Tag: NiziU

  • the best of jpop 2021

    the best of jpop 2021

    We made it! The finish line! This is MY list of the best songs from Japan in 2021, and let me tell you, it’s been quite the year! I think I’ve become more accustomed to Korean pop music than I have Japanese pop music in recent years, but I still manage to get a lot…

  • the best of jpop 2021 thus far

    the best of jpop 2021 thus far

    Here we are folks, we are at the sequel stage of 2021’s very best of Japanese pop in 2021. Surprisingly, my last post, “the best of jpop 2021 so far”, received an incredibly slow but warm welcome, to the point where I got inspired to share more songs that have been on my radar from…

  • the best of jpop 2021 so far

    the best of jpop 2021 so far

    I have to admit, this was a harder list for me to create, but can you believe that we’re already at the half-way point for the year in J-pop?! It’s been quite a few years already, and I’ve noticed big-time how the J-pop scene has changed so vastly during those years. Some of my favorite…

  • single review: NiziU “Take a picture / Poppin’ Shakin’”

    single review: NiziU “Take a picture / Poppin’ Shakin'”

    Let’s take a break from Brave Girls to give NiziU the small artist spotlight for April! If you haven’t already heard about or even listened to a song from NiziU, where you have you been?! Formed from reality competition program Nizi Project (and no, you’re reading it correctly… there’s no A), crafted by South Korea’s…