NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Ai Aso on 19 July 2024. Ai Aso has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 32 episodes and was first played on 6 April 2014.

Ai Aso (朝生愛) is a Japanese psych-pop singer/songwriter. She's closely affiliated with The Stars and Boris, bands from the underground rock scene in her home country. Her eerie, avant-garde folk has been released on The Stars' imprint, Pedal Records, as well as Stephen O'Malley's Ideologic Organ.