Derek Hui’s Tokyo series spotlights his apartment and a triple-platinum plaque

Canadian entrepreneur Derek Hui has released a new episode in his Tokyo documentary series, taking viewers through his rented Azabujuban apartment and the shelf holding a Music Canada plaque for Anders’ triple-platinum single “Love No More.” The episode ties together Hui’s music-industry past, his self-funded career path and his shift to life in Tokyo.

Why it matters: - The episode connects Derek Hui’s current Tokyo life to the music career that helped finance his later businesses. - The plaque for “Love No More” serves as a visible marker of a career built outside the traditional music industry path. - The series gives viewers a personal look at how Hui moved from photography and artist management into entrepreneurship and creator-led documentary work.

What happened: - Derek Hui’s Tokyo documentary series released an episode published on 17 September. - The episode tours the Azabujuban apartment Hui rents in Tokyo. - The episode also shows the shelf holding the Music Canada plaque for “Love No More.” - The plaque recognizes the 2018 single by Anders in collaboration with Loud Luxury. - Hui appears in the episode describing the plaque as proof of a long-held dream to work in music.

The details: - “Love No More” was released on Armada Music on 31 August 2018. - Music Canada certified the single triple platinum. - ARIA in Australia and Recorded Music NZ both gave the single gold certifications. - The song reached No. 44 on the Canadian Hot 100. - The song reached No. 98 on the UK Singles Chart. - The song reached No. 89 on the ARIA chart. - The song reached No. 23 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. - Digital Journal reported that the single passed one million streams within two days of release. - Hui taught himself photography at 21 and spent 12 years behind the camera. - Hui founded Mariner Agency, a Toronto wedding studio that shot more than 400 weddings, including 300 photographed by Hui himself. - Hui said Toronto weddings mostly ran from May to October, which left the rest of the year for other work. - Hui said he reinvested earnings from wedding photography into himself. - From age 24 to 31, Hui managed artists through NSTMGMT, the company he built with William Nguyen, known professionally as Photo Will. - NSTMGMT backed Anders through the release of “Love No More” and managed Always Never, The Theorist and Aria Ohlsson. - The same shelf in Hui’s apartment also holds a ceramic oil diffuser that Hui and a business partner designed as an early e-commerce project that failed. - Hui wrote in April that lessons from wedding photography shaped his approach to music and business. - Hui stepped back from artist management at 31 and later founded several e-commerce companies. - In March 2023, Hui spent nine days in Tokyo and decided he wanted to leave Toronto. - Hui moved to Tokyo in October 2023 at age 34. - The Tokyo apartment tour is one episode in a series Hui has been filming in the city since then. - The series has been released about every two weeks and is produced with Tokyo-based editor and videographer Darren Ha.

Between the lines: - The apartment shelf works like a personal archive, linking Hui’s creator life in Tokyo with the music and photography work that funded his next moves. - The episode reinforces a recurring theme in Hui’s storytelling: self-funding, reinvestment and building toward the next chapter rather than waiting for one. - The series also positions Tokyo as both backdrop and catalyst for Hui’s current identity as an entrepreneur and creator.

What’s next: - Hui says more episodes of the Tokyo series will continue to roll out roughly every two weeks. - Hui is available for interview in English from Tokyo. - High-resolution images and episode links are available on request. - Hui continues to promote his work through YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and his newsletter, Life’s So Rich.

The bottom line: - The new episode turns a simple apartment tour into a compact origin story: photography paid for music management, music management paid for reinvention, and Tokyo now frames the next phase.