About

HICARI, Meaning ‘Light’ in Japanese, are a multicultural 5-piece pop band based in Liverpool.

HICARI use their influences to create new uplifting tracks, synth-hooks and driving melodies to compel you to dance or speak to your heart.

Their sound is home to the influence of synth-pop artists such as CHRVCHES; The 1975; and St. Lucia, with everything 80s as the foundation. 光

2016 has seen HICARI achieve wider recognition with their debut single ‘Catch Fire’ and it’s remix surpassing over a quarter of a million hits. During the summer they played to the vast crowds of festivals such as LIMF, Rivers & Fusion. They were also asked to open for the Mancity VS Bucharest game at the Etihad Stadium.

To kick off 2017 with a bang their collaboration on one of Anki’s album tracks has surpassed a million streams on Spotify and a playlist spot on SiriusXM in America . This year promises to bring UK wide concerts in aid of their single release which got aired on ITV’s ‘This Morning’. The release of the stellar music video also celebrates a successful pledge campaign.