Nao Yoshioka, who in 2022 celebrated her 10th anniversary since her debut, has continued to expand her global activities from her base in Tokyo. She will release a collaboration single, ‘Stuck Wit U’, with Blue Lab Beats, the London-based Grammy-nominated duo, on May 19th, 2023.

Nao Yoshioka first met Blue Lab Beats in 2017 when she was invited as a guest artist for a Mamas Gun concert at Jazz Cafe in London and deepened her friendship with them through Ruby Francis, also her label mate. Afterward, in 2020 Blue Lab Beats released a remix of Nao Yoshioka’s representative song “Loyalty,” titled “Loyalty (Blue Lab Beats Remix).”

In 2022 when Nao visited London on her European tour, she had a session at Blue Lab Beats’ studio, and at Blue Note Place’s performance in Japan, she performed as a guest on stage with them. Thus, the supportive relationship between the two has continued uninterrupted since 2017.

Finally, the long-awaited collaboration single “Stuck Wit U” by the two was completed. It is a chill medium tune that combines Blue Lab Beats’ modern and sophisticated beats, floating electric piano, and Nao Yoshioka’s expressive vocals.