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The J-Pop Discussion Thread

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41. Poppin' love cocktail

 

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5.28
From: JAPONESQUE

 

Connoisseurs: D.D.D., Deadlocked (10)
Doubters: @Curaga, @romiskes (0); Maresia (1)

 

Suilen: Even if you remove the man, the song is unsalvegeable. A stain on JAPONESQUE, though it's biggest strength has always been the album tracks. Why couldn't Escalate, So Nice or No Man's Land replace this?
Curaga: :deadvision:
romiskes: God i hate this song so much, and the fact she keeps performing it everywhere up until today makes it even worse.
D.D.D.:  i get that at some point she performed it too often that made everybody hate this song but first time hearing it i became a fan, so DAMN CATCHY AND POSITIVE and she's never been more energetic and charismatic, long live THE QUEEN!!!
Meloetta Carey: Total Drama Island realness.
Kyle-x: It's a hit for me idk, I'm just a rock chick. I don't even mind the feature.
AMIT: high-energy but it was never one of my faves.
Invisibility: She reheated *looks at scribbled note* Sunrise 〜 Love Is All〜 nachos, dipped them in fresh guac and took a sip from her margarita.
 

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I don't mind it and think it's fun, but I can see why the girls may not like this one.

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Thank you @Suilen for the reveals! :heart:

Looking forward to the next round :duca: 

Today's recap:

 

54. again - 3.83
53. Let's fight for love! - 3.96
52. HOTEL - 4.50
51. Shhh! - 4.60
50. Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop - 4.62
49. OMG - 4.63
48. LIT - 4.75
47. GOLDFINGER 2019 - 4.79
46. BLACK WINGS - 4.91
45. We'll Be OK - 4.92
44. Dreaming Now! - 5.00
43. DO ME - 5.17
42. HUSH - 5.20
41. Poppin' love cocktail - 5.28

 

Thanks to everyone who tuned in today! The next batch of reveals is on Saturday, probably at 3PM EST.

55 minutes ago, Suilen said:

43. DO ME

Connoisseurs: Curaga, romiskes (10)

33 minutes ago, Suilen said:

41. Poppin' love cocktail

Doubters: @Curaga, @romiskes

@romiskes, you GET IT :jonnycat:

1 hour ago, Suilen said:

47. GOLDFINGER 2019

 

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4.79
From: RE(CORD)

Connoisseurs: Meloetta Carey (9)
Doubters: @Kyle-x (0); prettyinpink940 (1)

 

Suilen: A cover of a cover, and then she also included a cover of the original song on the same album. She couldn't decide which one is better?
Curaga: :thing: I thought the bridge was gonna take us somewhere interesting...
D.D.D.: this song feels unnecessary but she did a good job singing it.
Meloetta Carey: this kitchen sink'd masterpiece.
Kyle-x: Girl don't piss me off.
AMIT: this was not on Apple Music for some reason, prob some copywrite issue. anyways I feel like she did the original justice and put her own spice to it, and the original is a classic (thank you, Shrek 2) so I liked the cover overall.
Invisibility: Oh Livin la Vida Loca don't make that sour face when Kuu ate you up.

I think this is one of the only times I ever actually used the 0 in a rate ddd

54 minutes ago, Suilen said:

41. Poppin' love cocktail

 

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5.28
From: JAPONESQUE

 

Connoisseurs: D.D.D., Deadlocked (10)
Doubters: @Curaga, @romiskes (0); Maresia (1)

 

Suilen: Even if you remove the man, the song is unsalvegeable. A stain on JAPONESQUE, though it's biggest strength has always been the album tracks. Why couldn't Escalate, So Nice or No Man's Land replace this?
Curaga: :deadvision:
romiskes: God i hate this song so much, and the fact she keeps performing it everywhere up until today makes it even worse.
D.D.D.:  i get that at some point she performed it too often that made everybody hate this song but first time hearing it i became a fan, so DAMN CATCHY AND POSITIVE and she's never been more energetic and charismatic, long live THE QUEEN!!!
Meloetta Carey: Total Drama Island realness.
Kyle-x: It's a hit for me idk, I'm just a rock chick. I don't even mind the feature.
AMIT: high-energy but it was never one of my faves.
Invisibility: She reheated *looks at scribbled note* Sunrise 〜 Love Is All〜 nachos, dipped them in fresh guac and took a sip from her margarita.
 

I can see why this is a polarizing song... but so are like 20 others in this rate I'd put it ahead of  :giraffe:

 

 

One of my fave songs from this period of her career. I love her Kana'd songs :jonny: 

5 hours ago, Suilen said:

Suilen: A Kana'd mess that doesn't make feel like we'll be ok at all.

kana sweetie i am so sorry.

1 hour ago, Maresia said:

kana sweetie i am so sorry.

And what do you think about my theory that Kana is Kumiko's daughter

 

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1 hour ago, Suilen said:

And what do you think about my theory that Kana is Kumiko's daughter

 

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it's a theory with no merit whatsoever

 

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1 hour ago, Maresia said:

it's a theory with no merit whatsoever

 

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And yet she used TABOO's producer for several tracks and other people who previously worked with her, not to mention that her success is directly tied to the success of Kumiko's mid-00s ballads.

 

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22 minutes ago, Suilen said:

And yet she used TABOO's producer for several tracks and other people who previously worked with her, not to mention that her success is directly tied to the success of Kumiko's mid-00s ballads.

 

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is lana del rey's critical success after norman ******* rockwell! directly tied to jack antonoff producing out of the woods in 2014?

 

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maybe if you had said she was JASMINE's daughter...

Dreaming now! deserved waaaay better, and i'm really happy we got rid of PLC already, it didn't even deserve to be in the top 50 tbh

 

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Had no idea Poppin' was so hated dd.

 

Anyways, I am glad to see none of my higher rated songs left yet, but I'm gonna need my 0s to start punching already I fear.

 

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14 hours ago, Deadlocked said:

This was almost my 11

 

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I gave it a 11 at first then I went a long the list and took it back but it's a very close one. people just don't get the genius of it :jonny5: viva la POPPIN LOVE COCKTAIL :clap3:

 

 

I finally got around to listening to her second album, though I also gave her recent album a listen before, and I really don't get what happened because her debut was quite decent and had those interesting collabs.

 

 

Her most popular song is a bit embarrassing, honestly. Good for her finding her sound, but she could've been much more artistically.

 

These songs were slightly interesting:

 

 

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