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The J-Pop Discussion Thread

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I'm not mad at the result so far, I really love Put Your Hands Up!!! and to be free but they're an acquired taste :giraffe:

5 hours ago, Witnessed ET said:

Yay

**** i posted in the wrong thread. sorry.

Just now, Josh said:

**** i posted in the wrong thread. sorry.

I know. But I see GIDLE, I reply. 
:suburban:

13 hours ago, Suilen said:

39. NEVER ENOUGH

 

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5.36
From: AND

 

Connoisseurs: Curaga (10)
Doubters: AMIT (1)

 

Suilen: I think we've had enough mid ballads, actually.
D.D.D.: she sounds terrible here WTF, it must be bad day for her.
Meloetta Carey: another "More"---how lovely.
Kyle-x: I usually love a Kuu ballad but this one has never done it for me like that.
AMIT: a ballad? chop.
Invisibility: Very musical number where the protagonist slowly and progressively empowers herself. I appreciate how down to Earth it is.
Deadlocked: Cute. Sounds a bazillion other piano snoozefests out there but cute. 

Oh wow, I never thought this would be so disliked :deadbanana4: and D.D.D. even hated the vocal performance... I thought she sounded great! 

 

 

13 hours ago, Suilen said:

From: N/A (thankfully)

:sabrina: Agreed!

 

 

13 hours ago, Suilen said:

36. Vroom

 

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5.46
From: UNICORN

 

Connoisseurs: Curaga, Britneyfan09 (10)
Doubters: @prettyinpink940 (0); AMIT, Deadlocked (1)

 

Suilen: Can't tell if it's excellent or utter trash. Maybe both. I genuinely expected it to be the first song out.
Curaga: Let me put aside my aversion to scream vocals to get fully into this BOP :WAP:
D.D.D.: giving brat.
Kyle-x: Maybe would be better off some substances.
AMIT: we are going to pretend we didn't hear that.
Invisibility: Kinda just noise.
Deadlocked: Um...

Definitely an acquired taste, so I'm not surprised it's out already nnn. I thought it was a joke the first time I heard it, but obviously it has grown on me!

 

 

13 hours ago, Suilen said:

34/35. GET NAKED

 

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5.50
From: re(CORD)

 

Connoisseurs: Suilen (10)
Doubters: Maresia, Deadlocked (1)

 

Suilen: Godney was demolished with ease.
Curaga: A serve, but that bratty vocal at the beginning of the chorus isn't my fav.
Kyle-x: Get Naked (I Don't Have a Plan).
AMIT: her vocals in the chorus are um... interesting, overall there are 0 interesting melodies here.


 

The trashy bops are being done so dirty... I guess STRIP is gonna be #30 :rainy:

22 minutes ago, Curaga said:

Oh wow, I never thought this would be so disliked :deadbanana4: and D.D.D. even hated the vocal performance... I thought she sounded great! 

 

 

:sabrina: Agreed!

 

 

Definitely an acquired taste, so I'm not surprised it's out already nnn. I thought it was a joke the first time I heard it, but obviously it has grown on me!

 

 

The trashy bops are being done so dirty... I guess STRIP is gonna be #30 :rainy:

Well, #30 is a re(CORD) song.

 

:sabrina:

 

Do people want earlier or latet time?

Whatever time works for everyone else. I need to prepare for my trip (leaving tomorrow, 3 days) and I'm seeing my brother tonight while he's in town :doc: Sorry!

30. Summer Time

 

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5.72
From: re(CORD)

 

Connoisseurs: Invisibility (9)
Doubters: Maresia (2)

 

Suilen: Well, I hate summers, so...
Kyle-x: The track is interesting.
AMIT: a far cry from her summer classics such as Butterfly and Chase, but it's catchy!
Invisibility: This feels like it will drop like a stone in the ranks buuuut her reggae serve tbh! Queen of listing off her fav places to get nasty on.
Deadlocked: Not very summer vibed. I'd say. Exudes late 2010s Gap commercial vibes instead.

29. 4 MORE

 

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5.75
From: heart

 

Connoisseurs: Meloetta Carey (10)
Doubters: Maresia (2)

 

Suilen: Meloetta's description actually made me revisit song and double check whether I'd missed something. It was false advertisement!
Meloetta Carey: topshelf future-bass&B.
Kyle-x: A fun bit of Ciara cosplay here.
Invisibility: This type of loungey production is catnip for me. And she sounds so good and evergreen, too.

Goodbye.

 

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Average: 5.26

 

50. Doo-Wee-Doo-Bop (4.62)

45. We'll Be OK (4.92)

37. to be free (5.42)

32. 100のコドク達へ (5.62)

29. 4 MORE (5.75)

28. Eh Yo

 

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5.77
From: re(CORD)

 

Connoisseurs: romiskes, Invisibility (8)
Doubters: Maresia, Deadlocked (2)

 

Suilen: An average showing for both GaGa and KumiKo.
Curaga: Better than A-YO.
Kyle-x: This is around the time I stopped actively following her new releases.
AMIT: repetitive chanting aside, the chorus is serviceable I suppose, I can see potential with some trimming.
Invisibility: This song is hard to pin down in a good way, it feels like it's always evolving while building up on the cheerleader chants.
Deadlocked: For a moment I thought this was a Gaga cover. Cannot express my disappointment. 

4 MORE was somewhat different from most of the others so I gave it extra points for that, but it still failed to stand out on its own I fear. 

 

Eh Yo gets annoying quick, but I can handle a single listen if it comes up on shuffle. 

 

:clack:

Edited by AMIT

27. Can We Go Back

 

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5.88
From: UNIVERSE

 

Connoisseurs: Kyle-x (10)
Doubters: prettyinpink940, D.D.D., Maresia (4)

 

Suilen: You see, my problem with Western pop girl covers like this or SNSD's Run Devil Run is that you bond with whatever version you hear first, and it was Kelly's in my case. I also find the production of that version more interesting.
romiskes: cute rock attempt but not her best, still a nice single tho.
D.D.D.: not her best rock songs, she sounds off in some parts.
Kyle-x: It went triple platinum in my house. The maxi single was so fun too btw.
AMIT: a KC cover? oh we're off to a not so good start already I fear.
Invisibility: Serviceable enough cover of an original I've never heard oops.
Deadlocked: To on-key vocals please. Instrumental is a 10/10 so 5/10.
 

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The way we're in the Top 30 and the averages still haven't reached a 6 :ahh:

26. XXKK

 

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5.92
From: angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS...]

 

Connoisseurs: Britneyfan09 (10)
Doubters: prettyinpink940, Maresia, Deadlocked (1)

 

Suilen: I thought it was pretty great and on brand, but not everyone agrees, unfortunately.
D.D.D.: the line 'Yummy cake, yummy cake I like this' itself.
Kyle-x: It's just OOKK.
AMIT: yeah I can see what she was going for with the chorus drop, but it didn't land for me unfortunately, the verses are low key very nice though so extra points for that.
Invisibility: Nobody does a flithy bop like her. And those ambient pre choruses mmmhm delicious.

It's interesting and legend still served us a LOOK so I don't hate this one. 

 

:gaygacat5:

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This is an absolute bop. Y'all are doing too much now.

 

:clack:

25. puff

 

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5.93
From: angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS...]

Connoisseurs: D.D.D. (10)
Doubters: Curaga, Maresia (2)

 

Suilen: Well!
Curaga: Had to double check the lyrics to make sure she wasn't saying "my puff show now" :deadbanana2:
D.D.D.: PERFECTION.
Kyle-x: It's kind of cool, I hear somethin...
Invisibility: Vaping queen. The bass is annoying in here for some reason. But I live for the playful vocals and even the childish vocal pitching.
AMIT: I actually like this one... a lot. it reminds me of some of her early 10s work, a genuinely great chorus.
Deadlocked: This sounds like Crash Bandicoot music.

24. Silence

 

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6.03
From: UNICORN

 

Connoisseurs: @Curaga (11); Britneyfan09 (10)
Doubters: @AMIT (0)

 

Suilen: Maybe actual silence would be better.
Curaga: Aaaaabsolutely gorgeous! :jonny:
Kyle-x: She was having her Tempest moment in the PV.
AMIT: actually struggled to finish this one I fear.

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