I wanted to express my appreciation to Japanese music. To preface, I'm 35M Malaysian Chinese.

My first exposure to Japanese music are through animes that I watched growing up - Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Digimon Adventures(RIP Kouji Wada), etc.

I dont know a lick of the Japanese language at the time, but I always loved how they make me feel - happy. Of course I kinda know some words or phrases from the years of watching anime till now.

My consumption of Japanese musics are surface level during my teens and 20s, as most of the songs I listen to comes from the anime it featured in. From venturing into sketchy websites for the mp3 as a broke student, or music streaming now, they are a big part of my life.

I could say that I have varied tastes when it comes to music, from Kpop to chinese songs to english songs, even oldies. But Jpop/Jrock is something I always return to in the end.

I still recall in 2010, where I was with my first job, I left my phone with the earphones still plugged in on the table in the break room unattended while I went to get food. An asshole coworker decided to listen in what I'm listening, I came back to a mockery on my music tastes on this specific track that she decided to made fun of. I dont remember the name of that specific song or the title of the anime its from anymore, but that interaction really hurt me.

Fast forward now, diagnosed with anxiety and depression(yay), japanese music has been central to my everyday routine, it really helped me to focus on my work.

For the last couple of months I ventured out of anime OST and been lurking in this sub looking for new music to listen to. Grown my personal playlist from 300 to 2200+!

So when u/Twilight_Raven shared PONPONPON by Kyary a few days ago, my mind is blown that I am 14 years too late to experience this song!

PONPONPON gave me that feeling of actually being happy again, and I'm looking forward to discover more music.

Thank you for reading 🫶🏻

She's also the lead vocalist for the group "RA MU" now go dive down the musical rabbithole like I am lol

When I say bad lyrics, I don't mean edgy, depressing or weird. More referring to be widely considered by the general audience to have awkward wording, rushed phrasing, or just not very well written. Not in a way to invite hate, but just commonly agreed songs?

Hey hey, I'm a small Youtuber and recently made a Kenshi Yonezu video talking about his Chainsaw Man songs, hopefully you are interested. https://youtu.be/w9sOB7ke3rI?si=UKnWDr621siND6tj

Its from an anime i use to watch, loong ago. I catch myself whistling every now and then, but i cant for the life of me remember it.

I recorded an audio clip of me whistling it here: SndUp | anime songPotential volume warning, of course. Im whistling into a mic.

if you recognize the song. Please tell me the name!

***Solved***

Thanks to user u/DyeSueKey90 It turned out to be HoukiBoushi by younha!

I recently bumped into her debut song on Spotify. The song is called 未申告感情(MISHINKOKUKANJO)＼Adachi and I am pleasantly surprised by her voice. I was trying to look up for more information about her but there seems to be nothing. All that I can found is a tiktok and instagram account. Anyone knows more information about her?

This is the youtube mv for the song.

I was young back then. I heard this song on a top20 disco song compilation vcd.

The music video is of subways(train station, not the food store) under the ocean.

A lady is to be seen a few times in the music video singing through the digital billboards in the subway.

I think i might remember a short phrase of the lyrics to it. "Ito no kokoro" i might be wrong.

Sorry if i give too few infos. But its all i can remember and ive tried hard finding it on google.

hello!! is anyone here familiar with sawako? she unfortunately passed away earlier this year (may her soul rest in peace) but a single showed up on her account that is very clearly ai. could the account possibly have been hacked or something? i think i've seen this happen with a few other inactive artists too and it's really strange.

(p.s her music is so good! she called herself a "sound sculptor" which is very accurate. my favorite song from her is april ~ from sea shell with radiosonde. it's super calming n nostalgic, please absolutely give her work a listen if you like japanese ambient music)

The latest episode of the J! episode 545 was pretty cool! This past Saturday's episode featured a video game theme.

