CITYPOP: Japan's Magical Music Genre

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Published 2023-09-15
CITYPOP is a genre that has stolen the hearts of millions across the western world as waves of Japanese Albums were critically reexamined and rediscovered. But how is this popular? And most importantly, what makes Citypop so great?
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The Citypop Infographic:
www.reddit.com/r/citypop/comments/ge2b93/new_to_ci…

Disclaimer:
All music used in this video is used for the purpose of commentary, critique, and/or demonstration, thus making its use transformative. In no way is this video attempting to infringe on the copyrights of any artists. All music used in this video including the artist, year, and album title is cited on the top left corner of the video; I encourage everyone to check these out for themselves!

This video is a JJJreact submission.
All Comments (15)
  • @marcden69
    Amazing video, really well done!. Now its time to listen to plastic love again.
  • @ineedumonstataclobbadatder4499
    I kept this video in my watch later playlist for a while, and im really happy to finally get to it! This is a really great video! I especially like the emphasis of specific artists, it was very interesting to hear beyond the music and im glad to hear theyre still making music!!
  • @lovestarlightgiver2402
    "Stay with me" by Miki Matsubara, sounds very similar to "It's The Falling In Love" by Carole Bayer Sager. It sounds like it has the same beat. What stands out to me the most in CityPop is the Disco/Funk influence. The more I listend to CityPop the more I wanted to listen to more English Disco/Funk songs. "Redbone" by Childish Gambino sounds a lot like Citypop in my opinion.
  • @theguy3668
    You heard my love for this video already, but now get it in text form 😌
  • @wanilias292
    This is such a well made video! Love it when people shine a spotlight on City Pop!
  • @veikkomultivitamiini4858
    This was a very interesting video. While I listen to a lot of Japanese jazz fusion the other genres of city pop are rather unknown to me. Maybe now I need to give them a listen
  • @zoroasper9759
    Thanks a lot for this video I basically agree with all your points and knew these were the reasons why this genre just instantly spoke to me but I was never able to put it into words You did it perfectly and elegantly