Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze got his start online, uploading cover versions of pop songs and gradually garnering tens of millions of views. ∙ In 2019, Kaze, who had never before released any original music, sold out his first official concert. ∙ Ten years after posting his first cover video online—he’d started at age 12, stopping for only a few years during high school—Kaze released his first original single, 2019’s “Nan-Nan.” ∙ 2020’s HELP EVER HURT NEVER, his first full-length album, shot to No. 1 on the Japanese charts. ∙ He released a limited edition of HELP EVER HURT NEVER that included bonus covers of songs by Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Burt Bacharach, and The Animals.