I made another 8tracks playlist! It's only been like a year since the last one lol. This one is just like the last one, except it's all solo singers instead of groups. Enjoy!
This list is only for J-pop acts, so what I mean by that is no current idol groups or singers. Groups like Perfume and soloists like Tomomi Itano still count in this list to me as girls like Tomomi are former idols and I don't count Perfume as an idol group. Again, I've only barely begun to scratch the surface of non-idol J-pop so this list probably trends pretty close to groups/singers associated with idol pop. But, I am getting more into other Japanese acts so hopefully by this time next year I'll have different types of acts to feature! I also only have a top seven because I couldn't think of anything else non-idol I've really cared for this year. Another reason I need to get into more things!
#7: Namie Amuro - Golden Touch
#6: Man With A Mission - Raise Your Flag
#5: Perfume - Pick Me Up
#4: Ai Shinozaki - A-G-A-I-N
#3: Tomomi Itano - Gimme Gimme Luv
#2: Perfume - Star Train
#1: Ai Otsuka - Laugh
Enjoy! Anyone have any good recommendations for a non-idol J-pop song?
Sorry for not posting regularly! It's probably going to be like this until mid December. I thought I would have more time but I just don;t :(
Track #1: Ai Otsuka - Laugh
This song is proof that I really need to look into more mainstream J-pop acts instead of sticking mainly with idol pop. I just wish it wasn't as hard to find music videos and such of their songs to watch.
Track #2: Red Velvet - Oh Boy
Red Velvet's been really impressing me this year. They put out some really great music. I love how this song is so poppy. It reminds me a lot of 2010-2012 KARA or SNSD.
Track #3: Juice=Juice - Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo
I've been going through my CDs recently, and ever since I came across this single again it's been stuck in my head. Juice=Juice has put out some great songs recently, but I agree with many others that say their indies/first year holds their best tracks (sans Senobi...which is the best thing they've ever released). The whole "jazzy yet pop" feel worked so much for them. Sorry for those of us in the USA who can't watch it on YT...below you'll find a handy proxy link to let you view it!
