Yessssss!!!!! I’ve been trying to find this video again for damn near a year! Such great work!!! Thanks again for creating and sharing this. All of your effort is greatly appreciated!
This is a FANTASTIC video. Great context for everything, good artist callouts, and I'm super into the graphic design style used here. I'm sad it took me so long to find this video!
Also I've been into Japanese music for more than 20 years but I really lack the music theory vocabulary to explain the things I love about it, and I RARELY find any videos talking about the music theory of jpop in English, so THANK YOU for those details. (CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!! That's what it's called!! XD)
@@deliriumzer0 thank you for the kind words! I’m so glad that other people are finding these, there’s more on the way and I’m excited to try more things with this channel! Cheers
This is by far one of the greatest City Pop research and investigation videos I’ve ever seen! Great job! Do you have a playlist with the songs used here be chance?
Thank you so much! Yeah, I usually drop playlists on my other channel "groove room," but they keep getting taken down...I can go through and re-upload that playlist without the problem track. I would also recommend checking out the channel Xerf Xpec for basically some of the best city pop/j-fusion playlists on RUclips, that guy's taste is excellent
Awesome video! I learned of City Pop through a video on Justin Whang's channel and have been more and more curious since. This video definitely made me want to continue exploring this part of Japanese culture.
In short USA influenced the City pop boom in Japan after WW2. In 1973 Michael Jackson toured Japan as the Jackson 5. People take City Pop as Japanese but the term is mainly what came out of Japan the sound was already established in the US. Japan added to it heavily and now we are seeing Korea starting to revive the genre after it was short-lived. Since modern K Pop is what took over in Korea. I think they also had a Japanese culture ban.. don't quote me on that though.
I love city pop. It reminds me of R&B from my childhood in the 80s. K-pop sounds like 90s and Y2K R&B. And many K-pop writers and producers are African-American. Love that our culture is appreciated and has been reinterpreted by other cultures.
Could you please share the name of the song playing in 11:55? I'm obsessed and can't find it anywhere. This video was enriching to watch, thank you for this amazing work
Haha I’m sure there’s a few mistakes in here, might have rushed through some of the editing here :) I’ll make sure to caption that when I can. And thank you!
The intro track at the very beginning is part of the BGM designed for this channel by @blushingcarousel (We made some new ones recently but they haven't really fit the mood for anything so far). Aptly titled, "Turqoise Hiccups, Purple Galaxies," but it's not part of any official release (although it sound reminiscent of some of Carousel's newer work, they seem to be taking a break from social media and RUclips) Unless you mean the first music track used right after; Tatsuro Yamashita - Bomber
After you said “Under the City Pop” for especially Kayokyoku family I disagree. But after finished watching the video and read the thesis I am thinking “maybe it is just the term of “Oldies” for 70s and 80s music by non Japanese People..” Actually all the music back in Showa Era are under Kayokyoku not City Pop (City Pop are subgenre under Folk & New Music after Kayokyoku). Kayokyoku was basic term of JPOP not about group sound and everything like you said in video, but Japan not to use JPOP back in that era and evolute after Heisei Era when Japan trying to sell their music overseas (JWAVE movement (bloom of Shibuya Kei and Rock Music (such as Zard and Hide)). Mainstream Japanese people lives in Showa Era not use City Pop word, they’re often said to call it Kayo (from Kayokyoku), Idol for Idol Kayo, the YMO style because pioneering in Techno Music (Techno Pops) are called Techno-Kayo (successor such as Imokin Trio and CCB (CoCoNut Boys)), Idol for Idol Kayo, and fused Enka with Kayokyoku are called Mood Kayo. The music programs or live stage music achievements awards such as Kayo Megalopolis Festival (Megalopolis Kayo Sai), Kouhaku Utagasen put New Music category after the booming of New Music in late 70’s. Popular music magazine such as New Music Magazine (first issued was called New Rock Magazine in late 60’s) and Gekkan Kayokyoku (it include Takeuchi Mariya and Tatsuro but back in the day and they’re categorized as New Music). Yes… there was City Pop word such as on Tomoko Soryo’s Obi but it was not their native word. Now after the viral of word from internet and Tik Tok, everything from showa era music are called City Pop.
Gotta admit, the music playing while you're talking is pretty distracting. Would prefer if you lowered it a little bit, or put only instrumental songs in the background of the video!
Hi, I changed the setting so auto-generated subtitles should work, but I think it takes a day or two to process. Will comment back if I see it working. Thank you.
Basically. But think about it this way. American music dominated the world. And maybe other groups of people dreamed of recreating that music but only Japanese were really successful at it.
