In reference to my need to totally sustain with the J-pop trade, I’m planning on doing a weekly round-up of any new releases which have caught my ear. A few of these could have been coated on the weblog already, however my hope is that it will change into a one-stop store for anybody thinking about what’s new in J-pop.

With that in thoughts, right here’s the place you are available in: I’m one particular person with one set of musical preferences, so please embed every other new J-pop tracks you’ve loved within the feedback so we are able to get a fuller spectrum every week.

2023-2025 Index

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Bestted – Swagger (track of the week!)

I believe that is their finest single but. It’s quite a lot of upbeat enjoyable (even when the refrain must be developed extra).

Cutie Road – Very Good

There are some attention-grabbing instrumental decisions right here that don’t fairly meld with the track or efficiency.

Daichi Miura – Really feel So Shiny

Miura’s new sort-of-greatest-hits album (it’s all of his songs made with frequent collaborator UTA) comes with three new tracks. This funky quantity is the most effective of the brand new materials.

DOMOTO – Mata ne

Not certainly one of their stronger songs, however it meets expectations.

DXTEEN – Spring Love

That is principally like their final single (it even retains The Wind’s manufacturing crew!) however not almost pretty much as good/catchy.

=LOVE – Moratoriamu

This has a candy lady group sound that ought to attraction to followers of Ok-pop teams like Lovelyz and early GFriend.

HANA – Unhealthy Lady

I really favor their rock-influenced sound, as if works surprisingly nicely for them. This isn’t pretty much as good as Chilly Evening, however it’s good.

HiiT FACTORY – Keep Me Now (track of the week!)

I imply, this track has been out since final fall, however J-pop’s giving us so little lately that I’m completely satisfied to highlight one other nice monitor by HiiT Manufacturing unit.

King & Prince – Waltz For Lily

An honest ballad.

MAZZEL – Get Up And Dance

Properly, I approve of the title! The track is certainly dancey, however in the end too generic to supply a lot endurance. There are some cool rhythm guitar moments, although.

m-flo loves Diggy-MO’ & Ryosuke Shinoda – GateWay

Price it for the music video, actually.

Miyase Ryubi – SUPER!!

I just like the gritty manufacturing. The track itself isn’t a lot to put in writing residence about.

NOA – Say Sure (track of the week!)

Good bassline and I like how the refrain accelerates quite than pulling again.

Nogizaka46 – Aitteurayamashii

Undoubtedly certainly one of their extra upbeat singles.

OrβIT – Line Me Now

I wrote about this earlier and now it has a music video. And as I suspected, it is in regards to the messaging app.

Re:inc. – LITM (Reside In The Second)

A straightforward, breezy new jack swing monitor won’t ever go amiss.

ROIROM – Gown Code

A bit of too uninteresting for me.

Snow Man – BANG!!

I miss after I beloved Snow Man’s music. That is tremendous, however the refrain is principally simply melodic shouting. I can’t assist however lose curiosity fairly rapidly.

STU48 – Lemon To Lemon

I benefit from the sprightliness of this, even when it’s fairly light-weight.

Taisho Maeda – Love Is A Maze

There’s quite a lot of potential right here. It’s not fairly there for me, however I just like the theatrical nature of the track.

UVERworld – Ever

It is a fairly good energy ballad, however the heavy-handed vocal results rapidly develop tiresome.

Zavage – Numa! Joutou

The foolish band title introduced me in, however the track itself is fairly good too.