Lingering on 80’s Japan vibes. These are great visual videos for throwing you to that period of history. Some NSFW visuals.
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City pop
This article by Cat Zheung from Pitchfork.com is the most definitive article about City pop:
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-endless-life-cycle-of-japanese-city-pop/
It is a great read. Highly recommended! It opens up my own fascination of this silly music. I have been fascinated with Japanese city pop music for about 10 years ever since the almighty YouTube algorithm recommended this weird time capsule of a music to me. I’ve found that it is the most suitable background music for working. The words are jibberish for non-Japanese speaking person like me. There are weird choices of English words during the chorus. But it is great. You don’t have to listen the words – you can just let it flow in the background. Has it increased my creative or productive output? Not. But I still put on some YouTube city pop playlist when I’m working. And I am transported to drive some convertible Toyota along Japanese coastline during the height of Japanese bubble economy.
My first touch point of city pop was of course Plastic Love but my favorite city pop song is this one: