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The J-Pop Discussion Thread

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Thanks to everyone who tuned in today! Your top 10:

 

Lollipop
好きで、好きで、好きで。
あなただけが 
POP DIVA
IN THE AIR
V.I.P.
KO-SO-KO-SO
Love Me Back
TOUCH DOWN
Ex Tape

 

Dejavu is the only studio album to have all of its singles in top 10.

 

The finale is tomorrow around the same time (3PM EST). Please try to make it because it's not like we're going to have something like this ever again.

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    • Suilen
      Suilen

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      Suilen

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      Suilen

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    7 minutes ago, Curaga said:

    Fun song, fun video! 

     

    Wow, what an update though... I'm banking on 好きで、好きで、好きで。winning now :dancehall: Hope it was safe from a Deadlocked 1

    Thank you for the reveals! :celestial4:

    You're quite an optimist, I suppose we shall see.

     

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    Top 10 is actually flawless :clap3:

    This rate's results have been so messy so far, but our host has been a graceful commentator, the GIFs are great, Dejavu has all of its 4 slayful singles in and my lowest remaining score is an 8. Top 10 looks so good!

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    5 hours ago, Suilen said:

    12. め組のひと (Megumi no Hito)

     

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    7.12
    From: Eternity: Love & Songs

     

    Connoisseurs: Kyle-x (10)
    Doubters: Deadlocked (1)

     

    Suilen: A nice song, no idea how to translate the title, though, it's a clusterfuck of references.
    Curaga: 86220cfb1650ba7fd7ce581ad3911b3dd4d70b64
    D.D.D.: cute but it's a cover.
    Kyle-x: She bodied this whew.
    AMIT: a boppp, yas mama, she was spot on on those cover choices as singles back then.
    Invisibility:  The synth work is dated as hell and not the strongest, but this is still a solid bop.
    Deadlocked: Gave me a headache.

    HOW AM I THE ONLY 10? :deadbanana2:

    5 hours ago, Suilen said:

    Thanks to everyone who tuned in today! Your top 10:

     

    Lollipop
    好きで、好きで、好きで。
    あなただけが 
    POP DIVA
    IN THE AIR
    V.I.P.
    KO-SO-KO-SO
    Love Me Back
    TOUCH DOWN
    Ex Tape

     

    Dejavu is the only studio album to have all of its singles in top 10.

     

    The finale is tomorrow around the same time (3PM EST). Please try to make it because it's not like we're going to have something like this ever again.

    Pretty solid top 10, kinda surprised Ex Tape is here though

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    1 hour ago, Kyle-x said:

    Pretty solid top 10, kinda surprised Ex Tape is here though

    It didn't receive the longest comment in the rate for nothing.

     

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    3 hours ago, Suilen said:

    It didn't receive the longest comment in the rate for nothing.

     

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    EX NOVELLA

     

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    @Curaga @romiskes @prettyinpink940 @D.D.D. @Britneyfan09 @Meloetta Carey @Kyle-x @AMIT @Invisibility @Maresia @Deadlocked

     

    The final part starts in 30 minutes. Please be there.

     

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    10. Ex Tape

     

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    7.29
    From: SUMMER of LOVE

     

    Connoisseurs: @D.D.D. (11); Britneyfan09, Meloetta Carey (10)
    Doubters: Deadlocked (1)

     

    Suilen: It makes me think of 2015 when we still had yearly rates, and it was one of the songs featured. I also remember Ney's iconic avi. The song... does feel like a watershed between the medium-budget era and the soundcloud era.
    D.D.D.: Someone wrote this about EX TAPE years ago and i want to say I feel you baby, I gave it a 11 too <3 "The song that got me into Kumi! That is the masterpiece of music. Bach, Mozart and other ******* got shook on heavens when Kumi released this! It's heavenly, sexy, catchy, outstanding, perfect, beautiful, melodic, sonically harmonic, down to earth, a little slutty, mesmerizing, self-reflective and many other cool words I can't remember now! I can listen to it all day all night in the sleep, in the toilet, in my grave, everywhere! If I'd ever have a baby I'll make it listen to EX TAPE in it's womb! I strictly avoid listening to it in a bad mood, so I don't ruin my experience with it! Hell, I even know some piano chords to this song and play it for myself from time to time in a piano room at university.
    It is so simple, it doesn't have any vocalfaggotry, rap, nasally ****, cute ****, some high ass notes no one cares about, it doesn't have any cringe elements, no yolosweg, it doesn't have anything messy in the backing track, production is perfect, it sounds perfect! It is very cohesive and towards the end climax, you are just engulfed in this sweet melody. The last part that is probably the catchiest is my favorite, it doesn't just end with fade out, it brings every element, every percussion of the song together to create a harmonic music art!
    EX TAPE ends with rewind rewind rewind and you just ******* rewind, okay? The queen has commanded to rewind, so you should! If you look at my last fm, I have 1200 scrobbles on my last.fm, but it's for like 1 year only, I think it's about 3000-4000 in to total, considering Apple Music doesn't have this function.
    Kyle-x: Pleasant enough.
    AMIT: a cute bop.
    Invisibility: LOVE this uncomplicated, breezy rhythmic bop about those moments reliving an ex.
     

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    D.D.D's comment :ahh:

    Love this song and the PV tbh. Really cute.

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    2 minutes ago, Curaga said:

    The essay and then "Pleasant enough" :ahh:

    You can tell when @Kyle-x doesn't really care about a song by the shortness of the comment.

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    Whew, all that comment for a song that goes nowhere :skull:

    "it doesn't have any vocalfaggotry, rap, nasally ****, cute ****, some high ass notes no one cares about, it doesn't have any cringe elements, no yolosweg, it doesn't have anything messy in the backing track"

    Maybe it needed one or more of those things to make it interesting :clack:

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    9. V.I.P.

     

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    7.32
    From: JAPONESQUE

     

    Connoisseurs: Britneyfan09, Kyle-x (10)
    Doubters: Maresia (2)

     

    Suilen: The best thing about the song is the Gretchen gif.
    D.D.D.: ICONIC **** RIGHT HERE, LOVE THE SAMPLE USAGE.
    Meloetta Carey: the T-pain verse elevates it tbh.
    Kyle-x: The vocal effects are soooo satisfying, the T-Pain feature on the album ver. bangs too.
    AMIT: always found this one to be lacking a bit of punch tbh.
    Invisibility: Her voice breaking in everybody in the club get sexy is so cute.
    Deadlocked: Strained vocals for a second on the chorus. 

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    4 TIMES was iconic. I remember being so excited by the initial teasers and some behind the scenes footage from the VIP video shoot. Good times. Also can't forget about the iconic MAMA performance:

     

     

     

    That breakdown with the strings before T-Pain's verse was an inspired addition

    Please don't say 好きで、好きで、好きで。...

     

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