In reference to my want to completely sustain with the J-pop trade, I’m planning on doing a weekly round-up of any new releases which have caught my ear. A few of these could have been lined on the weblog already, however my hope is that this can turn into a one-stop store for anybody concerned with what’s new in J-pop.
With that in thoughts, right here’s the place you are available: I’m one individual with one set of musical preferences, so please embed some other new J-pop tracks you’ve loved within the feedback so we are able to get a fuller spectrum every week.
*And similar to I do with my opinions, I’ll wait till full variations of songs can be found earlier than posting them on this round-up. It will largely apply to Starto teams, who nonetheless restrict nearly all of their YouTube uploads to shorter, edited variations.
2023-2024 Index
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AK-69 – One Life (ft. UVERworld)
Rap and rock will all the time make an ideal mixture.
Aooo – Geeek
The market is de facto overstuffed with this indie sound in the meanwhile.
Bullet Prepare (Chotokkyu) – 9 Lives (tune of the week!)
This group reliably releases an enormous banger yearly or so. This isn’t fairly as huge as final yr’s Steal A Kiss, but it surely’s nearly there!
Chanyeol (EXO) – Zuruiyo
His songs are all the time nice however hardly ever gripping. This one’s no completely different, although it blends in remarkably nicely with present J-pop tendencies.
cosmosy – HIGH=LOVE
This isn’t for me in any respect. Neither is the opposite music video they launched this week, however this one has just a few extra fascinating factors I suppose.
DXTEEN – Mutual Crush (tune of the week!)
Written by the group behind Ok-pop group The Wind, this sugary-sweet pop confection may be very satisfying (and just a bit saccharine).
HIM – Any person Cease Me (Full Throttle)
It’s so unusual to see this 90s dance group make a comeback so many a long time later. This doesn’t fairly recapture their musical peak, but it surely’s enjoyable.
JO1 – Handz In My Pocket
Yawn. Usual boring boy group tropes with out fascinating manufacturing.
Kenshi Yonezu & Hikaru Utada – Jane Doe
This sound is approach too subdued for me with out the killer melodies to make up for it, however wow it is a powerhouse duo.
LE SSERAFIM & Yoasobi – the NOISE
It is a bizarre one as a result of to me it simply seems like a Christmas/winter remix of Yoasobi’s Into The Evening? I don’t assume that was in all probability what they had been going for.
MAX – Aldebaran (tune of the week!)
Give me ALL the high-octane Eurobeat you possibly can. By no means thoughts that this actual 90s melody has been recycled and cannibalized to infinity over the previous few a long time. It someway by no means will get outdated and it is a notably galvanizing model.
Mrs. Inexperienced Apple – Good Day
I concern they’re starting to topple over into self-parody at this level.
One Love One Coronary heart – Shunraifuraito
They’ve had a fairly sturdy yr to this point. I’m not as satisfied by this observe, but it surely’s good sufficient.
One Or Eight – Guess Your Life (tune of the week!)
I wrote about this final week and now it has a music video. I nonetheless love the stomping beat and the tune itself may be very enjoyable.
Sakurazaka46 – Alter Ego
Not one among their higher tracks, but it surely’s bought good power.
STARGLOW – Moonchaser (tune of the week!)
I wrote about this right here. I liked it and it’s grown on me much more since then!
Wednesday Campanella – Wo Ai Ni
It is a lot of enjoyable. Very bouncy!
Wild Blue – Astrist (tune of the week!)
I’ve been questioning what these guys have been as much as! I’ve preferred every little thing they’ve launched to this point and that is no completely different. It’s an enormous sonic change for them — easy and atmospheric.
