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Nisemono
EP by
Ginger Root
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Length17:53
35:54 (vinyl)
LabelAcrophase
Ginger Root chronology
City Slicker
(2021) 		Nisemono
(2022) 		Shinbangumi
(2024)
Singles from Nisemono
  1. "Loneliness"
    Released: June 22, 2022
  2. "Holy Hell"
    Released: July 28, 2022
  3. "Over the Hill"
    Released: August 24, 2022

Nisemono ([ɲisemono], lit. 'fake' or 'fraud' or 'counterfeit') is the seventh EP by Ginger Root, and is a concept EP that explores the feeling of impostor syndrome.[1][2][3]

Background

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb9JltdXq3U[4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtuC40NXdRk[5]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year User Score78/100[6]
AllMusic User Rating[7]
Modern Music Analysis9.5/10[8]
Musicboard[9]
Rate Your Music Best EPs of 202253/1000[10]
Rate Your Music Best EPs of all time1275/5000[10]

Ginger Root released the Nisemono EP in 2022 and has since played sold-out shows across North America, Europe, and Asia as fans await new music. In 2024, Ginger Root presents SHINBANGUMI across a sequential music video series, resuming the conceptual narrative from Nisemono, which follows Ginger Root as a newly-fired music supervisor in 1987 starting his own media conglomerate, Ginger Root Productions. "If you watch music videos one through eight, you'll be presented with a story that’s comparable to a traditional movie; something I've always wanted to do.”[11]

Following City Slicker, Ginger Root’s relationship with Citypop peaked with the release of Nisemono, the band’s second most recent album. Released alongside a complete set of music videos set in 1983 that follow Lew’s fictional journey from ghostwriter to faux-idol, the album oozes postwar energy— the album art directly references the design of vinyl covers of the time, while the music videos advertise disposable cameras and nonexistent TV shows. Most notably, a full collection of the album’s music videos as well as behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from Lew was released with the album on, of all things, VHS only— a medium that hasn’t been used regularly for thirty years. Nisemono is, arguably, Lew’s most musically complex album— song structure varies, arrangements and production stand out as strikingly sophisticated— but it delves only further into the Citypop influence than ever. Yet there is something else there, something more self-conscious— curiously, the word “nisemono” translates roughly to “fraud.”[12]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ISFZfckOEU[13]

https://medium.com/modern-music-analysis/nisemono-by-ginger-root-review-2acddbb52a03*[8]

https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/ginger-root-nisemono[14]

https://sptalon.com/13234/thetalonarchive/nisemono-ep-by-ginger-root-project-review/[15]

https://nyulocal.com/nisemono-by-ginger-root-is-nostalgia-bottled-up-in-six-tracks-b7917a6c009c[16]

https://wknc.org/2022/09/17/nisemono-by-ginger-root-ep-review/[17]

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/517735-ginger-root-nisemono.php*[6]

https://www.thenorth1033.org/music/2022-09-19/basement-featured-album-of-the-week-ginger-root-nisemono[18]

https://radiomilwaukee.org/discover-music/new-songs-on-air/2022-10-03/add-of-the-week-ginger-root-nisemono[19]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bpUXnKgkGs[20]

https://artsfuse.org/264997/pop-music-review-ginger-roots-nisemono-and-the-virtues-of-creative-recycling/[2]

https://sptalon.com/13234/thetalonarchive/nisemono-ep-by-ginger-root-project-review/[21]

https://nyulocal.com/nisemono-by-ginger-root-is-nostalgia-bottled-up-in-six-tracks-b7917a6c009c[22]

https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/ginger-root-loneliness[23]

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1126022518/ginger-roots-cameron-lew-wants-his-new-ep-to-showcase-city-pop-as-familiar-yet-f[1]

https://joysauce.com/ginger-root-is-good-for-the-soul/[24]

https://chimes-ray-m2xt.squarespace.com/recaps/gingerroot-losangeles[25]

