Kind of. They were a souncloud idol group before they went pro. Vaporwave had been a thing on Soundcloud for like 20 years when they hit the idol scene. Saint Pepsi had like 4 albums by the time this song got a music video and flowershop 420 was already a dead meme in the Vaporwave scene. Vaporwave is a complex music genre basically just for hipster audiophiles like me that like listening to obscure music from like 50 years ago while looking at old sears catalogs to escape from the present for a bit, so it's not exactly going to hit with normies that like Ed Sheeran or whatever, not that modern music is bad or that Vaporwave CAN'T have mass appeal, I mean at the end of the day its just pop music for hipsters, but Vaporwave has a kind of HYPER capitalism slant to it that if you aren't in on that it's supposed to be kind of a joke, can be kind of grating since I mean who the fuck wants to burn their eyes looking at vhs quality gifs with MASSIVE visual defects, while listening to remixed elevator and mall music with old pop music vocals in Japanese?
@@ミチコ-j2b vaporwave has roots in late 90s music, funny enough in Japan itself. Shibuya Kei is basically analog Vaporwave. Shibuya is basically the cool part of Tokyo, they have A LOT of second hand shops so it attracts young poor people that get creative with their hobbies since they can't afford new they have to get crafty with older stuff. Anyway Shibuya has lots of second hand record shops and so young DJs would hang out there while buying records. So it started to become a trend among DJs to make songs with their most rare and obscure records to flex on each other, which gave birth to the Shibuya Kei music genre. One of the first true Vaporwave albums though was Eccojams vol 1 by Chuck Person which was released in 2009, but he was already making the style of music for a number of years before the release of that album.
I still return to this video once in a while ... can't belive this video is 9 years old. Somehow ... I feel 2 completely different layers of N O S T A L G I A when I listen to this track ... totally OUT OF THIS WORLD
I known this group for 24 hours, and found out they don't exist anymore. Luckily, a couple of the members now have solo careers. Best of luck to them. Hello from the Middle of Nowhere, USA.
So glad I grabbed this album on vinyl. So weird that they put it out this year though considering the album is 14 years old but still not complaining the whole album is primo.
Janiceofcourse not anymore. They disbanded. :/ A new project of one of the members is HALLCA open.spotify.com/album/1p0uZNkBClemcP3e0PkhCn?si=AFaJ-pOJQUyEvDVq490dug
A lot of Jpop artists & groups with this sound actually existed in the 80s. But they're recreating these beats & happy melodies & it's giving me all these feels nostalgia. Can't wait to sing this at karaoke. LOL
Especia was, ironically, ahead of it's time
Unironically
WORDD!!!!!! They would slap it during quarantine days
Vaporewave has been here since like, 2012-2014 wdym???
Kind of. They were a souncloud idol group before they went pro. Vaporwave had been a thing on Soundcloud for like 20 years when they hit the idol scene. Saint Pepsi had like 4 albums by the time this song got a music video and flowershop 420 was already a dead meme in the Vaporwave scene. Vaporwave is a complex music genre basically just for hipster audiophiles like me that like listening to obscure music from like 50 years ago while looking at old sears catalogs to escape from the present for a bit, so it's not exactly going to hit with normies that like Ed Sheeran or whatever, not that modern music is bad or that Vaporwave CAN'T have mass appeal, I mean at the end of the day its just pop music for hipsters, but Vaporwave has a kind of HYPER capitalism slant to it that if you aren't in on that it's supposed to be kind of a joke, can be kind of grating since I mean who the fuck wants to burn their eyes looking at vhs quality gifs with MASSIVE visual defects, while listening to remixed elevator and mall music with old pop music vocals in Japanese?
@@ミチコ-j2b vaporwave has roots in late 90s music, funny enough in Japan itself. Shibuya Kei is basically analog Vaporwave. Shibuya is basically the cool part of Tokyo, they have A LOT of second hand shops so it attracts young poor people that get creative with their hobbies since they can't afford new they have to get crafty with older stuff. Anyway Shibuya has lots of second hand record shops and so young DJs would hang out there while buying records. So it started to become a trend among DJs to make songs with their most rare and obscure records to flex on each other, which gave birth to the Shibuya Kei music genre. One of the first true Vaporwave albums though was Eccojams vol 1 by Chuck Person which was released in 2009, but he was already making the style of music for a number of years before the release of that album.
最高の音楽なのにもう彼女たちがいないという寂しさで胸が苦しい。新しい道で幸せであることを願ってやまないです。
Diabolically underrated
How so?
i think about the vegetable opening all the time
Especia was too good for this world.
I still return to this video once in a while ... can't belive this video is 9 years old.
Somehow ... I feel 2 completely different layers of N O S T A L G I A
when I listen to this track ...
totally OUT OF THIS WORLD
I known this group for 24 hours, and found out they don't exist anymore. Luckily, a couple of the members now have solo careers. Best of luck to them. Hello from the Middle of Nowhere, USA.
it's like vaporware
That's Japanese idol pop for you. They're known for not having long music careers, but in time you get used to it. :'(
Haruka just released a solo album called Villa ! Her artist name is now HALLCA and her album is great
Especia! I love them, shame that I discovered them years after they disbanded
たまたま見つけたけどこの80's感すこ
Macintosh plusの動画の再生数が一万弱だった頃にアイドルがこれだから衝撃が凄かった
最後だけライブ行った。もっともっと続いてほしかった…
こんなグループいたんだ めっちゃ良い...
So glad I grabbed this album on vinyl. So weird that they put it out this year though considering the album is 14 years old but still not complaining the whole album is primo.
