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Fielded album draws on scammers and Japanese cyberpunk
Chicago artist Fielded began as a noise project in twenty ten, and her album includes a neo-soul cover of Nine Inch Nails' Closer; the vinyl is one hundred copies.
On air: Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte on Should You Be Worried?Published
At a glance
- First reported by The Verge: “Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk”, with reporting from EveryDejaVu newsletter, Jingletree and Apple Music.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 6:35 AM ET on Should You Be Worried?, by Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: Japanese.
- BBN covered this story before: Japanese kittens, Voting Rights Act, Clásico, a moon hole (October 25).
The real story
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- The VergeFielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk
- EveryDejaVu newsletterNew album by Fielded out now! - EveryDejaVu’s Newsletter facts used on air
- JingletreeFielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk - Jingletree facts used on air
- Apple MusicSome Kind of Animal - Album by Fielded August 19, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA musician who started out making noise is now releasing records that are, quote, obsessed with scammers. Should you be worried?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Verge interviewed Lindsay Powell, who records as Fielded. The new album is called Some Kind of Animal, and it came out in August.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk. That's two things I'd normally block at the firewall.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe label's newsletter says it draws on films including Ms..45 and Promising Young Woman. The opening track is named after the first one.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt started as noise, though. The Bandcamp page says so.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentExperimental noise in Chicago, starting in twenty ten, and it grew into something closer to R and B.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHer last album came out in May twenty twenty-five.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the album's got a cover of Closer, by Nine Inch Nails.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwelve songs, about forty-one minutes, with a neo-soul feel on that one. The vinyl is a hundred copies, on graphite.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMildly worried. Mostly that I can't get one of the hundred vinyl copies, and I've been told that's the scam.
The story so far
- A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon · The New York Times
- Hideki Matsui hired as manager of the Yomiuri Giants · Yahoo Sports
- 93-year-old Japanese grandmother helps trap a scam artist · SoraNews24
- Japan's anti-bear robot dog Hacchan barks from a speaker · Japan Today
- Japanese kittens, Voting Rights Act, Clásico, a moon hole · The Hill
- Fielded album draws on scammers and Japanese cyberpunk (this story)
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