Selection of J-pop Videos

It's been a while since I've done a J-pop specific post (the last one was in April), so today I'm sharing a selection of J-pop videos. :) 

KIRA- Bye Bye Boy

First up is by Bye Bye Boy by KIRA. She is from Osaka and was the first Japanese singer at Macau Casino. She debuted in 2014 with the single Nadeshiko Soul, and brought out her debut album LISTENER KILLER. She released the mini album SURVIVE in 2016 and her 2nd album NAKED in 2018.

KIRA's hit singles include a remix of Nadeshiko Soul featuring MINMI, TERRY JANE with Yosuke Kubokuza from LINE and Bye Bye Baby.  Her latest release is the digital single Don't text me, which came out in August.

KIRA's music is more J-R'n'B than J-pop. Some other J-R'n'B singers I like are Hiromi and Jasmine. Two of my favourite Japanese singers Koda Kumi and Namie Amuro have also released more R'n'B style music as well as J-pop. See below for more on Jasmine and Koda Kumi. :)

Bye Bye Boy is the lead song from NAKED and came out in May 2018.

For more songs by KIRA visit these links:

Music video for Lovin' You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va4c47B2_Vs

And her latest single Don't text me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0C_ptsy8E

And follow her at the links below:

Official site (Japanese language: http://kiranomahou.net/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1yaILXrq2Y8BJSKa9WsKA

JASMINE- FALLIN' feat. 5lack

Jasmine  (also written as JASMINE is a J-R'n'B singer whose music I first came across back in 2011 (can't believe it's been so long!). I think her albums and digital music were a bit difficult to get hold of in the UK at the time I hadn't heard anything by her in recent years, but a few months ago I found the song FALLIN' on YouTube. 

FALLIN' came out last November and is from Jasmine's latest EP JASMINE 2.0, which was also released in November 2019. The song features 5lack (the name makes me think of the American rapper/singer 6LACK, lol. 

 

Jasmine also released COCOROZASHI featuring AK-69. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnq97Voag74

Find more music by Jasmine at these links:

Jealous video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-music-video.html

Features Hiromi's TEQUILA SUNRISE and JASMINE's B*TCH*S: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/10/weekly-music-video.html

Here's a direct link to B*TCH*S on Soundcloud, since the video was removed: https://soundcloud.com/user-852044490/jasmine-btchs

 

ONE N' ONLY- Shut Up! BREAKER

I've mentioned before that I don't know that many Japanese boybands, but I've come across more in recent years. This is ONE N'ONLY, a 6 member dance and vocal group formed by Stardust Promotion. The bands consist of members from two different groups, EBiSSH and SBC (Satori Boys Club). The vocalists are TETTA (full name Seki Tetta), REI (Sawamura Rei) and EIKU (Yamashita Eiku); and the dancers are HAYATO (Takao Hayato), KENSHIN (Kamimura Kenshin) and NAOYA (Kusakawa Naoya).*

TETTA, REI  NAOYA are members of EBiSHH, and EIKO, KENSHIN and HAYATO are part of SBC. A former member of both EBiSHH and One N' Only is KOHKI (Hayahi Kohki). According to Kprofiles he left both groups in December last year to focus on his studies.

ONE N' ONLY made their debut with the song I'M SWAG in May 2018. Their second single Dark Night was a chart hit, reaching No.1 in both the Oricon Weekly Ranking and Billboard JAPAN Hot 100. Their third single My Love came out in October 2019 and they released their debut album ON' O this April.

Shut Up! BREAKER came out in March.

 

For more on ONE N' ONLY visit these links:

Kprofile: https://kprofiles.com/one-n-only-members-profile/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/onenonly.official/  

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ebissh_official/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Qwnts13zIh2EYUCau6m3w

 

Koda Kumi- DO ME (KATFYR Remix)- Live Performance Video-

Here's one from my favourite Japanese singer Koda Kumi (or Kumi Koda in Western terms). This is the KATFYR remix of her song DO ME. and is from her album re(MIX) . Thhs is the Live Peformance Video and it was uploaded in March.

 Note:  Avex videos are blocked from being shown on third party applications. If you click on the video you can watch it fine on YouTube. :)

 

 

Listen to the original DO ME here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xMBEcwdleg

Kumi is currently celebrating the 20th aniversary of her debut, and I'm planing to do another post on her soon. :)

For more Koda Kumi songs check out these posts:

Top 10 Koda Kumi Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/06/top-10-koda-kumi-songs.html

Features STRIP: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/10/j-pop-and-k-pop-round-up-2019-new-videos.html

 

lol- work it out

Finally here is work it out by mixed gender group lol (written in lower case). It was released back in June and has summer vibes. I'm missing the summer already! lol.

 Note: Avex videos are blocked from being shown on third party applications. Click on the video to watch on YouTube. :)

 

Also check out lol's newest release run & go, uploaded on 20th Sept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeqr9ae3AQ

Hope you liked the post. :) 5 years ago (!!) I had a J-pop and K-pop themed month, which acutally extended into October due to computer problems. You can find all the posts here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/search/label/theme%20of%20the%20month

 

Want more J-pop? Check out these posts:

New (ish) J-pop Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-ish-j-pop-videos.html

RIRI feat. Junoflo- luv luv: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/weekly-music-video_27.html

Asian Songs for Summer: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/asian-songs-for-summer.html

 

*These are Japanese names, written with the surname/family name first.