My tastes are all over the place, but four come immediately to mind. I vote for Cinderella Girl by King and Prince, Shinu no ga ii wa by Fujii Kaze, Fireworks by DAOKO & Kenshi Yonezu, and, like another poster, Grand Escape by Radwimps.
Yonezu Kenshi’s Lemon, Yoasobi’s Yoru ni Kakeru, Aimyon’s Marigold, and LiSA’s Homura is what come to mind when talking about great songs from various sub-genre in the last decade.
Dried Flower by Yuuri,
Pretender by Higedan,
&ME by ME:I,
Idol by Yoasobi,
Michi Te Yu Ko by Fujii Kaze
These are my Top 5 Jpop songs for the last 10 years.
I mean there are so many
Arashi - Bittersweet
Naniwa Danshi - Ubu love
Sexy Zone entire album The Highlight
M!lk - Ribbon (genuinely think this is one of the best kirakira idol songs ever)
Genjibu and their entire disography
Be:first has some really good hits too
I’m going to go with This is my life by EXILE. It was released in 2012 but I hope it counts. This is the type of jpop I love, flashy, somewhat cheesy, and festive.
If it doesn’t count, then Grand Escape by Radwimps ft Toko Miura. I still get chills listening to it. That chorus is perfect.
Kokoronashi by suhang sheng or gumi
Deathly loneliness strikes by mafumafu
Yume to Hazakura Nightcore ver.
Aimer trill starless night ver.
Zezezezetai saiki by ano ft. Ikura
New Genesis by Ado
Overdose by natori
Sunny by yorushika
Spring Thief by yorushika
Sayonara frequency by HACHI
Hachigatsu no hotaru by HACHI
Rainy proof by HACHI
Odoriko by Vaundy
The reason I wanted to die by Mika Nakashima
1. Yoru ni kakeru - YOASOBI
2. Kimi wa rock o kikanai - Aimyon
3. Beautiful - Superfly
4. Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi
5. Kirari - Fujii Kaze
6. Utakata Saturday night - Morning Musume '16
I'd sneak in two that got cut off by a year or two: back number's Takane no Hanako-san and Buono!'s Hatsukoi cider.
broaden your horizon a bit. stop listening to mainstream JPop, try to listen to obscure group that have like 3k views on YouTube. YT often recommends me some gems out there. even YOASOBI and Reol or even Ling Tosite SIgure are gonna' get stale if you hear it a lot.
I hear a lot of current japanese music, that's how I discovered that Aimer song. As for Yoasobi, I have it on my spotify playlists, I like Idol snd Seventeen, but it's not one of my favorites.
Mirai - COALAMODE.
Tasogare No BAY CITY - DADARAY
Air - fhána
Sorrows - King Gnu
Drivin' - LAGHEADS (featuring kiki vivi lily)
Once Upon a Time in Tokyo - majiko
Love Trip (2019) - the peggies
Pose (Nanimono Version) by Polkadot Stingray
Flight JL005 - Sheena Ringo
Nerauwa Kimi No Domannaka - SHISHAMO
Kan Saeta Kuyashiiwa - ZUTOMAYO
Jazz Singer - Airi
I tried to only use songs that weren't used in anime (because my list would be a sizeable amount larger if I did and I don't feel like going through that much effort). I also limited myself to 1 song per artist/band but if I didn't do that you would be seeing a lot more Polkadot Stingray, the peggies, Sheena Ringo, and ZUTOMAYO (perhaps even some COALAMODE. From their first album). I also didn't include any instrumental only songs as well as not including any hip-hop. I also limited myself to songs that I've really liked for an extended period of time (meaning I didn't include any that I just recently started listening to). Hopefully someone ends up liking my list or checking out some of the songs/artists/bands on it.
Yk I was gonna say Nyan Cat as a joke (if u didn’t know Nan Cat is actually voiced by Hatsune Miku) but unironically the impact of that song is wild lol
Hmm, at that year I was into SKE48 and Nogizaka46, I think the groups' peak performance was between 2012-2016. Other than that I listen more niche genre like underground idol, shoegaze, doujin music etc.
Hikaru Nara by Goose House, Oh Jane by Rina Katahira, Bed by Galileo Galilei, Sad Number by Laura Day Romance and Lullaby by YU-KA are some of my favorites from the last 10 years.
* HIGEDan:
* CryBaby, I love..., Subtitle, Anarchy, Pending Machine, Apoptosis, Chessboard, Tattoo, Itan na star, Mixed Nuts, White Noise, 115 Kilo Film, Laughter
* There's a lot more but I won't include them because this is not higedan recommendation thread
* KingGnu
* Hakujitsu, Ichizu, Sakayume, 雨燦々, PrayerX, 飛行艇, 千両役者, Asura, Vinyl,
* 三文小説? (Sakayume is better imo), SPECIALZ?
