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21 Facts About Anly

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Anly was born on January 20,1997 and is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Ie, Okinawa.

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Anly started playing the guitar at six years old, and started writing music in junior high school.

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Anly released her debut single "Taiyo ni Warae" in 2015 and her debut album Anly One in 2017.

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Anly was born on Iejima, an island in Okinawa, Japan.

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Anly started playing the guitar after her father bought her one at six years old.

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Anly grew up without access to a computer or the Internet at home, and often listened to blues and rock CDs her father bought while strumming her guitar.

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Anly had wanted to be a singer from a young age, but because she wanted to sing her own songs, she began writing lyrics when she was in her second year of junior high school.

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Anly began performing at live houses on Iejima and later in Naha.

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Anly released her first indie single "Sixteen" on January 19,2015.

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Anly released her second indie single "Bye-Bye" on August 26,2015, which included a cover of Gabrielle Aplin's "Please Don't Say You Love Me".

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Anly signed to Sony Music Records in 2015 and released her debut single "Taiyo ni Warae" on November 25,2015.

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Anly released her fourth single "Kara no Kokoro" on January 18,2017; the song was used as the final opening theme to the Naruto: Shippuden anime series.

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Anly played a musician in the 2017 Japanese film Shinjuku Swan II.

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Anly collaborated with Sukima Switch to release the single "Kono Yami o Terasu Hikari no Muko ni" on March 1,2017.

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Anly released her debut studio album Anly One on April 26,2017.

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Anly released her fifth single "Hokuto Shichisei" on August 9,2017.

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Anly released her second studio album Loop on July 25,2018.

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Anly released "Sunshine" as a digital single on December 5,2018.

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Anly collaborated with Hiroyuki Sawano on the single "Tranquility", released on October 2,2019; the song was used as the ending theme to the anime film series Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War.

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Anly released her third studio album Sweet Cruisin on April 8,2020.

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Anly released her fourth studio album Quarter on October 12,2022.