Kokoro Kohatsu & Lola Amour: A Musical Chemical Reaction Across the Borders of Japan & The Philippines (Interview)

Billboard JAPAN had the chance to speak with Lola Amour and Kohatsu and learn about how their collaboration has impacted each other. What led to Kokoro working on “The Moment?” Pio Dumayas (vocals/guitar): We’re both part of Warner Music, and I happened to come across PSYCHIC FEVER’s “Gelato.” The song got all of us in the band excited, and we had a blast singing it a cappella.

We uploaded a video of us singing it as an Instagram Story, and PSYCHIC FEVER reacted. That led to us to talking to each other online, and to Kokoro performing on our song, “The Moment.” Kokoro, what did you think when you got the collaboration offer from Lola Amour? Kokoro: PSYCHIC FEVER had never been to the Philippines, so I was really happy that they got in touch with me.

I liked the song, too, so I decided to put my heart into it, because I felt like we could get a good chemical reaction going. Manu Dumayas (trumpet/guitar/bass): When we asked him to work with us on “The Moment,” he was so...