In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that this will become a one-stop shop for anyone interested in what’s new in J-pop.
With that in mind, here’s where you come in: I’m one person with one set of musical preferences, so please embed any other new J-pop tracks you’ve enjoyed in the comments so we can get a fuller spectrum each week.
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There are some interesting instrumental choices here that don’t quite meld with the song or performance.
Miura’s new sort-of-greatest-hits album (it’s all of his songs made with frequent collaborator UTA) comes with three new tracks. This funky number is the best of the new material.
DOMOTO – Mata neNot one of their stronger songs, but it meets expectations.
This is basically like their last single (it even keeps The Wind’s production team!) but not nearly as good/catchy.
This has a sweet girl group sound that should appeal to fans of K-pop groups like Lovelyz and early GFriend.
I actually prefer their rock-influenced sound, as if works surprisingly well for them. This isn’t as good as Cold Night, but it’s nice.
I mean, this song has been out since last fall, but J-pop’s giving us so little these days that I’m happy to spotlight another great track by HiiT Factory.
A decent ballad.
Well, I approve of the title! The song is indeed dancey, but ultimately too generic to offer much staying power. There are some cool rhythm guitar moments, though.
Worth it for the music video, honestly.
I like the gritty production. The song itself isn’t much to write home about.
Nice bassline and I like how the chorus accelerates rather than pulling back.
Definitely one of their more upbeat singles.
I wrote about this earlier and now it has a music video. And as I suspected, it is about the messaging app.
An easy, breezy new jack swing track will never go amiss.
A little too dull for me.
I miss when I loved Snow Man’s music. This is fine, but the chorus is basically just melodic shouting. I can’t help but lose interest pretty quickly.
I enjoy the sprightliness of this, even if it’s pretty lightweight.
There’s a lot of potential here. It’s not quite there for me, but I like the theatrical nature of the song.
This is a pretty good power ballad, but the heavy-handed vocal effects quickly grow tiresome.
The silly band name brought me in, but the song itself is pretty good too.
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