Inari Koyoi Sings More Than 15 Songs on Guitar After a Headache Upends Her Plans

REACT — Inari Koyoi of ReAcT held an impromptu guitar-and-voice singing stream that ran just over two hours, going live at an hour she had not planned on. She explained that she had meant to start at 9 p.m., but a headache kept her from streaming and she slept instead. When she woke she could not fall asleep again, so she turned the stream on for viewers who were also awake.

Chat asked early on whether she felt better. She told them the headache had gone, and said she had not expected to stream at all. After a few minutes of greetings, she said she would sing and opened with a ballad about longing for someone out of reach.

“For all of you who can’t sleep, Inari turned the stream on.” — Inari Koyoi, opening the stream

The set ran through love songs and heartbreak numbers, with the pace broken up by short thank-yous to viewers. Among the songs she named were Akai Sweet Pea and the Doraemon theme. She took a viewer’s remark about getting sleepy while listening in good humor, and thanked another who said she had a good voice. Partway through the final stretch she counted up the songs so far, got to 15, and said it was a faster pace than it had felt, since she had not stopped to chat between them. She also mentioned that her fingers were hurting from playing.

Viewers filled chat with applause and pen-light emotes. After announcing that the next song was the last, she sang it, then thanked everyone, asked for subscriptions and comments on the songs, and wished those about to sleep good dreams and those heading to work a good day.