Ash Island has announced his first-ever world tour, Voice Memo: Black Rose, that will find the emo-rapper visiting parts of Asia and North America. The upcoming tour is to promote his two most recent studio albums, Voice Memo which was released in March of this year and Rose which was released in May 2023.
Born Yoon Jin Young, he first broke through in 2018 as a contestant on the rap survival program, High School Rapper 2, where he performed under the moniker Clloud. He would eventually finish in fourth place. He then signed with Ambition Musik, a sub-label of Dok2 and The Quiett’s Illionaire Records in the summer of 2018, changed his stage name from Clloud to Ash Island, and soon after released his first single, “How R U.”
Ash Island has experienced a steady ascent in popularity, evidenced by successive awards since his debut. He won the New Artist of the Year at the 2020 Korean Hip-Hop Awards, Best Hip-Hop and Urban Music at the 2021 MAMA, and the New Wave Award at the 2023 Asia Artist Awards.
In 2024, Ash Island departed Ambition Musik and established his own one-man label, Midnight Records. Voice Memo is the first release under his new label.
Tickets information for the North American stops of Ash Island’s “Voice Memo: Black Rose” 2025 World Tour can be found here.
Ash Island, “Voice Memo: Black Rose” 2025 World Tour – North American Dates and Venues
September 5 – Los Angeles, CA – Vermont Hollywood
September 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
September 8 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
September 10 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
September 11 – Boston, MA – Royale Boston
September 12 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Monarch
September 14 – Toronto, ON – Forbidden City
September 16 – Vancouver, BC – Aurum
