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Post-CHAI project of twin frontwomen MANA and KANA, intentionally not “CHAI part two.” Official description: Revolution through Music (Sept 2025), Nostalpop, and reconstructing their pop sense in a new context after CHAI disbanded March 12, 2024 at EX THEATER ROPPONGI. Luke Francis Walton mixed おかしなきもち, the three-month single run, DEBUT (Feb 4, 2026), and the July 2026 single 言いわけきかせて.

Timeline: CHAI final show, Tokyo, March 12, 2024. MANA and KANA stepped back from the stage. OKAME announced September 2025, then three singles in a row (Okashina Kimochi, Terenai de, GAME OVER), then the first album DEBUT, February 4, 2026. The MANAKANA official site stresses OKAME is separate from the previous band sound and is not a continuation of NEO KAWAII; it describes a more inward, identity-forward return.

NiEW frames DEBUT as a new chapter for the former CHAI frontpersons across eight tracks, and coins the self-styled genre Nostalpop, nostalgia and pop brightness exploring personal identity after a globally recognized band ended. Documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC follows post-CHAI burnout, illness, setbacks, and choosing the microphone again.

Walton mixed the OKAME singles and DEBUT, then the July 25, 2026 single 言いわけきかせて (theme for the TikTok short anime きょうもカクレチカクカ・ビン). Before the first OKAME single (Oct 2025), he produced KOMAGOME's WE CAN'T DOLL (Aug 2025) with MANA and KANA, then co-produced, mixed, and performed on CHAHHAN (Feb 2026). See With KOMAGOME.

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