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Info about the songs:
- glitter ♪ ₊˚♬ Nightcore - lexycat: This is a song from the genre of "nightcore" which is basically a subgenre of electronic music where you speed up songs and pitch up the voice usually using existing songs. Although I don't personally listen to nightcore music that much, when I did discover this song I really liked it.
- Kimi ga Nakunara - Lamp: The band "Lamp" and their songs fall under the genre of Shibuya-kei which is a japanese subgenre blending ideas from jazz, pop, and bossa nova. Their sound is very nostalgic and sweet which is reflected in this song as well. I do actually listen to quite a few Shibuya-kei songs and I would definitely check out artists like Serani Poji, Minuano, and Mayumi Kojima. I think one underrated song from this genre is "cerulean blue" by Paris Match so if you liked the song or genre I would check it out. It's very bossa nova inspired.
- Blue Hour - Tomorrow X Together: I will be writing a TON on kpop below on more music posts since it's been engraved in my brain since I discovered it since around 3rd or 4th grade, but this song is really preppy and a breath of fresh air. Also another reason why I decided to add TXT (Tomorrow X Together) in this mix is because one of my close friends stans them so this is for them! :D
- Time is Over - Billyrrom: Billyrrom is one of my favorite bands/artists. They are a japanese pop/indie/jazzy-inspired/funk band and all of their songs are catchy and underrated. If you like the song I would listen to Breimen. They are more on the experimental and funk side and lean toward a very unique sound that I haven't really found in other artists besides Ado. (they sound nothing alike but they definitely have their parallels in music which I will probably get into in a music post later) Anyway, I think they produce so many bangers and they recently came out with a song called "Funky Spice" feat. Tomoo and it's insanely groovy, catchy, and interesting with a bunch of twists and extra spice. (lol see what I did there)(okay sorry I'll stop now)
- Thread That Connects Us - natori: This song is kinda different compared to the rest of natori's discography but it's one of my favorites. Natori is more pop-oriented, his music is more mainstream jpop and I found out about him through his song "Overdose" which he curated for a broader, pop audience.
- Fun Rhythm - Tsundere Twintails: Fun Rhythm goes exactly like its name, it's fun, upbeat, and this one is actually an instrumental! More times than not I listen to songs that have a singer instead of instrumentals besides classical sometimes, but Tsundere Twintails have a bunch of short, preppy, and upbeat songs just like this one so if you liked it I would look at the rest of their stuff.
- Why? - Plave: When I first tell you about this group you need to be very open minded and listen. Plave is one of my favorite artists, and if you read my list of favorites in my homepage you would have already known that. Plave is a virtual idol group that uses motion capture where real people get into suits and are animated. Plave's members are real people and they are absolutely 1000% NOT AI. They are real people who use their real human talents to sing, dance, create their music, etc. like other idol groups. All their songs are amazing which is why they are so successful in Korea and now the international market a bit so I would listen to the rest of their stuff. My favorite song by them is this one and also "Chroma Drift" and "Rizz." I will be writing more about them so you will see them more on my page and also in my shrine section since they are one of the groups I am a pretty big fan of.
Music rants/recommendations/etc:
- I'm currently listening to: Here's my extremely assorted playlist with songs I currently really like
- My playlists: Assorted playlist with songs I currently like
- My favorite music artists: You can find them under my shrine section with some of my other favorite artists. Here's a link to them:
- Plave
- Xlov
- Ado
- NewJeans
- XG
- Assorted vocaloid producers and genre in general
- Breimen
- Malice Mizer
- Penthouse
- Billyrrom
- Lamp
- Fujii Kaze
- Yuu Miyashita
- Akugetsu
- Her's
- Jack Stauber
- Serani Poji
- Seventeen
- given
- My kpop origins: I find my origin story of how I found out about kpop kinda ironic and funny. I first discovered it existed when I was in 3rd grade-ish. (or maybe 4th? I don't remember) I found this music video to Twice's "Candy Pop," and if you don't know, Candy Pop is actually one of Twice's japanese songs lol. Through that one music video, I went into a whole deep dive into Twice, listening and watching music videos to "Like Ohh-Ahh," "Knock Knock," "Fancy," and "Likey." My obsession grew when I started checking out other groups' music videos as well like iKON's "Love Scenario" or GOT7's "Just Right."