Shitty mic + poor mic placement didn’t help either Went with the -16db rule, didn’t account for low mic gain. Mastered on HD650’s which brought forward vocals more in the mix than other speakers. The other speakers I tested on were also a bit deceptive unfortunately, otherwise I might have caught it. Not to mention none of the people I sent to for CC mentioned the audio levels. Oops 😬 Would like to redo this entirely, stuck in the middle of other projects. Maybe some day. edit: checked it on xm4's and other headphones, I think the audio levels are only an issue if you are listening on a phone or laptop speakers
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Amazingly researched and so well polished! There's nothing quite like your videos out there, and I'm glad you're filling this niche.
Thanks! Stay tuned for more on the way later this month 😁
One of the best videos I've seen that goes into detail about city pop. Great job!
I dig the Swiss graphic design look. Great video; subscribed!
Yessssss!!!!! I’ve been trying to find this video again for damn near a year! Such great work!!! Thanks again for creating and sharing this. All of your effort is greatly appreciated!
the graphics, the research, all of it! just amazing.
Thank you 🙏
WOW! Thank you so much for this!!!
These long format videos are top quality :)
Great job! I loved your video
This is so well versed/researched. I have seen many videos on the rise of city pop, but this is the most in depth i have watched. Great job
Thank you 🫡🫡
I’m like so in love with city pop. It’s the Japanese component to my obscure 80s USA and UK funk, jazz and R&B jams.
This is a FANTASTIC video. Great context for everything, good artist callouts, and I'm super into the graphic design style used here. I'm sad it took me so long to find this video!
Also I've been into Japanese music for more than 20 years but I really lack the music theory vocabulary to explain the things I love about it, and I RARELY find any videos talking about the music theory of jpop in English, so THANK YOU for those details. (CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!! That's what it's called!! XD)
@@deliriumzer0 thank you for the kind words! I’m so glad that other people are finding these, there’s more on the way and I’m excited to try more things with this channel! Cheers
Entertaining to hear you pronounce the names of German composers the same way most people say Japanese names
We're lucky I made it that far, I can barely pronounce things in my own language 😁
Holy moly, what a treasure this video is. Thank you so much for your work, this is fantastic 🙌
I gotta applaud you for also including the rise of popularity of citypop sounds and themes in Korea.
This is by far one of the greatest City Pop research and investigation videos I’ve ever seen! Great job! Do you have a playlist with the songs used here be chance?
Thank you so much! Yeah, I usually drop playlists on my other channel "groove room," but they keep getting taken down...I can go through and re-upload that playlist without the problem track.
I would also recommend checking out the channel Xerf Xpec for basically some of the best city pop/j-fusion playlists on RUclips, that guy's taste is excellent
@@trip_the_deep Sadly, his channel has been taken down. You can find his archive channel on Odysee where he continues to upload.
Great work. I love any video that video that explains City Pop development properly
thank you for such a detailed video on fascinating history of City pop! thank you for sharing your work with us!
Thank you :)
Thank you so much! Awesome work.
That was a great video about a great music genre.
Fantastic, just what I was looking for!
Awesome video! I learned of City Pop through a video on Justin Whang's channel and have been more and more curious since. This video definitely made me want to continue exploring this part of Japanese culture.
Lol those at 27:47 are SPEED, GLUE & SHINKI, a rather heavy rock band.
haha ya theres a bunch of mistakes in here
would be cool to remake this some day
Wow this was thorough, i've been to Tokyo twice and can't wait to get back
Amazing video! I’ve never subscribed so quickly
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
Brilliant documentary, so well researched!
Subscribed
😏🎤
And I gotta know your playlists for research purposes
amazing video mate!
Thank you!!
really good content. good historical info
Thank you!
U deserve way more followers this video is so interesting !!!!!!
Cheers! Big videos are coming in 2023 please stay tuned :)
I will for sure! I am at work currently watching all your videos. Sending you good energy from Seoul, South Korea!
This video is amazing. Thank you for sharing all that knowledge.
Yoo great video! 👊
In short USA influenced the City pop boom in Japan after WW2. In 1973 Michael Jackson toured Japan as the Jackson 5. People take City Pop as Japanese but the term is mainly what came out of Japan the sound was already established in the US. Japan added to it heavily and now we are seeing Korea starting to revive the genre after it was short-lived. Since modern K Pop is what took over in Korea. I think they also had a Japanese culture ban.. don't quote me on that though.
I love city pop. It reminds me of R&B from my childhood in the 80s. K-pop sounds like 90s and Y2K R&B. And many K-pop writers and producers are African-American. Love that our culture is appreciated and has been reinterpreted by other cultures.
Absolutely incredible and well-thought out. Proud to be here before your channel goes big.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy this and I'm doing my best to get new content out on to this channel. Cheers!
I didn't know the rock scene was at the forefront of culture wars even overseas. That's actually pretty cool.
Excellent video!
whyyy this video has so low views!!! amazing research! thank you❤
What is the song at 16:48 Great video, too!!
