The J-Pop Thread

[Hello Heaven 1,578]

Does anyone else here like j-pop?

I'm not a massive fan of anyone but my friend stans for akb48 and she listens to a load of other artists too so i listen to a bit myself.

my favourite group is Perfume, i'm seeing them in july!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg0uRLiC7Ls

oh and just for the record this is the most adorable thing in the world

so yeah, anyone else?

[lflflflflflflflflflf 3,722]

Um hello, I have been waiting for this thread since like forever.

I'm a massive AKB48 stan. I bought two copies of their latest single Sayonara Crawl to vote for my favourite members in the election (too bad I didn't for vote Acchan when she was still in the group):

 

 

It's funny that you posted Yasai Sisters actually because half of those members aren't even in the group anymore it makes me sad. Also, if you wanted to know, my two favourite members are Yui and Ricchan (both from Team A):

 

 

Are they not just the cutest?

I'm a fan of Perfume too, Daijo Banai is currently my fav song by them! :-)

[Moonstar 3]

I love Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Her music is so catchy.

[Hello Heaven 1,578]

I love Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Her music is so catchy.

Me too! She's adorable and she has the coolest face in the world

 

[Limelight 4,709]

Michi Kiss Kiss xxx is my bop!! The video is blocked on youtube though :/

[ExoticFlower 892]

 

This is so trippy, ahaha 

[KremlinChaos 35]

Yes! I love J-Pop. I've never been a huge fan of Koda Kumi or Ayumi Hamasaki but I've been listening to their discogrpahies lately and I'm enjoying them. My favourite singer ever is Utada Hikaru <3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlwCZm2MQbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8EdOtFrc5w

[lflflflflflflflflflf 3,722]

Ah yes, Utada Hikaru is one of the Japanese legends to be honest! I discovered through Kingdom Hearts (as many probably have) and my favourite song is Final Distance. I love her calm ballads.

 

I had no idea why she tried to enter the US music industry though with the shit pop music she was made to sing. :s

[KremlinChaos 35]

I also discovered her through Kingdom Hearts . To be honest, I love her English albums. I really love how different they are. EXODUS is much more experimental and electronic while This Is The One kind of brings her back to her pop/r&b roots. I really enjoyed her tackling a mainstream pop sound.

[Chocolate Eyes 548]

Nana Kitade, Anna Tsuchiya, Matsuko Mawatari, and Do As Infinity.

[Harlem 1,942]

Oh god I have been waiting for this thread my whole time here           

Yeah J-Pop is pretty much my life.

I could write a list like forever but it's:

Morning Musume 

SDN48 
AKB48

NMB48

SKE48

C-ute 
Berryz Kobo 
Mano Erina
Maki Goto
no3b 
literally every akb subgroup
Perfume [seeing them in June / 0 / ]
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Ayumi Hamasaki 
Kumi Koda 
I could actually go on forever not even kidding.

 

And i'm going to Japan in like 2 weeks to see my oshi graduate         
And obv see AKB and stuff while i'm there.

And on the subject of Kyary, this was released this morning [evening in Japan].
It's so good     

 

Tho i wish she performed it in london

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Can't wait for Sayonara Crawl, ordered all 6 this morning.

Meetan better place high I swear 2 god

[lflflflflflflflflflf 3,722]

 

Meetan better place high I swear 2 god

 

I want her to troll in senbatsu so bad but my bby Ricchan needs my votes, hahah.

[Harlem 1,942]

I want her to troll in senbatsu so bad but my bby Ricchan needs my votes, hahah.

 

Did you see her election video? 

[Hello Heaven 1,578]

Damn Perfume have been growing on me so much lately, Triangle is by far their best album, infact it's one of my all-time favourite albums. I'm so excited about seeing them live

I think I'll try getting into Kyary too because she was the first j-pop artist I listened to but because I've been listening to so many other people, I haven't really had the time for her but she's pretty similar to Perfume's music and I don't know how you can not think she's adorable.

 

Also, is it worth getting into Utada Hikaru? I've been listening to her a little bit recently and there's something really appealing about her and her music. I know her USA career was a bit of a mess but I actually like some of it

[KremlinChaos 35]

Damn Perfume have been growing on me so much lately, Triangle is by far their best album, infact it's one of my all-time favourite albums. I'm so excited about seeing them live

I think I'll try getting into Kyary too because she was the first j-pop artist I listened to but because I've been listening to so many other people, I haven't really had the time for her but she's pretty similar to Perfume's music and I don't know how you can not think she's adorable.

 

Also, is it worth getting into Utada Hikaru? I've been listening to her a little bit recently and there's something really appealing about her and her music. I know her USA career was a bit of a mess but I actually like some of it

I love both her English albums . You should definitely get into her. I would recommend Deep River, ULTRA BLUE and HEART STATION but you should start with First Love and work your way up. You really get to see her progression as an artist as she starts to take more control over her music which happens around Deep River.

[KremlinChaos 35]

Namie is going to slay with FEEL

 

https://soundcloud.com/shawn-l2/alive

[Harlem 1,942]

PERFUME WAS JUST

 

THERE ARE NO WORDS

[Hello Heaven 1,578]

Ah, Perfume was AMAZING last night in London. I can't breathe   

It was overwhelming to see them all in the flesh. We got to about 7th row which was pretty good seeing as we had to queue down three roads (we went straight from school so came as early as we could) They were so cute at the show, especially aa-chan who is so adorably annoying 

@@Harlem, did you have a decent place in the crowd? It was surprisingly easy for me to sneak in round the side, I probably really annoyed everyone though because I was definitely among the shortest and youngest fans. 

[Harlem 1,942]

Ah, Perfume was AMAZING last night in London. I can't breathe   

It was overwhelming to see them all in the flesh. We got to about 7th row which was pretty good seeing as we had to queue down three roads (we went straight from school so came as early as we could) They were so cute at the show, especially aa-chan who is so adorably annoying 

@@Harlem, did you have a decent place in the crowd? It was surprisingly easy for me to sneak in round the side, I probably really annoyed everyone though because I was definitely among the shortest and youngest fans. 

I'm still not over it, it was just     

 

I know, seeing them up close finally killed me ; ___ ; 

Ahh I was there from about 12 so about 30th in line? Fucking assholes kept pushing in, like this group of people who just came and sat near the front, pissed me off big time. What no-one noticed though was that there was an O2 priority line and the woman came over to us and was like, darling if you're on O2 you can go in there. So we fucking RAN to the queue and got to run past like 50 people (most of whom had pushed in front of us anyway) and managed to get 2nd row   

(They let PTA members in first so the front row was mainly all japanese fans anyway)

 

The best part of the night for me was I did a hand heart to Kashi and she did it back (then other ppl did it after she did it back BUT IT WAS 2 ME #willnevershutupaboutthat)

 

The whole thing was just       

 

A-chans crying     

[Harlem 1,942]

But yeah Kyary is so perfect ugh I don't see how anyone couldn't get into her