>City Pop is a breezy, mellow mixture of Smooth Jazz and AOR, often with additional elements of Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk or Boogie. Commonly cited as a facet of the prosperous "bubble economy"-era in Japan, City Pop is essentially a "mood" or "lifestyle" genre which appealed to an older and more affluent Japanese audience during the 1980s.
Who knows. I use to think this was Citypop but Japan mixes so much jazz into their pop music at random I can't really tell. Gotta love music with Vocorders in them.
However, a lot of people dipped their feet in both scenes. Several producers (ex: the three YMO members (most specifically, Shigeru Suzuki) were responsible for big movements in both, as well.
Because it's happy music. This is what people compose when everyone in Japan has a shit ton of money. The entire genre dies in 1992 when the economic bubble burst & everyone lost their jobs.
Sebastian Lewis
Shut up, bitch.
Robert Thomas
City-pop died because it sounded dated as fuck after 1986. There was still happy music after 1992, albeit with different production and different melodies.
youtube.com/watch?v=zKHOuvdiuPg This is a fucking banger and it came out in 1995. I wish more people would listen to Japanese stuff outside of City-Pop and Baby Metal.
Bentley Roberts
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Gavin Reyes
>Because it's happy music This
Carson Sanchez
>MIB II is almost 15 years old
Nicholas Martinez
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Ryan Jones
Not really. It depends on the song. Even the album in OP's image has a few sad songs.
Daniel Sullivan
I just listened to this a few days ago and I really liked it.
I listened to this too, Is City Pop what this genre is called? I don't know much about Japanese music