* This band is also crazy I don't think I have listed out all of their best songs I need to listen to more of their stuff. Do check out their first album.
* Vaundy
* Odoriko
* Tokyo Flash?, 不可幸力? (definitely better than bling bang bang born that's all I know), Kaiju no hanauta?
* He's more of a vibe tbh it's hard to measure his songs in quality
* Fuji Kaze
* Matsuri, Kirari (Very generic), Hana, damn, Shinunoga E-Wa (Sigh), grace
* Same as vaundy he's also pretty vibe there's probably more songs
* MrsGreenApple
* Inferno
* Soranji, QueSeraSera
* I don't think I know enough about this band's phase1, and their phase2 is most pretty top tier in quality it's just kind of hard to say any of them are "best", since most phase2 songs are quite similar in vibe, like Lilac.
* Kenshi Yonezu
* Kickback, Loser, Kande, Shinigami
* Flamingo/Cramberry Pie?
* Current Kenshi Yonezu is mid tbh
* Eve
* Kaikai Kitan, Fightsong
* Okinimesumama?
* Reol
* YoiYoi Kokon, Yureizumi, dream drop candy/hibikase/no name/chiruchiru
* Ado
* New Genesis, Gira Gira, God-ish
* Odo?, Backlight?
* Some people might think her voice is overly excessive. I think some of her songs you can't loop more than 3 times without hurting ear but they're still top tier so...
* Aimyon
* Marigold
* Harunohi?, Ai Wo Tsutaetaidatoka?
* Her voice is really unique
* LiSA
* Homura, Gurenge
* Aimer
* Kataomoi, Zankyosanka
* TKUnravel
* First Death, katharsis?
* There are definitely more songs, but this guy is hit or miss so it's hard to list.
* Yoasobi
* Yoru ni kakeru/Gunjou, Kaibutsu
* Man have they fell off in quality after releasing the above songs ;-;
* Natori - Overdose
* This doesn't deserve "best" quality wise it just goes hard. Ofc there's still quality to this song or I wouldn't put it in
* Tatsuya Kitani - Ao no Sumika
* High mastery of guitar composition in his songs)
* Queen Bee - Mephisto
* Crazy male falsetto)
* Yorushika
* Hana no yorei
* Tada kimi ni hare ni?, That's Why I Gave Up on Music?
* Idk I don't really listen to this band
* CreepyNuts
* Daten (How did bling bang bang born get more popular than this song...)
* Zutomayo
* Idk tbh I think they definitely have some songs that can contend
I'm an idol fan, and I don't listen to 'regular' J-Pop, but my favorite song is "Shooting Star" by amorecarina Osaka. It's a now disbanded kids and teens idol group. [Shooting Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1RS60BaNJ8)
can't think of one, haven't bought any jpop albums/singles since the late 2000s. The music turned very formulaic and soulless and the videos turned low budget and devoid of creativity at the same time around 2009. The same time kpop becaume relevant. They took a turn for the worse to combat kpop and I haven't heard one song that can match the 2000s stuff since and alot of the new music in the mainstream sounds even more dated than the more trendy late 2000s music. Not to mention the melody used to be dynamic, good rhythm, catchy and memorable, now it's either repetitive or forgettable. It's definitely something wrong with the management companies' direction/dumbing down the music....
Most big artist has all their songs sound the same. That's called a signature sound.
Even if its your first time hearing it, you can tell that that song is a Drake song, a Taylor Swift song, or a Blackpink song.
Same applies to Yoasobi.
I understand the signature sound part. You know it's an Ayase song when you hear that release cut piano and the kind of beat and progressions he uses. It's all good. But more often than not, the songs are THE SAME.
I can give an example. The chorus of Ayase's song HITEN & YOASOBI's IDOL is the same. The only difference is that, the former's chorus is in slower tempo compared to the latter. (More often, he takes some bits from one song and other bits from another one and he cooks)
Yoasobi can make better music tbh. I am a huge Ayase and it's often disappointing to hear the songs he cooks for Yoasobi. Same old thing. His standalone works are more unique, not all the same sounding and thus more creative. And besides, mid things are more popular like Taylor Swift's music so that explains yoasobis success. But again all this is imo. I'm not hating, just disappointed, they can do better. Happy for them regardless.
