Alternative metal with metalcore pressure and electronic-rock atmosphere surges through 星熊南巫 (Hoshikuma Minami)’s OXYGEN, a cinematic respiratory crisis where music functions as both life support and slow-acting toxin. The song imagines oxygen becoming poisonous while remaining essential for survival—a contradiction mirroring her relationship with music: the force keeping her alive can also wound and gradually consume her. In biochemical terms, the riffs are medically inadvisable; emotionally, withdrawal is not an available treatment.
Released digitally on July 29, 2026, OXYGEN is her first single since joining JMS. Brody McKeegan produced the track, Hoshikuma wrote its lyrics and melody, and Cody Stewart handled mixing and mastering. The release is currently a standalone single rather than part of a confirmed EP or album, although it begins a sequence of new material continuing in August and September, with a special guest promised for the September track.
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