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Japanese Music ERA |OT|

Kurita

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Addicted to NakamuraEmi lately


Looking forward to her new album next month

Creepy Nuts dropping their first full album on April 11! ( ladyluthien )
 
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Aurica

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I didn't know there was a Shoegaze Idol group. I'm sure a couple of you already knew them, but ・・・・・・・・・ (Dots) is pretty nice. 夏bot of For Tracy Hide produced this song.
 
Kurita

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Formation for the 6th Keyakizaka single has been announced during KeyaKake today
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3rd lane : Saitou Fuyuka - Nagasawa Nanako - Harada Aoi - Oda Nana - Yonetani Nanami - Satou Shiori - Ishimori Nijika
2nd lane : Shida Manaka - Uemura Rina - Sugai Yuuka - Nagahama Neru - Moriya Akane - Ozeki Rika - Watanabe Rika
1st lane : Habu Mizuho - Suzumoto Miyu - Kobayashi Yui - Hirate Yurina - Imaizumi Yui - Koike Minami - Watanabe Risa

Almost thought they'd put Neru in the front instead of Hirate since her photobook sold like crazy but I guess Hirate will stay untouchable for a while.
Guessing we'll get the details about the single this week.
 
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Jintor

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I'll be in JPN 24th March - 7th April, anywhere I can check the Live calender for Tokyo/Osaka? 少し日本語が大丈夫ですけど、簡単がいいと思います。
 
Quo Vadis

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Oh hey! Never knew we had a Japanese music thread before, neat! I think it's appropriate for my first post here to share a song I got pretty addicted to.
Hope you guys like it and looking forward to finding my new addiction here!
 
stump sock

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beaten. I wonder what the status on the one with the deep voice is. she still shows up occasionally in their random blog videos.
 
Aurica

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New video.
I like this dots song a lot.

This is also nice.
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Most of those ones i listed up top don't really fit into the whole Alt R&B label. Most would be under Future R&B, Future Soul, Neo Soul & Classic. I don't think i've really run into any Alt R&B from Japan tbh.
You might like starRo if you want something similiar to Alt R&B.
He's more of a beatmaker though with features & his sound leans more towards the whole Future R&B sound that you can find on Soulection. Listen to his album "Monday"
I would also recommend checking out Metome who is another beatmaker who leans more IDM but with Jazz & R&B influences. If you like Kelela's Take Me Apart maybe his album's Objet & Opus Cloud will scratch that itch.
https://metome.bandcamp.com/album/opus-cloud
https://metome.bandcamp.com/album/objet
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Been listening to all your recommendations lately, by the way. Some really fun stuff. Cicada is quite interesting.
 
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Zevenberge

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Quo Vadis said:
Oh hey! Never knew we had a Japanese music thread before, neat! I think it's appropriate for my first post here to share a song I got pretty addicted to.
Hope you guys like it and looking forward to finding my new addiction here!
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More Nana love is always welcome :) Eternal Blaze is possibly her best known song, but by far not her best. I like her rock tracks better.

 
Aiii

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When you're watching Altered Carbon and suddenly there's random BABYMETAL:

For a second I thought I had actually accidentally started iTunes in the backgroudn.
 
Kurita

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Radio rip of the new Keyakizaka46!!!!!!!!

Fuuuuuuuck I love it

Mirror
https://streamable.com/qz076

Can't wait to see what the new outfit will look like. Would be cool to go back to a more military inspired look for that song.

They've also unveiled a solo Hirate song recently for a commercial
 
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zzzphi

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Aizō said:
Damn. I really liked it until the vocals started. He doesn't sound very comfortable singing. His falsetto even sounds uncomfortable.
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You're right, I hadn't noticed but you do have a point, I still enjoy the song however, I guess I always figured it was some sort of stylish choice.
 
Zoe

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Nice official retrospective for Namie. The narration is even in English:

 
Kurita

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It's actually a song that Motoki wrote back when he graduated from high school (which was only 3 years ago mind you), really neat
 
Aurica

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This month, four years ago, I saw tricot for the first time. One of the Japanese fans there grabbed the setlist as soon as they finished, and gave it to me to commemorate the night.
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Wulfric

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The queen is back!

