AI-generated beauty! Charismatic “Mumeixxx” of Generation Z reveals his determination to make a major label debut.

Suffering from high name recognition

Mumeixxx (Mumei, 20), who has become an influencer with more than 6 million followers on social networking sites thanks to her TikTok dance videos, made her major debut as a singer on October 2.

Having reached a major milestone, she talked to Friday about her past and present, including the behind-the-scenes of her TikTok shoots and the struggles of being an influencer who is no stranger to Generation Z.

I started TikTok in earnest when I was in eighth grade. My friends and I were just playing around with it to see who could get more followers. I was slowly gaining followers at first, but when I uploaded a video of me making funny faces to music in my first year of high school, it became a hit. Until then, I had only received about 1,000 to 2,000 likes per video, but that video received 100,000 likes.

In her second year of high school, she began uploading dance videos and makeup videos every day. As a high school student, she has become an influencer with nearly 1 million followers. Her high visibility also affected her school life.

I think it was during the fifth or sixth period of a weekday class, and about a dozen students from another school were gathered in front of the school. The teacher, who was suspicious, went to check on them and found that they were the ones who had come to see me.

Even inside the school, I was asked by various children to take a picture with them. I tried to comply with all of them, but my friends would have to wait for a long time while I was taking pictures. Because of this, I started to never show my school uniform or anything that could identify my school in my videos.”

Videos uploaded to TikTok are only a few dozen seconds long. Even so, she says she spends “two to three hours” filming.

There are many dance videos that have already been uploaded with the same soundtrack. So I think about the choreography to differentiate them. I also check for facial expressions and hair. We shoot several patterns by changing the angle of view of the camera. In the process, it takes about three hours.

I want to be on a big stage.

Mumeixxx’s major label debut song is “Puccho-Hanzatto,” which has been distributed worldwide since October 2.

My mother’s dream was to become an artist. I thought I would inherit her unfulfilled dream. I loved singing, but I never imagined that I would become an artist. I am full of anxiety, but I am going to continue my trial-and-error process.

I hope you will listen to it with an empty head, as it is a cute, pop song with elements of EDM (electronic music created using synthesizers, etc.). The title of the song means “Let’s raise our hands,” but it also means “I want people who are unsure of themselves to have the courage to take the first step.

I hope you will dance it on TikTok. My future goals are to perform at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen and Music Station (TV Asahi), and to perform at Zepp Osaka. I want to be on a big stage.”

The girl who has captured the TikTok dream is now ready to take on new challenges.