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I didn't realize it was a cover of Miho's song. I'm checking the lists of best-selling songs by the grandmas since I wanted to incorporate their top 3 best-selling songs (along with other criteria) into the rate, and hers are basically all ballads, so she would be at a disadvantage. A shame condering the bops she served.

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6 hours ago, Suilen said:

 

I didn't realize it was a cover of Miho's song. I'm checking the lists of best-selling songs by the grandmas since I wanted to incorporate their top 3 best-selling songs (along with other criteria) into the rate, and hers are basically all ballads, so she would be at a disadvantage. A shame condering the bops she served.

I'm actually not a fan of Miho's original when it comes to this song, but Kuu's version was cute for what it was and gave us a nice PV for the winter season. I do however absolutely love both ただ泣きたくなるの and 世界中の誰よりきっと. I would actually place them in my Top 5 Miho songs. Actual J-Pop classics! :jonny:

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19 hours ago, Suilen said:

And we need Kana removed from the title, they shipped it but it got shipped back.

 

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Amazing video and the album is great as well, hope they're planning a music video for Starlight Dreams as well.
 

 

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7 minutes ago, romiskes said:

 

Amazing video and the album is great as well, hope they're planning a music video for Starlight Dreams as well.
 

 

Starlight Dreams is quite nice! :eek:

 

I find it weird that I barely see anyone here or even on Twitter discuss their music anymore but maybe that's just me. Will checkout their album!

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Miliyah x Shiina Ringo, out midnight locally

 

 

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7 minutes ago, mathekr said:

Miliyah x Shiina Ringo, out midnight locally

 

 

A cuntquake is coming

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The song is produced by T.Kura, who did a bunch of Namie's songs like GIRL TALK, WILD, COPY THAT etc. by the way.

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16 minutes ago, Suilen said:

The song is produced by T.Kura, who did a bunch of Namie's songs like GIRL TALK, WILD, COPY THAT etc. by the way.

That sounds really promising. Hope it doesn't disappoint. 

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41 minutes ago, Suilen said:

The song is produced by T.Kura, who did a bunch of Namie's songs like GIRL TALK, WILD, COPY THAT etc. by the way.

Three classics already :clap3:

 

Hoping he's dropping a fourth tonight :clap3:

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If we talk about Asian Music i only know Ayu discography completely tbh :gaycat4: She's my fave fave :heart2: 
Here a preview of my LastFM
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but i also really like some songs-im a casual listener from these asian singers:

Main Roster Nr1 (Open Spoiler)
 

Spoiler


Ayu


Utada 


Namie


Koda Kumi


BoA


Blackpink


Jolin Tsai

 


Main Roster Nr2 (Open Spoiler)
 

Spoiler


Ai Otsuka


Yui


Iconiq


Alan Dawa Dolma


Stephanie Topalian
https://youtu.be/kl6Jh1YUwTo?si=ROQCcrd9PZbhUBCa&t=211
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 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

 

Could someone here recommend new female J-pop singers as interesting as the ones on my spoilers?
I'd like to expand my tastes when it comes to J-pop. :gaycat2:

I generally enjoy pop videos that are very rock-inspired, gothic, futuristic-avant garde, or have a happy, summer or cutesy vibes
I lean toward those styles when it comes to pop music.

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11 minutes ago, AvadaKedavra said:

If we talk about Asian Music i only know Ayu discography completely tbh :gaycat4: She's my fave fave :heart2: 
Here a preview of my LastFM
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but i also really like some songs-im a casual listener from these asian singers:

Main Roster Nr1 (Open Spoiler)
 

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Ayu


Utada 


Namie


Koda Kumi


BoA


Blackpink


Jolin Tsai

 


Main Roster Nr2 (Open Spoiler)
 

  Hide contents


Ai Otsuka


Yui


Iconiq


Alan Dawa Dolma


Stephanie Topalian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6Jh1YUwTo
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 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

 

Could someone here recommend new female J-pop singers as interesting as the ones on my spoilers?
I'd like to expand my tastes when it comes to J-pop. :gaycat2:

I generally enjoy pop videos that are very rock-inspired, gothic, futuristic-avant garde, or have a happy, summer or cutesy vibes
I lean toward those styles when it comes to pop music.

Since you like Kyary, you may want to look into MEG, who was Nakata's muse before her:

 

 

She also made a gothic/rock-inspired album without him:

 

Maybe you'll be interested in the Nana girls:

 

 

 

 

 

Kalafina's music and videos are pretty gothic:

 

 

 

You should also look into Do As Infinity, one of its members (D.A.I.) produced plenty of Ayumi's tracks:

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, mathekr said:

Miliyah x Shiina Ringo, out midnight locally

 

 

their maximized joint slay omg :jonny4: the visuals are giving chill R&B tune kinda? but we need a surprise banger I fear, and a VIDEO!! 