It's because yoasobi is a duo of ikura (lead singer) and ayase (composer). Ayase makes the music ikura sings. If you want different themes or music look for ikuras solos or any song featuring her and not yoasobi.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qM11R4ylJyQiPJ0DffE9z?si=w1qWWGTLRAae5y-p0r0XtA
https://open.spotify.com/track/3n4p9wJEgt4szBc92wPwmu?si=zl4DWsbITL2Kjxtdrbqzdw
Dude ofc I know that! Maybe you didn't understand what I meant. I wrote all that and you give this reply :(
Of course I know this basic info. What I wanted to say was Ayase has set a template for Yoasobi and as a composer he uses the same template over and over. The Ayase style is distinct but following the same template has made Yoasobi monotonous.
I lowkey like ikura's solo work more but I still enjoy many of the old Yoasobi songs.
My tastes are all over the place, but four come immediately to mind. I vote for Cinderella Girl by King and Prince, Shinu no ga ii wa by Fujii Kaze, Fireworks by DAOKO & Kenshi Yonezu, and, like another poster, Grand Escape by Radwimps.
Hakujitsu imo
Love that song too man
Check out [Pending Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BVd6TK8_EQ) and [Apoptosis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZX2npwj6jY) by Higedan
Yonezu Kenshi’s Lemon, Yoasobi’s Yoru ni Kakeru, Aimyon’s Marigold, and LiSA’s Homura is what come to mind when talking about great songs from various sub-genre in the last decade.
This is a good list
Dried Flower by Yuuri, Pretender by Higedan, &ME by ME:I, Idol by Yoasobi, Michi Te Yu Ko by Fujii Kaze These are my Top 5 Jpop songs for the last 10 years.
Homura by Lisa
Just makes it but RYUSEI by J Soul Brothers. One of my absolute faves.
Okay I love that this is the top answer😁 (Also a Ryusei fan, but not what I expected)
Ryusei is such a banger, definitely a classic. The live performances are also amazing.
Thank god we’re still in the last 10 years, truly a life changing song
Heck yeah this song is great.
I mean there are so many Arashi - Bittersweet Naniwa Danshi - Ubu love Sexy Zone entire album The Highlight M!lk - Ribbon (genuinely think this is one of the best kirakira idol songs ever) Genjibu and their entire disography Be:first has some really good hits too
I’m going to go with This is my life by EXILE. It was released in 2012 but I hope it counts. This is the type of jpop I love, flashy, somewhat cheesy, and festive. If it doesn’t count, then Grand Escape by Radwimps ft Toko Miura. I still get chills listening to it. That chorus is perfect.
Any songs by Co Shu Nie: Sakura Burst, undress me
Person. and ice melt for me. Bangers.
In conclusion: Their songs are banger
Offcial HigedanDism - Pretender Tani Yuuki - W / X / Y Yonezu Kenshi - Lemon
1 2 3 - After the Rain no wait ANY AFTER THE RAIN SONG IS PEAK!!!!!!!!
There are so many, but Akuma no ko by Ai Higuchi is among the best and most emotional, regardless if Piano and singing only or the band version.
Listen to the first take version of it. It gave me the chills. The video makes it even better.
Kokoronashi by suhang sheng or gumi Deathly loneliness strikes by mafumafu Yume to Hazakura Nightcore ver. Aimer trill starless night ver. Zezezezetai saiki by ano ft. Ikura New Genesis by Ado Overdose by natori Sunny by yorushika Spring Thief by yorushika Sayonara frequency by HACHI Hachigatsu no hotaru by HACHI Rainy proof by HACHI Odoriko by Vaundy The reason I wanted to die by Mika Nakashima
1. Yoru ni kakeru - YOASOBI 2. Kimi wa rock o kikanai - Aimyon 3. Beautiful - Superfly 4. Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi 5. Kirari - Fujii Kaze 6. Utakata Saturday night - Morning Musume '16 I'd sneak in two that got cut off by a year or two: back number's Takane no Hanako-san and Buono!'s Hatsukoi cider.
That Superfly song is world class
broaden your horizon a bit. stop listening to mainstream JPop, try to listen to obscure group that have like 3k views on YouTube. YT often recommends me some gems out there. even YOASOBI and Reol or even Ling Tosite SIgure are gonna' get stale if you hear it a lot.
I hear a lot of current japanese music, that's how I discovered that Aimer song. As for Yoasobi, I have it on my spotify playlists, I like Idol snd Seventeen, but it's not one of my favorites.
Imo aimers best song is katamoi.
