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So far in 2019, there have been two prominent J-pop songs about J-pop itself, at least to some degrees. Teenager SASUKE practically gives the industry an entire pep talk with a song going to great lengths to tell you J-pop will never end (raising the stakes significantly with a line about how “Japanese people will…
Two Views Of The Same Pop: Jan Flu’s Jan Flu
Here are my top three blogging dilemmas (if things so ultimately trivial warrant that title): 1. Should albums and singles released via Apple Music or other streaming services get on here? 2. Do I write about Japanese artists who have moved to other countries? 3. Are demo tracks ever worth writing about? That last one…
80Kidz Spoil World With Another EP, I Apologize For That Pun Immediately
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New TALON, Young Agings And The Fleamarkets: Seasons Split EP
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The go-to trick is to make a peppy sounding song concealing dark lyrics, or at least a few uneasy details among the poppy touches. Tokyo’s Zombie-Chang bobs the other way — her music can sound creepy and exhausted, but the person at the front of every track sounds like she’s having a blast, and that…