her own, in which she mixes surprisingly hedonistic themes with sugary sweet sounds of Japanese pop and anime.**

PiNKII is most active on SoundCloud, where she currently has over 2,000 followers. Her most popular track, Pretty Girl Comet has over 9,000 plays.

**PiNKII on Spotify