Year Released: 2013 When considering many people's modern musical leanings, much can be traced back to the sounds that they experienced during their formative or adolescent years. Though we like it or not, those years are some of the most fundamental for shaping who we are. In almost every aspect of our being. And that's … Continue reading JPOP HALL OF FAME: Yuzu – Hyori Ittai
As someone who loves boy group music from the late 90's and early 2000's I almost feel like the 'Turning Red' soundtrack was made for me. Each of the vocal led tracks on the score are great in their own unique ways, riffing off sounds that were incredibly popular during the era to great effect. … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: Da-iCE – Nobody Like U
Despite my undying love for the Japanese music industry and their consistently exciting slate of releases, I'm honestly surprised that this is the first j-pop track I've written about all year. It's not that I haven't liked any j-pop singles this year (I have) but I think this was the first song to actually keep … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: Naniwa Danshi – The Answer
After counting down my top 100 K-pop songs of the year, it’s finally time for me to visit their neighbours and look at my top 50 J-pop songs to come out in the past year. 2020 was a real stunner of a year for the J-pop industry, giving us two once in a life time … Continue reading Top 50 J-pop Songs of 2021 (10 – 1)
After counting down my top 100 K-pop songs of the year, it’s finally time for me to visit their neighbours and look at my top 50 J-pop songs to come out in the past year. 2020 was a real stunner of a year for the J-pop industry, giving us two once in a life time … Continue reading Top 50 J-pop Songs of 2021 (25 – 11)
After counting down my top 100 K-pop songs of the year, it's finally time for me to visit their neighbours and look at my top 50 J-pop songs to come out in the past year. 2020 was a real stunner of a year for the J-pop industry, giving us two once in a life time … Continue reading Top 50 J-pop Songs of 2021 (50 – 26)
One of my favourite BTS and K-pop songs of all time is the melodically rich soft rock balladry of Spring Day. It was a track that made perfect use of the groups diverse vocal tones and added a layer of sentimentality over one of the most gorgeous hooks of the past decade. And since the … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: Film Out – BTS
As one of the more internationally famous Japanese artists of the past few decades, Hikaru Utada has become a household name amongst fans of both J-pop and pop music alike. Her distinctive tone usually lends very well to more mid tempo and RnB tracks like the sensational First Love, which went onto become the one … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: One Last Kiss – Hikaru Utada
Though I might currently favour the more modern discographies of multiple different Johnny's groups, there was a period of time in the late 00's and early 10's where Kat-Tun were just unstoppable. It was legendary period where almost everything they released was gold with songs like Rescue, Run For You, White, Triangle and Dead or … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: Roar – Kat-Tun
Check Out The Previous Rankings! 100-91 // 90 – 81 // 80 – 71 // 70 – 61 // 60 – 51 // 50 – 41 // 40 – 31 // 30 – 21 // 20 - 11 10. Centimillimental – Kizuato (“given” Opening) Released: 2019 As my favourite J-pop song of 2019, there was no doubt that Centimillimental's Kizuato would find a place on this list regardless of … Continue reading The 100 Best Anime Openings Of All Time (10-1)
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