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Originally Posted by Uemarasan
Scratch what I said. Eurodance/euro-pop/eurobeat peaked in Japan in the mid to late 90s, and maybe a bit of 2000-2001. I forgot about Super Monkeys. But the early 90s were definitely NOT euro-pop. Maybe shibuya-kei. Euro-pop hit its stride when the Para Para game came out, Avex capitalized on the upcoming trend, and club-going entered the mainstream.
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And see I disagree. Parapara may have been a popular underground trend, but there weren't a lot of big selling parapara albums in comparison to other genres. The mid 90s were definitely THE time for euro-pop. By the time LOVEppears came out, the trend then actually was R&B (with singers like Utada, Kuraki, and MISIA being huge). So actually when LOVEppears came out, it was going against the trend. Whereas now, Next Level is going with the trend.
The only case of R&B music selling well these days is EXILE and I think their sales have more to do with them being a boyband than it does with them doing R&B. Lord knows there are a ton of R&B style artists in Japan that don't sell hardly at all.
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Originally Posted by Uemarasan
For instance: Whatever and Sparkle. They don't sound alike exactly, but structurally they are very close and share a lot of musical elements. Next Level (the track) has the upbeat, driving sound of Trauma, Too Late, and Immature, Rule has the heavy bass of PSII and monochrome, Green has the Asian sound of End Roll, and Days is in the same league as Love refrain and Who. The one distinct element in LOVEppears (the relentless, restless techno-like pacing) is apparent in all the Next Level tracks available so far, even Days. But again, it's all subjective.
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I totally don't think any of those sound anything like each other.
