Cameron Lew knew he had made it in Japan while out for a late-night bite earlier this year.
¡°I was staying in Asakusa and it was really late. The only thing open close by was a ²µ²â¨³ú²¹ (dumpling) bar,¡± Lew, the 27-year-old behind the California-based music project Ginger Root, tells The Japan Times over video chat. ¡°There¡¯s this guy there. He puts his phone down, and I see his ¡®recently searched¡¯ artists on Spotify. The top one was me.¡±
Lew tried to focus on his meal, but the two eventually started talking. Soon enough, everyone in the small eating establishment knew about the coincidence. The owner played Lew¡¯s Ginger Root videos on a TV screen; a group of them ended up going out for drinks.
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