Could you please share the name of the song playing in 11:55? I'm obsessed and can't find it anywhere.
This video was enriching to watch, thank you for this amazing work
Konjikiyasha - Fujiyama Ichiro I think was the name of the song, and thank you!
@@trip_the_deep Thank you for taking the time to answer!
What an amazing video
Very detailed
Only OGs will remember the original name of this channel
Great video and outstanding design! Pretty sure that's Mariya Takeuchi though, and not Takako Mamiya ;)
Haha I’m sure there’s a few mistakes in here, might have rushed through some of the editing here :) I’ll make sure to caption that when I can. And thank you!
@@trip_the_deep As said, fantastic work and great research behind it - the few flaws can be overlooked without a problem!
I think he was using her real name rather then show name
Could we get a list of songs that were used in the background of this video? Would love to check them out!
I'll try to find where I have it saved. There are also captions in the video btw
6:41 thats mariya takeuchi not takako mamiya
whats the song at 6:30???|
Keiko Fuji - Wakare no Tabi
@@trip_the_deep thanks man! Appreciate it. I assume it's present among that list of 100 must hear albums
Tell ya what, I'd like the playlist of music used in this video.
What song is that intro???
The intro track at the very beginning is part of the BGM designed for this channel by @blushingcarousel (We made some new ones recently but they haven't really fit the mood for anything so far). Aptly titled, "Turqoise Hiccups, Purple Galaxies," but it's not part of any official release (although it sound reminiscent of some of Carousel's newer work, they seem to be taking a break from social media and RUclips)
Unless you mean the first music track used right after; Tatsuro Yamashita - Bomber
Pardon my ignorance but what's the song playing at the beginning?
Tatsuro Yamashita - Bomber
Song goes dangerously hard
Use with care
City pop
After you said “Under the City Pop” for especially Kayokyoku family I disagree. But after finished watching the video and read the thesis I am thinking “maybe it is just the term of “Oldies” for 70s and 80s music by non Japanese People..”
Actually all the music back in Showa Era are under Kayokyoku not City Pop (City Pop are subgenre under Folk & New Music after Kayokyoku). Kayokyoku was basic term of JPOP not about group sound and everything like you said in video, but Japan not to use JPOP back in that era and evolute after Heisei Era when Japan trying to sell their music overseas (JWAVE movement (bloom of Shibuya Kei and Rock Music (such as Zard and Hide)).
Mainstream Japanese people lives in Showa Era not use City Pop word, they’re often said to call it Kayo (from Kayokyoku), Idol for Idol Kayo, the YMO style because pioneering in Techno Music (Techno Pops) are called Techno-Kayo (successor such as Imokin Trio and CCB (CoCoNut Boys)), Idol for Idol Kayo, and fused Enka with Kayokyoku are called Mood Kayo. The music programs or live stage music achievements awards such as Kayo Megalopolis Festival (Megalopolis Kayo Sai), Kouhaku Utagasen put New Music category after the booming of New Music in late 70’s. Popular music magazine such as New Music Magazine (first issued was called New Rock Magazine in late 60’s) and Gekkan Kayokyoku (it include Takeuchi Mariya and Tatsuro but back in the day and they’re categorized as New Music).
Yes… there was City Pop word such as on Tomoko Soryo’s Obi but it was not their native word. Now after the viral of word from internet and Tik Tok, everything from showa era music are called City Pop.
Gotta admit, the music playing while you're talking is pretty distracting. Would prefer if you lowered it a little bit, or put only instrumental songs in the background of the video!
29:09 just like financial collapse of 2008 in the United States
im calling it now mid 2000's is gonna be the next era to come back into style
What is the song at 5:25?
please aloud cc
Please add English subtitles, even auto-generated one is fine
Hi, I changed the setting so auto-generated subtitles should work, but I think it takes a day or two to process. Will comment back if I see it working. Thank you.
Black American music culture.
Basically. But think about it this way. American music dominated the world. And maybe other groups of people dreamed of recreating that music but only Japanese were really successful at it.
music is way too loud my guy
Shitty mic + poor mic placement didn’t help either
Went with the -16db rule, didn’t account for low mic gain. Mastered on HD650’s which brought forward vocals more in the mix than other speakers. The other speakers I tested on were also a bit deceptive unfortunately, otherwise I might have caught it. Not to mention none of the people I sent to for CC mentioned the audio levels. Oops 😬
Would like to redo this entirely, stuck in the middle of other projects. Maybe some day.
edit: checked it on xm4's and other headphones, I think the audio levels are only an issue if you are listening on a phone or laptop speakers
dude writing is great but the constant cuts because you cant read the script are really annoying to watch
🤷🏻♂️ what can I say dude, 2nd video I ever made