Listen to Haruomi Hosono’s Cover of Doo-Wop Classic “Sincerely”

Hosono said in a press release, “The original is a doo-wop hit from 1954 by the Moonglows, the group in which the song’s writer Harvey Fuqua was a member... But for this Sincerely, I wanted to return to the word’s original meaning—‘from the heart’—so while paying my respects to the generous spirit of the 1950s and to this beloved song, I chose to write the lyrics in Japanese.” Next month, Hosono will play a pair of shows with Toro y Moi: on September 16, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and on September 20, at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.