Renowned Japanese pop guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei recently shared the video for “Walking Through the Night”, one of two Iggy Pop collaborations on recently released album Strangers.
American audiences likely recognize Hotei as the killer guitarist on the song “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. He’s also collaborated with with artists such as David Bowie, INXS, Blondie, and Joni Mitchell.
Watch the video, which was was directed by Tomomi Okamura, below. The video intersperses traditional Japanese imagery with harsh jump to cold city imagery. Hotei also shared a statement about the song.
Iggy is a man with a huge heart. Despite the fact he’s the god of rock music fans, he genuinely showed interest in a Japanese guitarist who has a career in Japan but almost no profile anywhere else in the world … With the lyrics to “Walking Through The Night”, he created a picture of a lost soul wandering around on the dark backstreets of Shinjuku in Tokyo. The session was amongst the most creative and productive time I had in my 35 year career.
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