r/jpop

I heard it for the first time when playing an osu! map.

I need more songs like it, if anyone knows any!

Thank y'all in advance.

Right now on X, there is a debate like, “Why doesn’t J-pop sell itself globally?” or “Why are concerts in Japan basically limited to Japanese people?”

And for some reason, people always compare it to K-pop and say, “That’s why J-pop can’t become popular like K-pop! It’s declining!”

But J-pop is not declining. It is still popular in Japan.

Are the music industries of Italy, Germany, Spain, Thailand, India, and Malaysia “declining” just because their music is mostly popular domestically? I don’t understand the logic that says music is declining unless it expands globally like K-pop.

In the first place, current J-pop will never become popular in the same way K-pop has.

Modern K-pop, especially dance music, is made to sell in the West. Many of its producers include American songwriters and composers. It is extremely strategic.

J-pop is different. Its main target is the Japanese domestic market.

There are exceptions like XG, but they are basically following the K-pop route. That is probably not what traditional J-pop fans are looking for. If they wanted that, they would just listen to K-pop.

And honestly, this is completely normal. Japanese artists sing in Japanese, become popular in Japan, and make music for Japanese listeners.

J-pop is not made to sell in the West. Even if Japanese labels made copyrights, licenses, overseas access, and streaming much easier for foreign fans, I still think its popularity would remain niche.

Why? Because it is in Japanese, and it is not designed around Western trends.

Also, the Japanese music industry probably thinks promoting overseas is not worth the cost. There are only a small number of fans abroad, so they simply do not want to spend money there.

For example, if overseas fans could gather at the same level as Japanese fans, then Japanese artists would probably expand overseas more seriously. I mean 30,000 to 50,000 people per venue.

But in reality, many acts would probably only draw around 2,000 people overseas. Even ONE OK ROCK’s world tour had venues around that scale. That is almost certainly a loss.

Ado apparently drew more people, but even then, I heard it was still unprofitable.

And the truth is, even in Japan, concerts can be unprofitable unless they draw 30,000 to 50,000 people.

So overseas expansion is even harder.

Should foreign fans be able to buy tickets for concerts in Japan? Yes. That is genuinely unfair.

Did J-pop miss its chance to expand globally like K-pop? No. If J-pop stopped being Japanese-language music, sang in English, and chased global trends, then maybe it would have a chance.

For all Koda and Amuro fans (including me)

What's your favorite B-sides/collaboration by them?

(Btw: finding Amuro's B-sides is so hard, the only who available is the live version)

hey there, is there anyone who was on perfumes 3rd world tour in london 2014 and might have recordet handy man back then ?

i know this is already some years ago but if you know anyone or have any video of the performance i would be happy to see it, i dont care if the quallity is bad, i have been a perfume fan since 2011 and right when they release handy man in 2013 i fall in love with the song and it is untile now my absoulute favorite song, thx for any help ^^

EDIT: It's been found already.

I'm looking for a JPOP music video which I can't remember who the artist nor the song. It is by a girl group, I assume is released 2022 - recent. It has the same style of dresses and cutesy vibe as the groups in KAWAII LAB. One distinct feature about the music video is that they use cute (?) weapons as props? I don't remember the other weapons but one member has a magical wand. One more thing I remember is that the MV is shot outdoors, at a street. And then if I remember correctly, the setting was at afternoon, close to night. There are multiple shots at night too.

This is very vague I'm sorry but I am creating my JPOP playlist and I can't seem to remember this one MV/song and I wanted to add it so bad!

i have loved japanese media for several years now and jp music is no exception, so i want to find people in my area who also enjoy it!

a few bands i love are kessoku band, ENOZ (the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya), FLOW, southern all stars, home made kazoku, after school/hokago tea time (K-ON), THE ORAL CIGARETTES, etc (some are more rock than others lol). i like english rock, but definitely not as much as j-rock. i’m also a huuuge vocaloid fan! 💝

even if u are not in an area mentioned in the title, i’d love to hear your song/band recs! :) as much as i like rock, it can be any genre!

i am currently learning to play the electric guitar, and have loosely thought of the idea of maybe being in a band one day! if i were to ever do that, though, i’d need to find people around me who are interested in this type of music (hence this post lmao).

(i am posting this in several reddit threads for exposure! sry, i am not very familiar with posting on here lol 😅)

Do you guys think the artist from zipangu and other jpop singers will tour Canada and the us in the future? I dont live near LA so I didn't get to go but I saw clips and they were all SOOO awesome!! Ado I saw during Hibana which was crazy amazing and all of the performers are soo cool. Chanmina was absolutely crazy too I'd love to catch her live one day 🤩 who would you guys love to see in the future?

If anyone has recommendations like this one please comment, I like when women sounds their age and looks mature and don't sounds like they are having hemorrhoids or something tight in thier **** like most idol groups nowadays.

I'm just wondering because as somebody who owns all of BoA's Japanese discography I thought it is one of her best albums.

Hi everyone! I’m a director from Japan.

Following my previous documentary, today I released a new episode focusing on the concept of "Graduation."

Why do Japanese idols use the word "graduation" instead of "withdrawal" or "leaving"? There is a distinctly Japanese, deeply emotional way of thinking behind this word: “Support your oshi while you still can.”

In this video, I included images of EVERY single member who has graduated from Hinatazaka46 so far.
For the veteran Ohisama, I hope this video brings back beautiful, nostalgic memories of the days you spent supporting them. And for the newer fans, I hope this helps you feel the deep history and the legacy they left behind.

It’s a very emotional (or as the Hinatazaka members recently like to say, "Meroi") episode. I poured my heart into the editing and subtitles, so I would be honored if you could check it out! 🎬

Let me know what you think, and who your very first Oshi was. Thank you so much! 🩵

Dm me(my number 9299208389) i cant make it to the concert so im giving it away