ALI Enters Indefinite Hiatus Following Drummer's Arrest
Tokyo-based multinational funk band Alien Liberty International (ALI) announced on Friday that they are entering an indefinite hiatus. The news comes after the two arrests and indictment of the band's drummer Kahadio (born Kadio Shirai). The band's management has rescinded its contract with Kahadio, effectively dismissing him from the band.
On April 4, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kahadio for participating in a refund scam. He was arrested again on April 23 for another fraud case. The April 23 incident involved him and his friends calling an elderly woman and offering her a refund for medical expenses in exchange for her transferring 2.31 million yen (approx. US$21,000) to a bank account.
ALI made its major debut with the single "Wild Side" in 2019, the opening theme for the first season of Beastars. The band also performed the first ending theme of Jujutsu Kaisen, "Lost in Paradise."
ALI was booked to perform the opening theme for Subarashiki Kono Sekai The Animation (The World Ends with You The Animation) television anime "TEENAGE CITY RIOT" before Kahadio's first arrest. The anime subsequently replaced its opening theme.
The band won "Best Opening Sequence" and "Best Ending Sequence" at this year's Crunchyroll Anime Award.
Source: Music Natalie
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May 19, 2021 3:21 PM by Bizaster
May 19, 2021 7:26 AM by _cjessop19_
May 17, 2021 4:18 AM by Zorosuke_
May 17, 2021 12:05 AM by KANLen09
couldnt they just replace the drummer
I'd imagine that's why they're going on hiatus rather than straight up disbanding. You can't exactly play the kind of music ALI makes without a drummer, so they need to take time off from performing and making music (a.k.a. a hiatus) to look for a replacement.
Well, I hope so, at least.
May 16, 2021 2:21 PM by removed-user
May 16, 2021 12:20 PM by anim3y
May 16, 2021 12:07 PM by fullmetalpower
I really like 'Better Days', it's amazing. The singer certainly gives some Freddie Mercury vibes. Hope they return soon!
+1 to this. Better Days is my favortie among their songs. Hopefully, they will return soon. Too bad, they deleted all their videos on youtube.
Seriously!
I love that song more than Lost in Paradise and Wild Side. Why did they have to delete the channel ._.
May 16, 2021 6:11 AM by PirateHasan
May 16, 2021 4:29 AM by Gerbilcity
May 16, 2021 12:02 AM by MegamiRem
May 15, 2021 10:16 PM by king_knight_19
It's understandable but it's sad since I liked their work on jjk and beastars
May 15, 2021 9:29 PM by ManWild
May 15, 2021 6:31 PM by GreatAide
May 15, 2021 4:19 PM by PandanLeafSan
I really like 'Better Days', it's amazing. The singer certainly gives some Freddie Mercury vibes. Hope they return soon!
+1 to this. Better Days is my favortie among their songs. Hopefully, they will return soon. Too bad, they deleted all their videos on youtube.
May 15, 2021 4:13 PM by removed-user
why would you get yourself that much fame just to go down in history like that ?
get a new drummer ~3~
May 15, 2021 2:53 PM by Girasol
May 15, 2021 2:48 PM by Taffy_x3
May 15, 2021 2:28 PM by Genocyber
May 15, 2021 1:00 PM by PirateHasan
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It'd be funny if ALI returns from hiatus sooner than HxH.
Aged like fine wine.
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