, sometimes abbreviated as , is a Japanese rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1997. Consisting of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Kumi and lead guitarist Naoki, they have been signed to Victor Entertainment their entire career. Their first studio album, The Greatest Hits (2001), was a major success, debuting at number one and selling over two million copies. They are popular not only in Japan, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
History
Love Psychedelico was formed in January 1997 by vocalist Kumi and guitarist Naoki Sato, who met as members of the music club at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Kumi stated that the two hit it off immediately as Naoki was the first person she had met that had the same passion for music as her. The group's original name was "Love Psychedelic Orchestra", but the third word was eventually dropped and its first letter added to the end of the second word. It went through several member lineups, with people coming and going, until Kumi and Naoki were the only two remaining.
Love Psychedelico signed with major record label Victor Entertainment and released "Lady Madonna (Yūutsu Naru Spider)" as their debut single on April 21, 2000. It is the first song that the duo ever wrote together. The album sold one million copies in three days, and went on to sell over two million. It won Best Rock Album of the Year at the 15th Japan Gold Disc Awards, while Love Psychedelico were also recipients of New Artist of the Year. The duo visited America that March when they headlined Japan Nite at South by Southwest. They also toured the club and bar circuit in the United States, It was the first album that the band produced themselves, and they have continued to self-produce all of their subsequent recordings. In November, they went on their first tour of Asia, with concerts in South Korea and Hong Kong. The following year saw the February 9, 2005 release of the duo's first compilation album, Early Times. It received a positive response in Taiwan, where they held a concert in June of that year.
Golden Grapefruit, their fourth studio album released on June 27, 2007, was the first recorded at the band's private studio of the same name. Love Psychedelico made their first televised music program appearance on Bokura no Ongaku to promote it. They were interviewed by their friend Yoko Ono for the show. It was released in Japan on June 18.
The band released their fifth album Abbot Kinney on January 13, 2010. Named after Abbot Kinney Boulevard, where HackTone Records was located, it was created based on their experiences living on the West Coast of the United States for a few months in 2008, and inspired by West Coast rock and country music. The duo's album In This Beautiful World was released on April 17, 2013. The following year saw the first acoustic Love Psychedelico concert in Japan to only feature the duo of Kumi and Naoki. 2015 marked the 15th anniversary of Love Psychedelico's debut. They celebrated by releasing The Best I and The Best II compilation albums in February and holding an anniversary tour from May to July, where they were supported by Yukihiro Takahashi on drums. 2019 saw Kumi and Naoki take their "Two of Us" acoustic performances as a duo on the road for the first time with a national tour. In 2020, Love Psychedelico celebrated their 20th anniversary with four releases, including the compilation album Complete Singles 2000–2019. A tour was also planned, but it was postponed until May 2021. They also provided Takuya Kimura with the song "My Life" for his 2020 album Go with the Flow. The band's first album in five years, A Revolution, was released on October 5, 2022. In 2024, they collaborated with Glim Spanky on the song "Ai ga Michiru Made" for their All the Greatest Dudes compilation album.