- My instrument learning journey: I first started learning the cello when I was 4-ish. At the time I was really influenced by my older brother, so I was practically copying all of the things/hobbies he had. I picked up soccer, tennis, karate, and cello from him but I ended up not sticking with any of them except for cello. Anyway, I really enjoy cello but at the same time I always felt like I had an obligation to play for college applications, the fact that I don't really have anything else going for me, I played it for so long and now I'm here so it would kinda be a waste, etc. I have a very mixed relationship with it and as much as I love it sometimes is the death of me. I also notice that some of these views stem from the fact that I started the instrument at a very young age where it started off as something to try with these weights instead of just a passion. I have a lot of friends who ended up starting in 6th grade or way later and have surpassed my skills or met them from the sheer amount of love and seriousness they have for the instrument. (Not saying I don't love it, I guess I just don't take it as much as a priority especially since I can't really see myself become a musician/cellist for full time in the future)
- Origin stories of Ado, from small utaite to global artist: Coming soon!
My top 3 songs right now:
Mosi Mosi? by Sasane
(I've been waiting for so long for the release ever since I heard a snip of it and it's actually so good, it exceeded my expectations)
Stop Stop It by GOT7
(The vocals are heavenly in this one I need to listen to old kpop more)
Think I Am by Plave
(I'm so obsessed with the beat and groove)
Kpop songs
Some of them I don't have a shrine for (this absolutely doesn't mean I like their music less, in fact some of my all-time favorite artists have yet to be made into a shrine)
After learning about Twice, my sister got me into Red Velvet. I didn't stan them as much as her, but I think that they were a significant group that I enjoyed. Some of the songs I used to listen to from them was "Peek-A-Boo," "Psycho," "Dumb Dumb," and "Russian Roulette." Sometime around Covid I stopped listening to Kpop and watching music videos. I don't know the reason, probably because of the lack of time in order to focus on school but I don't remember keeping up with any of the groups, even Twice. (This was a pretty foggy time for my memory, so I don't exactly remember what happened.)
After Covid, I finally got back into listening to music and I started to slowly go back to Kpop. During this time my palette for music changed a lot, it wasn't a linear progression getting back to Kpop. For example, I first started listening to Western music like Bruno Mars and I later got to more niche artists like Jack Stauber. After that, I discovered Jpop and fell into Vocaloid. (I'll get more into the differences of Kpop and Jpop later) Somewhere along the Jpop route I went back to Kpop and now we are here. Despite liking Kpop, it is an insanely broad category and shouldn't really be defined as a music genre because of that. (same with Jpop) Anyway, feel free to give me music recommendations in my Guest Book, (regardless of language or genre because when I say I listen to at least a bit of everything I mean it) I would love to hear what you like! :)
Anyway, enough about the sad stuff, there's also really really good things that come out of being able to make music! I find that when I'm in orchestra class or environments with other musicians I tend to open up way more and act like myself. In my academic classes I'm pretty reserved and quiet, but in orchestra I'm pretty much the opposite. Some of my closest friends also stem from orchestra and the whole music thing really focuses on teamwork and working together in order to make it sound cohesive.
Surprisingly for my case, I don't actually listen to classical music. (Outside of listening to songs for reference or something) (You would know this is you listened to my playlists or favorite songs) I enjoy playing classical music since it's very challenging and a type of music where you need to actively listen to it instead of pop, but I actually prefer the latter when it comes to leisure listening. I could see myself picking up another instrument, but that also means I need to learn it. I'm trying to fix my habit and although I have expanded my listening horizons with a few songs out of my scope, classical music is something I don't typically reach for since no matter the song (I really no matter the song because that could have horns and cannons) I still end up being sleepy and tired. Live music is different though, because I've never been to a concert outside of classical stuff and I enjoy listening to it there.
Even though I don't really listen to classical, I really like jazz music, and for that I kind of regret my decision of learning cello and not a jazz/band instrument since cello is not known for that. It's okay though since one of my orchestras that I'm in is specifically for unconventional music outside of just classical where we play jazz, disco, folk, songs from musicals, rock, etc.
Anyway, this whole thing is just supposed to tell you that if you want to learn, start! I want to learn how to compose or maybe do something with vocaloid. Have I gotten to it? No, I'm too busy but during summer break I will. If you feel too intimidating, just remember we all start somewhere!