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?
Day #2 on my 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! Today is all about J-pop. I will be listing my top 10 J-pop songs of all time, excluding both Hello! Project & 48G (as I'm too big a fan of the groups lol). I'm sure some people will be surprised by my list, but please keep in mind that I only very recently began exploring J-pop beyond idol groups so I haven't really been impacted by other songs and such yet. In the future this will certainly change! Also, please note that some videos won't be full clips because they aren't on YouTube & for those in the USA, you might need to use a proxy to view some.
#10: Namie Amuro - Ballerina (2014)
#9: Dancing Dolls - Wangan Wonder Darling (2013)
#8: Perfume - Fake It (2010)
#7: Cupitron - Battery (2015)
#6: Hangry & Angry - Top Secret (2009)
#5: Team Syachihoko - Otome Juken Sensou (2012)
#4: Fairies - Beat Generation (2012)
#3: Ayumi Hamasaki - Real Me (2002)
#2: Galette - Brand New Style (2014)
#1: Momoiro Clover Z - Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou "Mugen no Ai" (2012)
Enjoy! What's your favorite J-pop songs of all time?
So trying something new here as I figure that I'll never be able to keep up with those top 10 lists. I'm almost always listening to music and I always discover new things that I love so I figured that I might as well share some because by the time I'd get to doing actual reviews they'll be quite old. So here's what I've been loving the past few days!
Jolin Tsai - I'm Not Yours (ft. Namie Amuro):
This song is perfect! So ridiculously catchy and the attitude is amazing. There's some unfortunate English pronunciation (particularly from Namie), but for me it's easy to look past.
Angerme (S/mileage) - Taiki Bansei:
Angerme (S/mileage) - Otome no Gyakushuu:
Kind of cheating because there's two Angerme songs, but their new single came out today so please support them!
Cupitron - Battery:
Not many songs that I hear from indie idols interest me. This one is really wonderful though. Electronic-ish even. I swear that the red girl looks like Sayumi Michishige mixed with Nana Yamada, the green one looks like Aika Mitsui, and the blue one looks kind of like Yuu Kikkawa to me.
And that's pretty much it! I hope you enjoy checking out these songs!