English is "Don't Think Twice"

Japanese is "Oath"





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Zoe

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Aizō said:
What? Is this facetious?
That may be the case in America, but she's one of the most famous pop singers of all time in Japan, and most Japanese people that love a lot of her songs have probably never heard the KH ones.
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Yeah, it's really how she's regarded in the west that bothers me. She's been "back" for well over a year now.
 
Aurica

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Zoe said:
Yeah, it's really how she's regarded in the west that bothers me. She's been "back" for well over a year now.
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Right. So many people in that KH thread saying "Whoa, Utada is back!!" and I'm thinkin', "You've missed some damn good songs in the past year. Way better than this KH one."
I don't usually love the ballads compared to her poppy songs, but あなた is wonderful.
 
Kurita

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1 minute of Nogizaka's 20th single

Digging it a lot.
Wonder if the members that appears in the CM using it will all be in the senbatsu this time (I'm guessing yes). I'd like them to put some 3rd gen members, Yamashita has some big potential.
Looks like they're going for an April release but there's no more details, weird. Bye bye Ikoma :'(
 
Kurita

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Kanoe Rana is pretty cool, discovered her recently. She released her first full album this week (which is more of a best-of with songs from her mini-albums + a handful of new songs), it's great.

 
Aiii

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Kurita said:
Kanoe Rana is pretty cool, discovered her recently. She released her first full album this week (which is more of a best-of with songs from her mini-albums + a handful of new songs), it's great.
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Thanks, hasn't heard of her, that's some good stuff indeed.

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This song will never not amaze me. I love it so much.
 
Aurica

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Kurita said:
Kanoe Rana is pretty cool, discovered her recently. She released her first full album this week (which is more of a best-of with songs from her mini-albums + a handful of new songs), it's great.

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Hahahahah. That second song. I didn't expect that sorta topic for the song.
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This song will never not amaze me. I love it so much.
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I've seen them play live with only like 10 people in the audience at a music festival in Shimokitazawa. They're really fun, and their fans are great and super amusing (like all v-kei concert goers). The singer kept staring at me during the show, and I couldn't figure out why.
 
Aiii

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Aizō said:
I've seen them play live with only like 10 people in the audience at a music festival in Shimokitazawa. They're really fun, and their fans are great and super amusing (like all v-kei concert goers). The singer kept staring at me during the show, and I couldn't figure out why.
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Heh, maybe were sticking out like a sore thumb in that crowd and she was trying to figure you out. :D
 
Kurita

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Tracklist for Keyakizaka46's new single

All types
ガラスを割れ!
もう森へ帰ろうか? (both are Kanji Keyaki)
Regular version : 半分の記憶 (Hiragana Keyaki 2nd Gen)
Type-A : 夜明けの孤独 (Hirate solo)
Type-B : イマニミテイロ (Hiragana Keyaki 1st Gen)
Type-C : ゼンマイ仕掛けの夢 (Imaizumi and Kobayashi's unit Yuichans)
Type-D : バスルームトラベル (Ozeki, Koike and Neru)
Didn't expect Hiragana to be split up huh.
Now give us the promo visuals and the cover arts aaaaaaaaah
 
PillarEN

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Probably nothing new to you guys, but a friend introduced me to this song yesterday. It's pleasant. *shrugs*

 
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rocket

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歌ウサギ (Rabbit Song) by Spitz. It is the theme song for the movie 『先生！ 、、、好きになってもいいですか？』(Teacher! May I fall for you?)



 
SolidSnakex

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Kurita said:
1 minute of Nogizaka's 20th single

Digging it a lot.
Wonder if the members that appears in the CM using it will all be in the senbatsu this time (I'm guessing yes). I'd like them to put some 3rd gen members, Yamashita has some big potential.
Looks like they're going for an April release but there's no more details, weird. Bye bye Ikoma :'(
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Hopefully they do the right thing and put Terada back in the senbatsu. It made no sense to drop her out after Influencer.
 
TRUE ORDER

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Didn't know about this thread, so I'll talk about one of my favorite japanese singer: May'n

Her latest single "You" released last week, waiting for it to arrive!
 
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