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Originally Posted by hud
my top 10 songs from j-pop this year:
against all gods - m-flo
icbu - taichi mukai
sekai no subete teki ni kanjite kodoku sae aishiteita - kalen anzai
corner - daichi miura
earth collection - hata motohiro
new age - faky
the gift - hiraidai
saisei - perfume
turn back - nariaki obukuro
bible - yoko hamasaki
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This is such a good list!
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First off, a few songs I couldn't find on YouTube:
Taichi Mukai - Confession
My most played song from this year. Taichi sounds fantastic on this, the arrangement sounds lush and intimate, and I love how the song ends with a great bridge and then music playing us out as the confession is left hanging in the air.
JILLE -
Alive and
Woman
JILLE is an amazing vocalist and criminally underrated, as these power ballads will prove.
Soutaisei Riron - I'm Humanity (Live)
There's something special about this particular performance of I'm Humanity, though any version of the song is a delightful combination of quirky and epic, catchy melodies and sprawling instrumental sections.
And then the rest:
This might be my favourite song of the year. It's delightful in how it shifts from one mood to another, it has catchy rhythms and melodies abound, and the chorus is such a joy.
This is electro-pop perfection with perfect control of its atmosphere and tension and a career-best vocal delivery from Rei Yasuda.
This song overflows with catharsis and vigour, and the bridge is a strong contender for Bridge of the Year.
Such a delicate and beautiful ballad.
This song is epic and exciting, the chorus is enormous and the arrangement hooks me in from the first moment -- it's so cool to hear NakamuraEmi explore sounds and moods like this.
This song is a stand-out from iri, it sounds dark and somewhat sparse and iri's singing really delivers in the starring role
This song makes me want to put it on endless loop and just drown in the spacey atmosphere.
I think everyone brings their A-game to convey the feeling of lost connection and growing apart, but to me this song is all about LISA's performance. I tend to dislike drops in pop songs (so I'm not a happy listener in today's pop landscape, lol) but this song's drop actually feels good and effective.
This is another song with an atmosphere that I just want to explore forever. It's simultaneously calming and contagiously energetic, and I can't get enough of the combination. (Shout-out also to
mio, another amazing song from the same album!)
Pure electro goodness.
THIS is what I wanted when I found out there were going to be new songs from DAI on his namesake band's new album!