Inessa Lee has a “Love Gun”

Jul 15 (News On Japan) - This female 'James Bond' took Japanese music market by storm. Meet Inessa Lee – American Idol alumni, FHM cover model and social media activist. Inessa Lee's song 'Love Gun' got on Japan Top 100 Spotify as the highest entry of the week after going viral on social media.

The singer has launched a dance flash mob “Love Gun for Peace” supported by many popular TikTok influencers. They spread the song along with the message of peace on social media by dancing to it. Every video contains anti-hate slogans: “dance for peace, love & peace, drop your gun”. Inessa Lee initiated “Love Gun” flash mob as a response to cyber harassment.

Michael Jackson’s impersonator from Japan @michaeljackton.official has fueled up this anti-bullying campaign by posting a funny video on his TikTok account with 12+ million followers. Perhaps Michael performance with a toy gun made “Love Gun” popular on social media.

Shortly the singer appeared on the cover of FHM USA July issue and shared her personal story about cyber stockers with the magazine. According to Inessa, “Love Gun” helped her to withstand hate vibes coming from her enemy. Indeed, “Love Gun” lyrics contains a message of love and forgiveness in it: “All I have for you is a love gun… drop your gun and I will show you who won”.

“Love Gun for Peace” dance flashmob is a good example of how music can deliver powerful social message to the audience. “There’s so much hate in this world right now. That is why love is the only answer,” – says Inessa Lee in her appearance in her Kanagawa tv appearance.

“Love Gun” Music video is a true spy thriller. Ms. James Bond played by Inessa is hunting a robot spy to erase some data from his files. But she falls in love with AI. Check out who won this dangerous game: https://youtu.be/LdJ2TdS_vIU?si=hQVujZ7qwQenjjPv

Published by Shinko Music Entertainment and represented by Izumi Promotion Inc. “Love Gun” got consistent support from Inter FM radio 89.7 Yokohama and Kanagawa tv. It's one of those cases when American alternative pop song becomes popular in Japan.

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