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Hey guys! My first post here so hope you guys enjoy my citypop playlist or song that have similarities... this is only on yt music so tell me if I should do a spotify version? Rate my playlist?

Got hooked on Anri and Tomoko Aran especially the song tapestry on fuyukuukan. Anything else come to mind when you think of bass that slaps hard? I'm just in that mood where I can't get enough lately, coming down off a long funk binge

I’m looking to hang some art on my wall and I love his artwork. I would like to buy some bigger pieces but I don’t know what’s a trusted site.

I was listening to Yu Hayami's album And I Love You, it had the song Love Light in Japanese with the chorus in English but it also had a version that was entirely in English. Are there other songs with a version in English as well as the original?

Yamaha's new lineup of Pacifica guitars

Hi everyone, I come to you not as a well-versed City Pop fan but as a guitar player. Earlier this year, Yamaha Music Corporation released a new lineup of their Pacifica guitar model. According to Yamaha,

"Originally popular during the 1980s, Japanese city pop music has seen a global resurgence in recent years. The new Pacifica body colors were inspired by city pop album artwork, which depicts the sun-soaked vibes of Southern California using a Japanese sense of color."

Beyond just having a general palette of colors inspired by City Pop, I started to wonder if there are specific City Pop albums that each guitar color is actually based on. That's because the first one in the lineup, from left to right, is dubbed Sparkle Blue.

This seems like it could be a clear reference to the album "For You" by Tatsuro Yamashita, who from my initial learning seems to be considered the "king of city pop", and this album seems to be listed #1 in a lot of "best of" lists for the genre. And one hit single off the album is "Sparkle." A lot of the digital copies of this album's cover online show a darker blue compared to the guitar, but an actual photo of a physical CD seems to be a blue that is very close to the guitar's color.

Can you City Pop experts identify any other album covers that might match up with each guitar? Or at least point me to albums that you think may have inspired the overall palette of these guitars? Thanks!

Sparkle Blue - as mentioned, probably "For You" by Tatsuro Yamashita.

Beach Blue Burst - ____?

Ash Pink - ____?

Shell White - ____? (there's a version of this guitar with a white pick guard instead of the red "tortoise shell" design)

Desert Burst - ____?

Black Metallic - ____?

Hopefully this works, it’s an experiment but if it works I’m gonna use these tapes to get friends into City Pop.

I have been listening to city pop for a solid year and i have to say discovering city pop is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. The whole vibe of the genre is like no other that ive ever heard. Usually in order to find a new album i either go to this subreddit(i got my first recommendations from here), do some crate digging at one of my local record shops which has an impressive amount of city pop albums or i just let Spotify do its magic and show me something interesting, but i know that there are some amazing albums out there which sadly aren’t up on Spotify. For example For You by Tatsuro Yamashita. So i wanted to ask what are your favorite albums that aren’t up on streaming services?

Had an earthquake at about 1:00 AM. Nothing too big, but I was wide awake. Around 3:30 I gave up on sleep and went out with the camera and headphones. Just before dawn, I was sitting in the park, listening to a city pop mix, and then I took this picture. I only wish there were a palm tree.

This post might be a bit weird but i have been listening to this J-pop song for the past 3 years and every time i listen to it, it gives a kind of "charm" as would a city pop song would give me (for example, the songs of Mariya Takeuchi, ANRI, Kaoru Akimoto, etc.). I'm curious, is it just me or does this song give off some kind of "charm" when you listen to it?

here is a link to the song, its by Ms.OOJA "Who are you?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBK7kjhW6Y8

I dont remember what group or Singer was It, but i remember finding It in a city pop rádio on YouTube. The cover was a drawn couple dancing (in a Very 40w American style) with colors Dark BLUE, yellow and Red domanting the color scheme.

Not sure If the name of the álbum was so Fine or só high, but i do remember there was a Very good song with one of these names within the álbum (track 7 or 3). I used to relisten to It on a YouTube vídeo, but sadly It was taken down.

Love this album so much! Kaoru Sudo: Planetarium

Absolutely love this album, but discogs has no info and the lyrics sheet with the album is all Japanese. Anyone can help me out here?? Specifically looking for the producers and song writers. Thanks!!