*: for professional ratings

Music videos

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Track listing

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Standard EP
No.TitleLength
1."Kimiko!"1:14
2."Loneliness"3:27
3."Holy Hell"3:24
4."Over the Hill"2:47
5."Nisemono"3:01
6."Everything's Alright (Meet You in the Galaxy Ending Theme)"4:00
Total length:17:53
Vinyl B-Side[26]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimiko! (Instrumental)"1:39
2."Loneliness (Manager Approved Demo)"3:37
3."Holy Hell ("Slowly" Demo)"3:27
4."Over the Hill (Vocal Idea Demo)"2:53
5."Nisemono (Early Demo)"1:30
6."Everything's Alright (Instrumental)"3:59
7."Holy Jazz"0:56
Total length:18:01

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Summers, Juana; Rivera, Enrique; Intagliata, Christopher (2022-09-29). "Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh". NPR. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  2. ^ a b Jewell, Jeremy Ray (2022-11-23). "Pop Music Review: Ginger Root's "Nisemono" and the Virtues of Creative Recycling". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  3. ^ Kylene, Jazmin (2022-09-12). "Ginger Root's 'Nisemono' Is a Euphoric Look at Imposter Syndrome and the Quarter-Life Crisis". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  4. ^ Ginger Root (2022-06-14). Announcing my new project on the news - 十番街ニュース. Retrieved 2025-05-15 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Ginger Root (2022-06-18). Update on my New Project (Kimiko Takeguchi JOSN Interview) (竹口希美子のインタビュー）. Retrieved 2025-05-15 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ a b "Ginger Root - Nisemono". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  7. ^ "Nisemono - Ginger Root". AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  8. ^ a b Babatope, Dara (2022-09-20). "Nisemono by Ginger Root: Review". Modern Music Analysis. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  9. ^ Nisemono by Ginger Root, retrieved 2025-05-11
  10. ^ a b Nisemono by Ginger Root - RYM/Sonemic, retrieved 2025-05-10
  11. ^ "Ginger Root". ghostly.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  12. ^ Riester, Ian. "What is Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI?". The Journalist. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  13. ^ 日テレNEWS (2023-07-24). 【ジンジャー・ルート】日本のテレビ初出演 "昭和レトロ"MVのひみつ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-05-15 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ Kylene, Jazmin (2022-09-12). "Ginger Root's 'Nisemono' Is a Euphoric Look at Imposter Syndrome and the Quarter-Life Crisis". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  15. ^ Castillo, Noel (2022-10-17). ""Nisemono – EP" by Ginger Root; Project Review". The Talon. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  16. ^ Battulga, Sandy (2022-10-03). ""Nisemono" by Ginger Root is nostalgia bottled up in six tracks". Medium. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  17. ^ Hüttemeister (2022-09-18). ""Nisemono" by Ginger Root EP Review". WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  18. ^ Lehnertz, Sarah (2022-09-19). "Basement Featured Album of the Week: Ginger Root-Nisemono". The North 103.3 FM. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  19. ^ Zori, Dori (2022-10-03). "Ginger Root's 'Nisemono' is the personal soundtrack we all need". Radio Milwaukee. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  20. ^ Ginger Root (2023-12-13). Ginger Root's "Nisemono" on VHS. Retrieved 2025-05-15 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ Castillo, Noel (2022-10-17). ""Nisemono – EP" by Ginger Root; Project Review". The Talon. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  22. ^ Battulga, Sandy (2022-10-03). ""Nisemono" by Ginger Root is nostalgia bottled up in six tracks". Medium. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  23. ^ Kylene, Jazmin (2022-06-27). "Ginger Root's "Loneliness" Is a Timeless Ode to the '80s". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  24. ^ Quan, Ryan (2023-04-11). "Ginger Root Is Good for the Soul". JoySauce. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  25. ^ Poblete, Greg (2023-06-30). "Ginger Root Celebrates "Nisemono" and "City Slicker" EPs in LA". Melophile Media. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  26. ^ "Ginger Root - Nisemono - LP Colored Vinyl". Ear Candy Music. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
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