In reference to my need 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 might have been lined on the weblog already, however my hope is that this may grow to be a one-stop store for anybody occupied with what’s new in J-pop.
With that in thoughts, right here’s the place you are available: I’m one particular person with one set of musical preferences, so please embed another new J-pop tracks you’ve loved within the feedback so we are able to get a fuller spectrum every week.
*And identical 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 a terrific mixture.
Aooo – Geeek
The market is basically overstuffed with this indie sound in the intervening time.
Bullet Practice (Chotokkyu) – 9 Lives (track of the week!)
This group reliably releases an enormous banger yearly or so. This isn’t fairly as large as final yr’s Steal A Kiss, but it surely’s virtually there!
Chanyeol (EXO) – Zuruiyo
His songs are all the time nice however not often gripping. This one’s no totally different, although it blends in remarkably properly 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 attention-grabbing factors I assume.
DXTEEN – Mutual Crush (track of the week!)
Written by the workforce behind Ok-pop group The Wind, this sugary-sweet pop confection could be very satisfying (and just a bit saccharine).
HIM – Anyone 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. Standard boring boy group tropes with out attention-grabbing manufacturing.
Kenshi Yonezu & Hikaru Utada – Jane Doe
This sound is means 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
This can be a bizarre one as a result of to me it simply feels like a Christmas/winter remix of Yoasobi’s Into The Evening? I don’t suppose that was in all probability what they had been going for.
MAX – Aldebaran (track of the week!)
Give me ALL the high-octane Eurobeat you’ll be able to. By no means thoughts that this actual 90s melody has been recycled and cannibalized to infinity over the previous few a long time. It one way or the other by no means will get outdated and it is a notably galvanizing model.
Mrs. Inexperienced Apple – Good Day
I worry they’re starting to topple over into self-parody at this level.
One Love One Coronary heart – Shunraifuraito
They’ve had a fairly robust yr to this point. I’m not as satisfied by this observe, but it surely’s good sufficient.
One Or Eight – Guess Your Life (track of the week!)
I wrote about this final week and now it has a music video. I nonetheless love the stomping beat and the track itself could be very enjoyable.
Sakurazaka46 – Alter Ego
Not certainly one of their higher tracks, but it surely’s obtained good power.
STARGLOW – Moonchaser (track 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
This can be a lot of enjoyable. Very bouncy!
Wild Blue – Astrist (track of the week!)
I’ve been questioning what these guys have been as much as! I’ve appreciated every thing they’ve launched to this point and that is no totally different. It’s a giant sonic change for them — clean and atmospheric.