{"id":2451730,"date":"2026-06-09T17:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2451730"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:54:46","slug":"from-osaka-to-the-apollo-nao-yoshioka-on-soul-music-mental-health-her-new-album-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/from-osaka-to-the-apollo-nao-yoshioka-on-soul-music-mental-health-her-new-album-self\/","title":{"rendered":"From Osaka to the Apollo: Nao Yoshioka on Soul Music, Mental Health &#038; Her New Album Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Soul singer Nao Yoshioka sits down with WBLS to share her incredible journey \u2014 from growing up in Osaka, Japan, to dropping out of high school, moving to New York City at 20, and discovering soul music that changed her life. She talks about performing at the Apollo Theater Amateur Night, touring 11 countries, battling depression and panic attacks on stage, and how embracing her weaknesses helped her become whole.<\/p>\n<p>Nao opens up about her upcoming album Self (out July 17th), collaborating with Grammy-nominated artist Bilal, the Carl Jung \u201cshadow\u201d philosophy behind her music, and why the best is truly yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6 New album Self \u2014 out July 17th<br \/>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f US East Coast Tour \u2014 dates listed at naoyoshioka.com<br \/>\ud83d\udcf2 Follow Nao: @naoyoshioka<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Growing up in Osaka &amp; moving to NYC at 20<\/li>\n<li>Discovering soul music &amp; performing at the Apollo<\/li>\n<li>Battling depression &amp; panic attacks while touring<\/li>\n<li>The meaning behind her album Self<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with Bilal on \u201cShadow\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mental health advice &amp; self-forgiveness<\/li>\n<li>The influence of Sam Cooke, Anita Baker &amp; classic soul<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo vs. New York City lifestyle &amp; fashion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Osaka to the Apollo: Nao Yoshioka on Soul Music, Mental Health &amp; Her New Album Self\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jMCmdfOAhEs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-mediaco-read-next is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wbls.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soul singer Nao Yoshioka sits down with WBLS to share her incredible journey \u2014 from growing up in Osaka, Japan, to dropping out of high school, moving to New York City at 20, and discovering soul music that changed her life. 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