Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi, better known by her stage name Cuushe,[3] is a Japanese singer-songwriter,[4] multi-instrumentalist,[5] and record producer[6] from Kyoto.
[15] "We Can't Stop", a song from the EP, was used in the American dark comedy television series Search Party.
[11] In 2017, she became a victim of stalking and online sexual harassment by the glitch musician Ametsub,[16] who broke into her house and stole her unreleased recordings, musical equipment, and personal items such as clothes and photographs.
[16] In a 2012 interview with Dazed, Cuushe cited "musician friends, movies, [and] sadness" as her top 3 musical inspirations.
[17] Colin Joyce of Pitchfork wrote, "The wispy-voiced Tokyo songwriter is nominally a dream-pop act, indulgent in the stirring static and hushed whispers that have become requisite for the genre.