Yamaben

Album: Out of All This Blue (2017)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is one of three songs on the Out of All This Blue album that was written by their frontman Mike Scott while he romanced the Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi, aka Rokudenashiko. In May 2016, Tokyo District Court found Rokudenashiko, who is known for her female genitalia-inspired works, not guilty of obscenity. This hip-hop tune is titled "Yamaben" after Igarashi's lawyer during her court case.

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