credit: United Records

Mina Okabe

Mar 12, 2024

2:00pm – 2:40pm CT

International Day Stage

Mina Okabe writes the most blissful and dreamy pop songs. They shimmer of optimism while her diary-like song writing tells the honest stories of a young woman who has lived a life as a citizen of the World, growing up in big cities like London, Manila and New York, making her a universal songwriter who is ready to explore everything again as an artist. The highly anticipated debut album, ‘Better Days’, was released to nothing but five-star reviews in her home country, Denmark, is now certified 4 x Platinum in Korea while Mina was selected as Spotify Radar Artist and Apple Music’s One to Watch in 2023.
Meanwhile, her single, ‘Every Second’, has become a global phenomenon reaching audiences and fans all over the world including Latin America and the USA with more than 4.6 million shared Reels - and billions and billions of views. To this date, Mina Okabe’s back catalogue has amassed more than 500.000.000 streams across the globe. The great international hype and success has embarked Mina Okabe on several tours including notable festival bookings like Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Seoul Jazz Festival (Korea) and Local Green Festival (Japan).

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Neo Soul
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