 

this is one of those collabs I would never expect so I'm very excited to see how their styles mash. 2024 is truly the gift that keeps on giving. :jonnyknife:

 

 

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2 hours ago, AvadaKedavra said:

If we talk about Asian Music i only know Ayu discography completely tbh :gaycat4: She's my fave fave :heart2: 
Here a preview of my LastFM
Zo3iBcu.png



but i also really like some songs-im a casual listener from these asian singers:

Main Roster Nr1 (Open Spoiler)
 

  Reveal hidden contents


Ayu


Utada 


Namie


Koda Kumi


BoA


Blackpink


Jolin Tsai

 


Main Roster Nr2 (Open Spoiler)
 

  Reveal hidden contents


Ai Otsuka


Yui


Iconiq


Alan Dawa Dolma


Stephanie Topalian
https://youtu.be/kl6Jh1YUwTo?si=ROQCcrd9PZbhUBCa&t=211
2206164

Exile


 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

 

Could someone here recommend new female J-pop singers as interesting as the ones on my spoilers?
I'd like to expand my tastes when it comes to J-pop. :gaycat2:

I generally enjoy pop videos that are very rock-inspired, gothic, futuristic-avant garde, or have a happy, summer or cutesy vibes
I lean toward those styles when it comes to pop music.

I'd say some more turn of the century j-divas worth listening given your taste are YUKI (her solo career for more poppy stuff, judy and mary for more rock), PUFFY (they did some Avril songs in the past and worked extensively with Butch Walker, though their sound is not very similar), Crystal Kay (Kinda in the same league of Hikaru and BoA soundwise, but more R&B), Do As Infinity as Suilen mentioned, very ayu-adjacent. And ofc Shiina Ringo the queen of art pop rock jazz.

Newer I'd say definitely check Perfume and Reol  for futuristic dance pop and Wednesday Campanella for quirky dance pop.  Daoko and Ado imo are in the realm of Kyary, but a bit edgier. Chanmina for that Koda Kumi bad ***** energy. Anna Takeuchi for a Taylor Swift vibe. Of course XG and F5ve for k-pop adjacent groups.

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Well it sounds like a Femme Fatale album track, which isn't bad for Miliyah's current standards.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the ATRL J-Pop's Flawless Foursome Rate held in 2014. To celebrate this occasion, I decided it would be nice to revisit our four favorite J-divas once again, but this time with a bit of a twist. This rate will have a selection of 15 of the best album tracks, b-sides, and cover songs from each diva, with the selections being provided by Suilen, Kyle-x, Graves, and myself. We've all discussed and rated these girls most famous hits multiple times over the past few years, and so I thought it'd be fun to rate some of their lesser discussed tracks!

 

After all the selections had been submitted, I thought it'd be fun to add 1 wildcard entry (selected by me) last minute for each girl to spice things up even more! :lakitu:

 

The Rules

1. Copy the PM-friendly list below

2. Listen to each song listed and award it a score between 0 and 10. Decimals are accepted.

3. For one song, your favorite song, feel free to award it the coveted score of 11.

4. Add additional commentary alongside your scores if you feel like it. This is not mandatory!

5. Send your completed list in a PM to me by the deadline of December 13.

6. Stick around for the results and let's have fun!

 

Additional Notes:

- When rating songs with different versions, just go with your favorite - if you like the original album version of walk more than the ~to the future~ version then rate that one!

- Promotional album songs released early digitally as part of the album roll-out or to radio, b-sides, and singles with limited releases at special venues were allowed to participate in the rate

-Please note that Namie's music is not on streaming and in the playlist. I'll update this post later on with links, but feel free to listen to them through other means.

 

The Songs

 

Koda Kumi

Selection by @Britneyfan09

 

1. Walk / walk ~to the future~ from affection (2002)

2. BOY FRIEND? from grow into one (2003)

3. NO TRICKS from Best ~First Things~ (2005)

4. Get Up & Move!! from Black Cherry (2006)

5. Black Cherry from Kingdom (2008)

6. Under from Kingdom (2008)

7. Driving from TRICK (2009)

8. show girl from TRICK (2009)

9. UNIVERSE from UNIVERSE (2010)

10. AT THE WEEK END from Dejavu (2011)

11. So Nice from JAPONESQUE (2012)

12. ピンク スパイダー from Color the Cover (2013)

13. Shake Hip! from Color the Cover (2013)

14. SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA from Bon Voyage (2014)

15. W FACE from W Face ~Outside~ (2017)

16. Love Technique from JAPONESQUE (2012) *WILDCARD*

 

Ayumi Hamasaki

Selection by @Kyle-x

 

 

1. A Song for xx from A Song for xx (1999)
2. And Then from LOVEppears (1999)
3. Duty from Duty (2000)
4. Real me from RAINBOW (2002)
5. Because of You from Memorial address (2003)
6. Ladies Night from (miss)understood (2006)
7. JEWEL from Secret (2006)

