WEEKEND BLACKBOX SESSION VALENTINE EDITION - Special Guest Performance: RHYME

WEEKEND BLACKBOX SESSION – The Signature Monthly Event of W Osaka, Japan’s Only W Hotel

For this Valentine Edition, W Osaka welcomes RHYME for a special guest performance—an artist who moves like a living chimera: sensual and cerebral, regal yet dangerous. A spoken-word provocateur who fuses poetry into a force that feels both ancient and radically futuristic, RHYME blurs the line between live ritual and dancefloor ignition—layering narrative, hard techno structures, and rock-era energy into something fierce, confrontational, and immersive. 

Discovered in Japan as the muse of RHYME SO alongside legendary producer Shinichi Osawa, she has stepped onto global stages through genre-defying collaborations—including work with Yellow Claw, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, BEAUZ, and more—while her breakout 2025 collaboration “CRUSH” helped cement her position as one of the most compelling new voices in electronic and alternative music.

W Osaka’s Music & Entertainment Director, Yuuki Yoshiyama, continues to ride a wave of international acclaim. With releases on Toolroom Records and recent performances on global stages such as EDC, Tomorrowland in Belgium, Bootshaus in Germany, and Amsterdam Dance Event, he’s undeniably one of the most exciting and sought-after DJs in Japan right now.

Guided by W Osaka resident DJs Dmitri Absinthe and MAX PELA, the blackbox sound takes over—deep, driving, and immersive. Expect a night where rhythm becomes pulse, and Valentine glow merges with raw dancefloor power.