Annoyances over J-pop
After returning from Japan I'm suffering from the same tendencies as I did when returning from both France and America. I find myself obsessing over that particular country's pop culture.
With Japan it's especially their j-pop, which is basically their bubblegum-pop. Unfortunately I haven't really been able to identify any of the stuff I felt like I heard all the time when walking around Shibuya and Harajuku. And there's especially one artist I'm looking for. It's a female artist who's half Okinawan and half American (A halfie) who's got this odd name that I can't remember. I only recall that her artist name was a first and last name, with the first name being something that could be both Japanese and english and the last name being something along the lines of Silver, Jewel, Star or the like... but I can't recall it at all and it annoys me more than it ought!
So in cases like this what do you do? Do you just forget about it, try like crazy to remember or something completely different!?!
Also I miss purikura machines. Right now I was wondering whether to set up shop somewhere and import one or two purikura machines to Copenhagen... not that I have the funds for it, but it would be fun. Just wondering whether there would be a crowd for such a thing?
Oh well... guess I should really be going to bed instead.
With Japan it's especially their j-pop, which is basically their bubblegum-pop. Unfortunately I haven't really been able to identify any of the stuff I felt like I heard all the time when walking around Shibuya and Harajuku. And there's especially one artist I'm looking for. It's a female artist who's half Okinawan and half American (A halfie) who's got this odd name that I can't remember. I only recall that her artist name was a first and last name, with the first name being something that could be both Japanese and english and the last name being something along the lines of Silver, Jewel, Star or the like... but I can't recall it at all and it annoys me more than it ought!
So in cases like this what do you do? Do you just forget about it, try like crazy to remember or something completely different!?!
Also I miss purikura machines. Right now I was wondering whether to set up shop somewhere and import one or two purikura machines to Copenhagen... not that I have the funds for it, but it would be fun. Just wondering whether there would be a crowd for such a thing?
Oh well... guess I should really be going to bed instead.
posted by Esben | 11:46 PM
3 Comments:
I can share your frustration. I tried to take note of all the J-pop artists and their songs I could while in Tokyo and Yokohama in January, but once I got back to the US, it was like I had just traveled to another planet. There is no effort to market Japanese music in the US, so the next best thing is to scour the Internet, Ebay, YesAsia.com, etc.
Sounds like you are thinking about Crystal Kay :)
Yeah she is cute.
LOL as jpop points out I am indeed looking for Crystal Kay, which my girlfriend was also able to enlighten me about about 2 1/2 hours after I wrote the post :)
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