二十歳の誕生日を控えるきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが、成人式を祝うべく、新曲“ふりそでーしょん”のビデオを公開しました!ビデオは上にあります。まるでプロデューサーの中田ヤスタカが初期Capsule時代に戻ったかのような曲。S.F. Sound Furnitureかそれ以前の作品のよう。きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが酔っぱらったフリをするのが観たいなら、ビデオは楽しんでもらえるはず(観たいでしょ?)。ひょっとしたら追加でもっと書くかも。成人式を迎える皆様!本当におめでとうございます! *UPDATE: Nope, she doesn’t, that would be the 29th actually. Next week is just coming-of-age day here in Japan. D’oh!
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a new single out in October, called “Fashion Monster,” but the full song and video came out late tonight (at a good time for Western audiences HMMMMMMMMM). The clip, above, merges The Adam’s Family with Visual Kei…and a bunch of other great imagery one expects from Kyary with each new video. As for the song…well, hopefully I can write more later, but first few plays through this sounds really nice. The 8-bit bloops Yasutaka Nakata works in are great. For now, enjoy a man dressed as a rabbit rocking out on a turntable-equipped keytar.
Man, remember when links to Susan Boyle’s performance on that Simon Cowell show in England clogged up your Twitter feed? Good times. Well, the saps in SMAP recreated the historic YouTube moment on TV the other day. Watch a guy cosplay as Simon Cowell below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8l_Y970ypg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] (Via Japan Probe)
Before last year’s 8Eight8, Kaela Kimura’s strength was absorbing popular sounds (ranging from Perfume’s techno-pop to whatever the fuck you call Mika’s music) and turning them into singles that managed to not be straight rip-offs, Kimura usually balanced on the right side of the fence. Yet then came 8Eight8, an album where Kimura certainly still…
Now this is more like it. PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET’s last single, “Pretty Little Bag,” certainly satiated anyone who needed a standard helping of shoegaze in their diet. Yet it was also a little too zoned out, far too content to stare at its Converse sneakers and engage in any conversation beyond “what is reality…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqtf5TOr3Ac”] So Arashi went on a Fuji TV music show a few days ago and had some technical difficulties. The group’s pre-recorded vocals failed to play, forcing the group to gasp actually sing. This news comes from Japan Post who slapped the headline “Sound Equipment Failure Reveals Japanese Boy Band’s Atrocious Singing” which I don’t…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVGSdHkumI”] A lot of stop motion, donuts and fake facial hair find a place in this cutesy clip for Puffyshoes’”Tokio (Dedicated To Gagakirise).” Watch above, and make sure to get a hold of their new album Finally The Weekend too!
The J-pop landscape features so many idols and idol groups with gimmicks it is practically its own sort of novelty to come across an artist devoid of one. That’s neither a knock against themed outfits (we love them around here when they have the music to back it up) nor an immediate endorsement of the…