New J-Pop Wednesday: April 10, 2024

[reveriexz]

Hello ONTD and welcome back to this week’s New J-Pop Wednesday! If you miss Hikki’s SCIENCE FICTION Listening Post, please check it out here!

ARTISTS FEATURED: Ayumi Hamasaki, Kimura Kaela, Furui Riho, DAOKO, SHISHAMO, Fishbowl, Ms.OOJA, Kenshi Yonezu, Claquepot, SixTONES

Ayumi Hamasaki - BYE-BYE

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[maclou]

ONE N’ ONLY put out a digital single today

Domino

Oh also Miyase Ryubei is releasing an album today

It’s fine if he flops ♥️

[greenfairy_87]

Ayumi is giving me SO much late 90's Max Martin

[soulhades]

I periodically check what some of the japanese bands/singers I used to like in 2005-2015 have been up to and I often notice they've stopped their career for years. I'm glad Kimura Kaela is back to using her beautiful voice ! Still upset we don't really know what happened to Yasu from Acid Black Cherry....

One singer that I wish had just stopped is definitely Ayumi !She's 45 and she's ran out of ideas for like literally 20 fucking years ! I discovered her with Secret and she was my fave singer for years, but even now I can recognize that she was already way past her prime back then....

The song isn't that bad for once, but the fucking dance break with the old school dj sound lmfao

[abe_san]

yeah! even around (miss)understood it felt quite stagnant.
Has Ayumi's hearing problem gotten worse? I think that really affected her work.

[soulhades]

Yup, from what I remember she made it public she had lost hearing in one of her ear and several years later revealed she also started to lose part of her hearing in her remaining ear =/

[g_lovesbb]

We re only missing Namie Amuro and then the 00s would essentially be back.

[setsuna16]

There are moments when I think "wow, it's been like the better part of a decade since Namie did anything."

[setsuna16]

Is Ayu leaving? Because, you know, bye bye would make sense if she was.