KMNZ’s Nero Sings Through a Relay Slot to About 4,000 Viewers, Closing With a Dance-Along

RK MUSIC — Nero of KMNZ sang through a roughly 30-minute slot in a singing relay for a live audience of about 4,000 on Monday, closing the set by asking viewers to dance along. The stream was titled as part of a relay event of singers hosted under the hashtag #歌うまスンギ歌枠リレー.

Nero opened with a short greeting, saying chat was welcome to join in and that the first song had not been planned as an opener but had been brought in because the energy was running high. When the concurrent viewer count came up around the five-minute mark, Nero said the figure was the biggest audience of a singing career and joked about being nervous. Later, Nero told viewers that singing was all Nero had ever done, with no games.

“I’ve only ever done singing. Singing is all I’ve got.” — Nero, after the first block of songs

After a middle block of songs, Nero said it had been hard to choose a set list because every candidate was a favorite. Nero then ran a segment of one-chorus songs, singing whichever titles chat called out as they appeared on screen, and said the last full song would come near the 55-minute mark of the relay. Nero also apologized to teammates for being unable to do the rakugo storytelling the team’s challenge called for, and said the team was aiming to win the relay.

With time running short, Nero announced a slow ballad to close. Chat joked that it had been fooled when the song turned out to be an upbeat dance number, and Nero spent much of it telling viewers to dance, saying the movement should come across through the screen. Nero ended by thanking viewers and handing the baton to the next performer.

Chat was busiest in the final minutes, with more than 600 messages in the minute starting at 30:00, mostly applause and dancing emoji. The stream drew 10 Super Chats.