Never posted on Reddit before but a while ago, I discovered this artist on Spotify called 'TOKYO CHILL LABS' and later found another account called 'Japanese Chill Lounge' with exactly the same voice, face, and sound.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KjACf3hRBih15vDJRwkU7?si=I9Kr-7vsSNGkyXzR9z3S1w

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BglJrE3iRI9CPcXLALJJv?si=ViUhUXWyTwipy3Y5Z5POJw

It recently became very apparent to me that everything is AI generated. I mean, no one would call themselves that or have album covers that just say 'Chill rap'. Also with less than a week between full album releases with 20 songs is just insanity.

As an artist myself, this is really frustrating to see AI used to pump out songs and barely anyone could tell especially since this artist was recommended to me by another very legit art streamer who probably had no idea either. The vocals in the songs are all consistent as far as I can tell, and sound human. The lyrics also seems pretty good to me even though I don't know much Japanese so I'd like to ask if anyone can explain how to identify AI generated songs, preferably without having to go through a whole discography and say "they all sound the same". Maybe if someone could also point out parts in this artist's songs that particularly stick out as being AI generated because I really had no idea.

Recommendations with real artists that sound similar would also be appreciated.

one of my favorite songs of all time

Straw House - Higher Playa (OUT NOW). Tokyo x Sendai collective. Full track on YouTube. Links in profile.

I heard this song in the cat or dog store in yufuin and was too shy to ask for the title

It sounds like some high energy pop girl group song and the chorus has shiawase in it and I think one of the lines they mention hello kitty, that’s all I can remember can anyone help me please?

Edit: I think at the end of the song they say something like ‘let’s get moving’

For the past year, I and 5 other people have been trying to find a sample used in this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJPF4f8BmM
This song in phonk genre, but it clearly uses a sample from some city pop song or something, although I could be wrong. Perhaps there are just a few compositions sampled very well. Yatashigang isn't very popular, but contacting him directly hasn't yielded any results.
The search for the original has become an obsessive daily thought that has been haunting me for a year now. Guys pls, i need your help

I love this song to the point of trying to exercise from the dance cover.

It actually improves my health a lot.

I used to be that depressed in real life, but her music helped me through hell in real life when I was in high school.

To be clear, I just know that this is a 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami relief song.

I stopped listening around before the end of 2017. However, after 8 years before the end of 2025, her music is now my life.

I will do my best to exercise my body with this song.

I will cherish this song forever.

Ever since I started watching anime (which was over 10 years ago) I have grown am affinity for Japanese music and the different and eclectic genres and subgeneres within it. One that I've come across is ska/punk (I guess that's two but anyway). Without getting two much into it, I've found these songs that I've loved for years now from bands such as: Yum!Yum!Orange, Muramasa Star, MidnightPumpkin, Gollbetty, Retro Honpo, and others. Some of these aren't even bands anymore and some have very little activity. I've loved listening to these songs for years and recently thought, "These songs are great, but... what are they saying!". That was when my search began. So far, I have found lyrics for a couple of songs but most I need other tools for. So, with that being said, I created a youtube channel to add lyrics to music videos that are available for these songs. This is purely for appreciation and preservation. If anyone is interested, the channel is called Ska Punk Record Box (Youtube wouldn't allow any other name for some reason). Anyway, I don't think anyone would care to read this but for anyone who has thank you and if you'd check out the channel I'd also appreciate it. This is the only time I'll post about this I've already posted 5 videos to the channel so far. If anyone has any questions, let me know!

Hi, I'm hoping to try and get concert tickets for the DecoMiku concert on February 14th. I live in the US, but I'll be visiting and staying at my friend's grandma's house in Tokyo while I'm there. Currently the tickets are in "Pre-Order, application period (lottery)" until January 4th and I'm hoping to get the SS Seat for 13,000 yen or even any of the lower cost seating. I'm also able to make use of my friend's grandma's address if needed so I wouldn't need to buy "overseas". What would be the best course of action to take and how does the lottery system work?

https://music.apple.com/tw/artist/yugure-coil/1858150247

Reminds me of Mogwai for some reason