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Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha
I think maybe I have a different perception of genres (specifically "J-Pop") than some of you. D: Because, they only R&B songs I see are two, and I only see four slightly~ hip-hop ones (but, as with almost all Kumi "hip-hop" songs, they are much more pop--they just have a heavy beat...).
These songs, I think, are VERY J-Pop (as in, chances are, you will never hear this type of song become popular in the Western world):
SUPERSTAR
Lick me
Stay
Comes Up
It's All Love!
Alive
Moon Crying
Which, that's already half the album... The only ones I think sound non-J-Pop are You're So Beautiful, No Way, Can We Go Back and Physical Thing. (Which, a few of those are kinda "universal" music - Like Can We Go Back--this is completely regular rock, which is the same everywhere.) And a few of the others are pretty J-Pop-y, too, but disguised as Western-sounding (specifically, Step Into My World and ECSTASY). XD
I have a feeling somebody is going to try and compare a few to Lady GaGa again.... Which actually helps my point, since GaGa is obviously influenced greatly by Japan. 
But yeah, what about those of you who don't think this is a very J-Pop album..? Which of those tracks do you disagree aren't J-Pop? |
When I last commented I was just thinking of the new previews not the whole album. I think Lick me, SUPERSTAR, Alive, and It's all love are j-popish.
Can we go back = Kelly Clarkson (duh lol)
No way, Stay = Britney Spears
You're so beautiful = Beyonce/Miley cyrus
Work It Out, Comes up = Miley cyrus/Hannah Montana or some other disney star like Ashley Tisdale.
Physical thing/ECSTASY/UNIVERSE = Britney/gaga
But I hear she's not working with many Japanese composers anymore so it makes sense. The thing I don't like about western sounding J-pop songs is that I get sick of them easily unless they have some outstanding arrangement (like TABOO). I hope a lot of the new songs will have really good arrangements.