▣Barclays Center | Brooklyn, NY ▣Friday, June 26th 2026
▣Photographer/Journalist: Arianna Conti

After his three-year hiatus, George “Joji” Miller returned to music with his fourth album Piss in the Wind in February of 2026. The SOLARIS tour kicked off at the beginning of June in New Jersey and finally made it back to the east coast on June 26, 2026, in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center, joined by Corbin and Nate Sib.

Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Miller moved to the United States at eighteen to pursue an education at the New York Institute of Technology. His claim to fame, however, originated on YouTube with sketch comedy. Most people on the internet from 2006-2017 knew him as the guy who hosted “Cringe of the Week”, or as one of his characters; “Filthy Frank” and “Pink Guy.” Miller retired from comedy in 2017 to focus on music and has since been nominated for several awards under the stage name Joji.

Corbin Smidzik is a Minnesota-based artist from Baltimore. He defines his sound as “funeral R&B and lofi”. His breakthrough in the music industry came in 2014 where he decided he’d professionally go by his first name only, after previously going by “Spooky Black” and “Lil Spook.” A true minimalist on stage, reliant only on his voice and a bassist controlling a backing track. Despite only having a twenty-minute set, Corbin’s fans stormed the barricade screaming for him.

Nate Sib took the stage after Corbin, a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter with more of a house/pop sound, still touching on those R&B elements. Sib took the stage solo with only a microphone- for optimal jumping around and spinning- and played an unreleased song on the keys. The minimalist stage made it difficult to see just how many people were a Nate Sib fan, until they were instructed to turn their flashlights on, and the entire arena was filled with people holding their phones up.

Joji performed for roughly 90 minutes from a catalogue that favored an even split between Piss in the Wind, Nectar (2020), and a substantial round up of his earlier works. He was accompanied by his live band consisting of Joshua Snow on guitar, Isaac Sleator on keys, and Matthew Eccles on the drums. He was briefly joined by “Jackie”, his dancing robot, during Gimme Love, a moment that fans have plastered all over social media after Jackie’s first show. Contrary to his comedic YouTube persona, Joji rarely stopped to crack jokes and interact with the audience. It truly felt like each song flowed into the next on purpose, despite the setlist spanning across multiple albums that have nothing to do with each other.

Coming from someone who hasn’t seen Joji perform since 2021, the care that he put into his voice during his time off was incredibly impressive and obvious. The way that Joji flips between a heavier song like “Pretty Boy,” into a low register ballad like “ATTENTION,” into a head voice for “Blah Blah” is a challenge for most male artists. The true highlight, however, was the rock rendition of “SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK,” where no one left early to beat the heavy foot traffic leaving the venue.

Something that often isn’t taken into consideration in the live music community outside of DJ sets or rave culture is the importance of on-stage visuals. Often, artists rely on a physical and practical set to house the band and any backup vocalists/dancers and warrant any entrances/exits for a quick change or break between sets. However, Joji has set an incredibly high standard when it comes to using screens and the modern proscenium arch. Every song in Joji’s set utilized human-made visuals, which is a massive win in the digital art community. During Daylight, Joji’s visuals reflected various styles of the Fibonacci sequence, whereas Ew featured a backdrop that alluded to a starry nighttime sky. He displayed various TV static-like effects or large eyeballs that darted across the stage. Every color under the sun was encapsulated in his visuals, and it made for a truly beautiful show, both visually and sonically.

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CORBIN

NATE SIB

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Corbin Smidzik

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