J-pop · J-rock · Live / Tour Dates · WENDY · Oct 03, 2025

WENDY Announce LA Takeover and New Single ‘Pledge of Love’

Name: WENDY – Don't waste my YOUTH
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WENDY Announce LA Takeover and New Single ‘Pledge of Love’

Tokyo’s rising rock ’n’ roll band WENDY are set to break out of Japan with the international release of their debut album Don’t waste my YOUTH. Out 13 October via London’s JPU Records, the album drops on limited-edition vinyl and digital platforms, produced by Grammy Award-winning engineer Marc Whitmore (Jon Batiste We Are, The Black Keys Let’s Rock).

To celebrate, WENDY will hit Los Angeles with five back-to-back shows in October before heading to the UK in November. The announcement lands alongside their powerful new single 'Pledge of Love' and its music video, out today. The track is one of two previously unreleased songs from their sessions with Whitmore.

“I wrote Pledge of Love when I was 18,” explains WENDY frontman Skye. “It’s inspired by Romeo and Juliet. Two people in love, but everyone around them tries to keep them apart. I went through a similar experience back then, and that’s when the song was born. The message is simple: love who you want, and don’t be afraid to show it.”

WENDY have already received acclaim in Japan, having performed at major rock festivals Summer Sonic and METROCK, been featured in both the Japanese and English editions of Billboard, and appeared on NHK World-Japan’s global music program J-MELO.

Skye adds: “I can’t wait to play Pledge of Love live in LA next month. We’ve got such a good connection with California. This will be our second time there, and it feels amazing to finally bring this song to the stage. Japan will always be home, but our dream has always been to share WENDY’s music with the world. This is just the beginning, and we’re ready for it.”

WENDY's LA tour video comment with Skye thumbnail

WENDY in LA 2025 Tour Dates:

Oct 14 (Tue): Rainbow Bar and Grill, West Hollywood
Oct 15 (Wed): TRiP, Santa Monica
Oct 17 (Fri): OC JAPAN FAIR, Costa Mesa (Stage time: 9pm)
Oct 18 (Sat): Freedom LA (OC JAPAN FAIR Stage) (Stage time: 1pm)
Oct 19 (Sun): Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood

WENDY in the UK 2025 Tour Dates:

Nov 17 (Mon), Japan Underground at The Water Rats, London
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WENDY Don't waste my YOUTH album cover, featuring a wall with graffiti about WENDY and singer Skye McKenzie

WENDY Don't waste my YOUTH album on vinyl

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The debut album from Japanese rock band WENDY, available exclusively on vinyl with two bonus tracks.

Formed as teenagers during Japan’s strict COVID lockdown, WENDY secretly came together to create rock ’n’ roll for a new generation. Their raw demos quickly landed them a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing and caught the ear of Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Marc Whitmore (Jon Batiste “We Are”: Album of the Year).

Whitmore was so impressed he produced their debut album himself, recorded live in just nine days, with no edits, capturing the band’s unfiltered energy. The process was even featured in Sound & Recording Magazine.

The vinyl edition includes two exclusive, previously unreleased tracks: 'Pull Me In' and the powerful 'Pledge of Love'.

Rock n Roll is Back
SCREAM
Pull me in (Bonus Track)
Can't stop being BAD
Addicted
When U Played Me
Runaway
Chasing a song
Pretty in pink
2 Beautiful 4 Luv
Devil's Kiss
Pledge of Love (Bonus Track)

WENDY – Pull Me In (official music video) thumbnail

Japan Underground poster for the 17 November 2025 event, featuring Japanese band WENDY and I SEE ORANGE

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Tickets:

🎟️ Early Bird Ticket

🎟️ Standard Ticket

Japan Underground returns! Exactly 15 years after the very first event! For those who joined JPU Records journey recently, we actually started life as a club night that toured around the UK playing our favourite tunes from Japan. On the way bands kept asking us if they could join in and play, including a bunch of bands we really love, such as FACT, [Alexandros], PASSEPIED, Kero Kero Bonito, as well as countless others.

Now, exactly 15 years since the very first show, we're back providing a live stage for bands and a place for like minded people to meet and hangout. The first live band has been announced, the fantastic I SEE ORANGE. One more band has yet to be announced, but will be a new signing to JPU Records from Japan.

Here are some videos from previous shows, courtesy of http://electricbloomwebzine.com.

First live band confirmed: I SEE ORANGE

I SEE ORANGE – Doll Guts (Official Music Video) thumbnail

Second live band confirmed: WENDY

A JPU Records production in association with Ran Touring.

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