14 years? Gusto was released in 2014, so it'd be about 9 years old now, almost 10.
this is so 2000s, the frutiger aero vibes
This is the jam, it doesn't matter WHAT YEAR!!!!
4:25 I love this part
Just discovered this absolute bop
惜しいな……
アルバム2枚買ったけどもっと推しとくべきだった
かどまつとしき 思い出させるサウンド
夏のアイドルソング屈指の名曲
音作りがものすごく凝ってて色んな音に注目して聞くとすごく面白い
今年の夏も沢山聴いた、ありがとう
IDGAF MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME
ESPECIA, YOU ARE LEGENDS!
もうこの曲たまらん
ツボ突きすぎ
i cant stop coming back
今聞いても最高だなー
for anyone that was looking for the lyrics!
知ったときには解散...。曲とPVが良すぎてアルバム即購入しました。
PV は CITY HUNTER っぽいロゴや vaporware など
80's~90's を感じることができて良い。
自分も最近知ったんですけど解散したのは悲しいですね…
他のコメでも言われている通り２０１３年あたりからvaperwaveを取り入れていたのは正直時代を先取りすぎて理解できる人が少なかったと思います
自分はアイドル興味ない人だったんですけどespeciaは別格ですね
きっと後々評価されてくると信じています
it's 2021 and this is still a bop!
I like the City Pop feel theyre going for.
Yeah this is city pop...
How have I only just discovered this masterpiece of a song?!
スイーパーだから､タイトルロゴがCITY HUNTERのパロディですかね？！
良いですね😌💖
futurefunk好きとしてはたまらないサウンド
今活動していればどうなっていたか…
This is REAL!!! REAL MUSIC!!! Especia is my favorite japan idol group!!!
SO RARE
still one of my favorite songs.
CITYHUNTER好きだったなぁ～
i was waiting for this song since i was 5 years old... i had no idea this vibe existed. happiest days in years :D
アイドル好き層より、音楽リテラシーがある人向けなんだよな
なんにしても時代を先取りし過ぎた。
such an incredible tune! so sad I was late to this but glad somebody suggested you to me!
i am too late
最近になって存在を知りました。アルバム聞いてもいい曲ばかり、、ちょっと出てくる時代が早すぎたのかもですね
Where did I go? I didn't know why.
Especia It's great
It's amazing that these clothes are now cool for the first time ever.
THANK YOU, THIS EXISTS!!!
Janiceofcourse not anymore. They disbanded. :/
A new project of one of the members is HALLCA open.spotify.com/album/1p0uZNkBClemcP3e0PkhCn?si=AFaJ-pOJQUyEvDVq490dug
That SAX is ERRRRTHANG.
I love this song, but hearing it makes me so sad.
STREAM THIS
オーパーツとしか言いようがない。カッコいい。
もなりいいな。この世界、今欲しい！
This felt like a lot of things
Especiaはすごかったな〜 懐かしい〜 まだこの曲大好きです！
アルバム買っちゃったよ、、、もっと早くから知っっていれば、、、especiaは永遠に不滅だわ、、、
gonna miss especia's music :(
don´t they exist anymore? :(
nope disbanded last year
I really like this song!
Quisiera tener amigos con los cuales hablar de estas joyas musicales.
Soy, orgullosamente, fan de Especia desde el 2015.
Aca habemos varios... amigo ;)
it's been a year and this is still my jam... lots of love from brazil!!!
De vdd
This is an Underrated gem, So Amazing
I keep coming back to this song...
あかね、もなり可愛い
this mv and song is so pretty !!
This is fantastic. An '80s - Madonna like - japanese synthpop girlgroup. Can it get any better?
A lot of Jpop artists & groups with this sound actually existed in the 80s. But they're recreating these beats & happy melodies & it's giving me all these feels nostalgia. Can't wait to sing this at karaoke. LOL
Sounds like city pop 80's japanese music
cool video
LOVE LOVE LOVE
時代は繰り返す。
literally the best ever i have been listening to their music for the past few months nonstop
More FUNKY 80's style goodness from ESPECIA!! Keep it Comin'!!
A E T H E S T I C
City pop
CITY POP
Best band in Japan, by far !
I didn't know I needed this.
This is amazing oh god
I need more J-vaporwave in my life.
SO COOL
i hit and it went to 4k LETS GO
thank you this exists
いいサウンドですよね～！
いいな
素晴らしいサウンド！
出だしから惹きつける何かがある
久々に曲を聞いて衝撃を受けた
すごく良い！
This Exists club where you at
*raises hand*
Filcaj95 raises hand
Reporting
Yep, right here!
Aye aye sir!
Thank dog I watched that video, missing out on Especia would've been terrible ^_^
The editor used every effect of Adobe Premiere available back then 😂
Love from Colombia, keep figthing
♥️♥️♥️ i'm crying 😍😍😍
やはり特定の年代しかツボにハマらないもんなのかな。新鮮に感じるのだろうか。
a e s t h e t i c
0:30 love that reference to city hunter
@Andy KA Man I'd be so happy if they actually did. I just love that band.
This is ironic in so many different levels
めちゃくちゃフザケテル！最高やな！
緩くパーマがかかった もなりちゃん のこの時のヘアスタイルが一番好き、後、衣装も
I LOVE THIS
Yeah This Exist.
So fresh!
BRING BACK CITY POP 🔥🔥🔥🧡🧡🧡🧡
nice song
SEAPOP
wow ! Reminds me of Toshiki Kadomatsu ^_^
am i in heaven
Unbelievably Awesome!!!
Wish they sang more 80sish, but the music is fire
Grabe grabe...
SELO DE BOP DE QUALIDADE
I'm hella stoked
This is a banger