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The J-Pop Discussion Thread

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On 8/7/2024 at 9:18 AM, AMIT said:

 

 

 

daddies omg

 

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wow ok BOPS! :WAP:

 

I thought I recognized Yonezu's voice :chick2: He wrote and sang 月を見ていた/Tsuki Wo Miteita - Moongazing for FF16! He has a really great and unique voice :clap3:

 

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I didn't realize that Kahara had quite a lot of albums without TK. Let me delve into them later.

Been revisiting this stone cold CLASSIC lately. Seiko Matsuda and Tetsuya Komuro made MAGIC here. :heart:

 

 

1 hour ago, Suilen said:

Icon, who cares if she sniffed some coke

 

 

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mdma icon

 

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Hoping for a collapse because she hasn't gagged me since forever

 

 

The title track was cute I suppose.

 

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It's not mentioned anywhere in English, but back in 1992 Akina had a scandal when she was photographed being drunk and consoled by a drag queen (who the GP assumed was her boyfriend or something). That might've derailed her career even more than the other incident. Still, kinda iconic.

 

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28 minutes ago, Suilen said:

It's not mentioned anywhere in English, but back in 1992 Akina had a scandal when she was photographed being drunk and consoled by a drag queen (who the GP assumed was her boyfriend or something). That might've derailed her career even more than the other incident. Still, kinda iconic.

 

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This is so interesting! I've never heard about this. People always love to say her career was over in 1989, but she had some great success in 90-91. 92 was the beginning of the end and this kinda explains it a little bit.

29 minutes ago, Britneyfan09 said:

This is so interesting! I've never heard about this. People always love to say her career was over in 1989, but she had some great success in 90-91. 92 was the beginning of the end and this kinda explains it a little bit.

She had a very successful dorama that year, but she couldn't capitalize on it due to the incident and label/management issues (my theory is that what happened in 1989 probably did have some long-term consequences, and she was seen as "problematic" hence the new label was reluctant to accept her, plus all that workplace loyalty stuff). She could use more years of success, but ultimately her legacy is in a very good place, and those scandals are pretty much forgotten. I also randomly looked up what people thought of the 1989 thing now, and they seemed sympathetic to her and dragged Seiko for pretending that she didn't know anything about that guy :eli:

I wanted to buy some more J-pop on vinyl, for collector reasons, but almost all of these avex girls have nothing released on that format. Ugh. Utada and Sheena supremacy I suppose.

 

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Also might **** around and launch that Ayu rate today if the server can behave for me.

I miss her soft angelic voice so much :weeps: She was "basic" but in such a charming way if that makes sense and I really feel like she didn't tap into her full potential just yet. Oh well. At least she left on a high note because Lei Aloha was a gorgeous album :heart2:

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, Graves said:

I wanted to buy some more J-pop on vinyl, for collector reasons, but almost all of these avex girls have nothing released on that format. Ugh. Utada and Sheena supremacy I suppose.

 

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Also might **** around and launch that Ayu rate today if the server can behave for me.

You can buy an overpriced Kuu, Ami Suzuki, or hitomi single in November :emofish:

https://mobile.x.com/AvexMusic/status/1816760384814231734

2 hours ago, Bad Decisions said:

I miss her soft angelic voice so much :weeps: She was "basic" but in such a charming way if that makes sense and I really feel like she didn't tap into her full potential just yet. Oh well. At least she left on a high note because Lei Aloha was a gorgeous album :heart2:

 

 

 

YES! She was a staple in my early J-pop days. "Simple As That", "Next to You", "See you...", "Love Story", and "Haruka" were on constant repeat in this household. There was something about her/her sound that set her apart from everything else being released at the time. I wish they'd put her stuff up on Spotify.

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On 8/2/2024 at 3:46 PM, Reginald said:

 

 

Here's another new video from Phantom Siita. They are really growing on me :clap:

 

 

ファントムシータ『魔性少女』OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

her visuals are almost always so good, and slaying like this while THAT pregnant, oh MOTHER :jonny6:

 

 

13 hours ago, JO1s said:

Oh he ate, produced, wrote and coposed this... 

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Gurl, as soon as I saw/heard this I said wtf is Lapone DOING. They are holding back talent. Put this on streaming NOW and let the man write the group some tunes. I LOVE JO1 but I can't help but feel that they could push a bit more to truly go to the top (not necessarily their fault). So much potential.

 

6 hours ago, Galaxy said:

 

The fact that these masterpieces are still not on Spotify...

The TASTE! Truly her best works (+ "SUPER MUSIC MAKER" and "Bitter..."). 

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Just in case anyone is interested, Avex is live streaming A-Nation on YouTube this year! Ayu and Kuu along with other Avex artists will be performing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plPYTTyKO3c

 

Timetable: https://x.com/anation_navi/status/1829052514618224960/photo/1

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