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Korean music of the 1980s, which focuses on adult oriented rock with lyrics about city life, the general tone of urban pop is one of the most I # ve seen in the US and other parts of Europe and Asia in recent years, which is an undeniable, almost unbelievable sincerity. While the current revival of City Pop music is fueled by the algorithmic tendencies of the Internet, it has also been picked up by pop extraordinaries, who sold more than 100 million copies of their latest album "Stay" last year alone. Korean music from the 1990s and early 2000s, which focuses on urban life and culture and is clearly inspired by their revival on the Internet, these artists have created a city - a pop revival all of their own.
Indeed, the sense of euphoria inherent in City Pop has become an important point of reference in contemporary music. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what urban pop is compared to mainstream genres like pop, funk and jazz, as it often combines the characteristics of different genres. But at its core, many of the genres associated with urban pop, such as hip-hop, pop-rock, rap, rock, and hip-hop, are part of a broader shift in the way modern listeners consume music, not just in terms of sound, but also in tone and voice.
The scene actors use the word "chill" to describe the above mentioned music, which ranges from optimistic and optimistic to melancholic and contemplative as well as melancholic and melancholic. Sakanaction, who released MV-80 on their new single "Sakan action," which follows the city pop style pretty much exactly, is also following this trend. New Japanese bands, meanwhile, have been influenced by City Pop, but their styles have yet to be categorized.
Based on the concept of using vinyl only, YNO was founded to introduce city pop to the LA music scene while expanding the genre. Urban pop attempted a musical synergy that was almost unheard of at the time, fusing the sounds of pop music, pop culture, hip-hop and dance music.
While the term techno-pop was eventually dropped to be replaced by city pop, the new technology-based society of Japan with its synthetic sounds replaced the techno side. There was also a desire to bring a disco-ready sound that could be played in clubs and bars in Japan without any problems, which helped embody the urban pop sound of its time. The Japanese economy led to a new wave of urban pop in Japan, with the "city pop" scene emerging from a newly revived nightlife. This was largely due to growing prosperity, which directly tapped and encouraged Japan's booming economy and cultural and economic growth.
At the height of urban pop, many artists, including Mariya Takeuchi, never thought of expanding the genre beyond Japanese territory, including themselves. Despite the decline of "urban pop" in the early 1990 "s, it remained a fairly niche genre in Japan, with many of its artists mocked or simply forgotten. After the decline of the "city pop" scene, however, citypop remained a "fairly niche" music genre, even outside Japan, where it was mocked and simply forgotten despite its popularity in Europe.
After Japan's economic collapse in the 1990s, urban pop was largely subsumed under the umbrella of "Cibo Pop," an artist who was also inspired by Western music, but who made things much more kitschy and ironic. While Shibuya-kei itself began to fade towards the end of the decade, acts like Kirinji and Kinmokusei laid the groundwork for a revival of some forms of citypop in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some of its biggest stars still perform, and this has led to a resurgence of interest in urban pop in Japan, but also in Europe and the United States.
It can be said with certainty that Cunimondo Takiguchi is the man who laid the foundation for the popularity of City Pop.
Since then it has remained fairly popular, selling more than 16 million albums and singles since 2009. There are many other modern artists who have attributed their style and sound to this style in the annals of city pop history, but let's start with one of the most famous of them all: Mariya Takeuchi. For many years she has been the queen of city pop, releasing the genre's most influential songs and tracks. Now that it's mainstream, with the release of her latest album "City Pop," she will continue to dictate this genre with her iconic voice and style.
Her beautiful singing has helped define the city pop of the past and still defines it today. Others, like Minako Yoshida, don't have the online revival of city pop, but she's now the face of it. Today there are many places where you can hear "City Pop" from the 80s and beyond. It can be heard on YouTube channels such as YouTube, Soundcloud and SoundCloud Music and is cited as one of Japan's most popular music genres, alongside pop music.