8. decision from talkin' 2 myself (2007)
9. NEXT LEVEL from NEXT LEVEL (2009)
10. Don't look back from Rock'n'Roll Circus (2010)
11. Love song from Love songs (2010)
12. Wake me up from again (2012)
13. Lelio from Colours (2014)
14. The Show Must Go On from A One (2015)
15. FLOWER from M(A)DE IN JAPAN (2016)

16. Movin' on without you from Utada Hikaru no Uta -13 kumi no Ongakuka ni Yoru 13 no Kaishaku ni Tsuite- (2014) *WILDCARD*

 

Utada Hikaru

Selection by @Graves

 

1. In My Room from First Love (1999)

2. DISTANCE from Distance (2001)

3. Deep River from DEEP RIVER (2002)

4. 東京NIGHTS from DEEP RIVER (2002)

5. Kremlin Dusk from Exodus (2004)

6. BLUE from ULTRA BLUE (2006)

7. Making Love from ULTRA BLUE (2006)

8. Celebrate from HEART STATION (2008)

9. テイク 5 from HEART STATION (2008)

10. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI from This Is The One (2009)

11. 俺の彼女 from Fantome (2016)

12. ともだち from Fantome (2016)

13. 嫉妬されるべき人生 from 初恋 (2018)

14. BADモード from BADモード (2022)

15. Find Love from BADモード (2022)

16. Dirty Desire from This Is The One (2009) *WILDCARD*

 

Namie Amuro

Selection by @Suilen

 

1. GET MY SHININ' from DANCE TRACKS VOL.1 (1995)

2. Whisper from Concentration 20 (1997)
3. GIRLFRIEND from break the rules (2000)
4. HimAWArI from break the rules (2000)

5. Did U from Wishing On The Same Star (2002)
6. gimme more from STYLE (2003)
7. Free from Queen of Hip-Pop (2005)
8. No from Queen of Hip-Pop (2005)
9. Hide & Seek from PLAY (2007)
10. Should I Love Him? from PLAY (2007)
11. LOVE GAME from PAST<FUTURE (2009)
12. Defend Love from PAST<FUTURE (2009)
13. La La La from FEEL (2013)
14. B Who I Want 2 B feat.HATSUNE MIKU from _genic (2015)
15. In Two from Finally (2017)

16. Do Me More from BEST FICTION (2008) *WILDCARD*

 

Spotify Playlist

 

 

 

PM Friendly List

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Walk / walk ~to the future~
BOY FRIEND?
NO TRICKS
Get Up & Move!!
Black Cherry
Under 
Driving 
show girl
UNIVERSE
AT THE WEEK END
So Nice
ピンク スパイダー
Shake Hip!
SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA
W FACE
Love Technique

 

A Song for xx 
And Then 
Duty 
Real me 
Because of You 
Ladies Night 
JEWEL
decision
NEXT LEVEL
Don't look back
Love song 
Wake me up 
Lelio 
The Show Must Go On 
FLOWER 
Movin' on without you

 

In My Room
DISTANCE 
Deep River 
東京NIGHTS 
Kremlin Dusk 
BLUE 
Making Love 
Celebrate 
 テイク 5 
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI 
俺の彼女 
ともだち
嫉妬されるべき人生 
BADモード 
Find Love 
Dirty Desire


GET MY SHININ'
Whisper 
GIRLFRIEND 
HimAWArI 
Did U
gimme more 
Free 
No 
Hide & Seek 
Should I Love Him? 
LOVE GAME 
Defend Love 
La La La 
B Who I Want 2 B feat.HATSUNE MIKU
In Two 
Do Me More

Happy Rating!

 

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This rate looks amazing omg! Can't wait!

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16. Do Me More from BEST FICTION (2008) *WILDCARD*

why thank you @Suilen :gaycat1:

 

the way it would be the best wildcard entry if not for the incredible Dirty Desire pick :ryan3:

 

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Hello J-Pop thread!!! :heart:
 

I love all the big 4 equally, but my favorite has to be Kuu out of them :heart:

 

Especially Black Cherry era… such a gag!

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3 minutes ago, Mewtroyshka said:

Hello J-Pop thread!!! :heart:
 

I love all the big 4 equally, but my favorite has to be Kuu out of them :heart:

 

Especially Black Cherry era… such a gag!

Welcome! :heart:

 

Always nice to have another KUNA stan join. :gaycat1:  The Black Cherry era was truly one for the history books!

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30 minutes ago, AMIT said:

why thank you @Suilen :gaycat1:

 

the way it would be the best wildcard entry if not for the incredible Dirty Desire pick :ryan3:

 

That wasn't me

 

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Mostly strong selections from other people, I guess, though there are a bunch of flops too.

 

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8 minutes ago, Suilen said:

That wasn't me

 

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Mostly strong selections from other people, I guess, though there are a bunch of flops too.

 

Are we about to see you become the new Curaga? Only time will tell I suppose.

 

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