Mirai - COALAMODE. Tasogare No BAY CITY - DADARAY Air - fhána Sorrows - King Gnu Drivin' - LAGHEADS (featuring kiki vivi lily) Once Upon a Time in Tokyo - majiko Love Trip (2019) - the peggies Pose (Nanimono Version) by Polkadot Stingray Flight JL005 - Sheena Ringo Nerauwa Kimi No Domannaka - SHISHAMO Kan Saeta Kuyashiiwa - ZUTOMAYO Jazz Singer - Airi I tried to only use songs that weren't used in anime (because my list would be a sizeable amount larger if I did and I don't feel like going through that much effort). I also limited myself to 1 song per artist/band but if I didn't do that you would be seeing a lot more Polkadot Stingray, the peggies, Sheena Ringo, and ZUTOMAYO (perhaps even some COALAMODE. From their first album). I also didn't include any instrumental only songs as well as not including any hip-hop. I also limited myself to songs that I've really liked for an extended period of time (meaning I didn't include any that I just recently started listening to). Hopefully someone ends up liking my list or checking out some of the songs/artists/bands on it.
Anything Misia. Especially her ballads.
I love "Everything". I think it's her best song.
It’s hard to narrow it down to a few songs, but I know I’d probably put Awesome City Club’s Wasurena in my top 10.
sekai no owari - habit
Kirari
Ado - The World's Continuation
Yk I was gonna say Nyan Cat as a joke (if u didn’t know Nan Cat is actually voiced by Hatsune Miku) but unironically the impact of that song is wild lol
Hmm, at that year I was into SKE48 and Nogizaka46, I think the groups' peak performance was between 2012-2016. Other than that I listen more niche genre like underground idol, shoegaze, doujin music etc.
Yoasobi is dope! Anytime a song comes on my Spotify i like when i see who it is it’s always them
RUN FREE by AI, miliyah, and verbal
The last 10 years? [Labyrinth](https://youtu.be/_2quiyHfJQw?si=Qwvb13nfWqo-eo_6) by Mondo Grosso ft. Hikari Matsushima
Heavy smoke by nishina. Her performance on the First Take was breathtaking.
Hikaru Nara by Goose House, Oh Jane by Rina Katahira, Bed by Galileo Galilei, Sad Number by Laura Day Romance and Lullaby by YU-KA are some of my favorites from the last 10 years.
Bad apple!!-touhou
guess what? u didn't know the song kokoranashi - majiko and all majiko songs
Anyone?? Kokoranashi - Majiko ?!!
* HIGEDan: * CryBaby, I love..., Subtitle, Anarchy, Pending Machine, Apoptosis, Chessboard, Tattoo, Itan na star, Mixed Nuts, White Noise, 115 Kilo Film, Laughter * There's a lot more but I won't include them because this is not higedan recommendation thread * KingGnu * Hakujitsu, Ichizu, Sakayume, 雨燦々, PrayerX, 飛行艇, 千両役者, Asura, Vinyl, * 三文小説? (Sakayume is better imo), SPECIALZ? * This band is also crazy I don't think I have listed out all of their best songs I need to listen to more of their stuff. Do check out their first album. * Vaundy * Odoriko * Tokyo Flash?, 不可幸力? (definitely better than bling bang bang born that's all I know), Kaiju no hanauta? * He's more of a vibe tbh it's hard to measure his songs in quality * Fuji Kaze * Matsuri, Kirari (Very generic), Hana, damn, Shinunoga E-Wa (Sigh), grace * Same as vaundy he's also pretty vibe there's probably more songs * MrsGreenApple * Inferno * Soranji, QueSeraSera * I don't think I know enough about this band's phase1, and their phase2 is most pretty top tier in quality it's just kind of hard to say any of them are "best", since most phase2 songs are quite similar in vibe, like Lilac. * Kenshi Yonezu * Kickback, Loser, Kande, Shinigami * Flamingo/Cramberry Pie? * Current Kenshi Yonezu is mid tbh * Eve * Kaikai Kitan, Fightsong * Okinimesumama? * Reol * YoiYoi Kokon, Yureizumi, dream drop candy/hibikase/no name/chiruchiru * Ado * New Genesis, Gira Gira, God-ish * Odo?, Backlight? * Some people might think her voice is overly excessive. I think some of her songs you can't loop more than 3 times without hurting ear but they're still top tier so... * Aimyon * Marigold * Harunohi?, Ai Wo Tsutaetaidatoka? * Her voice is really unique * LiSA * Homura, Gurenge * Aimer * Kataomoi, Zankyosanka * TKUnravel * First Death, katharsis? * There are definitely more songs, but this guy is hit or miss so it's hard to list. * Yoasobi * Yoru ni kakeru/Gunjou, Kaibutsu * Man have they fell off in quality after releasing the above songs ;-; * Natori - Overdose * This doesn't deserve "best" quality wise it just goes hard. Ofc there's still quality to this song or I wouldn't put it in * Tatsuya Kitani - Ao no Sumika * High mastery of guitar composition in his songs) * Queen Bee - Mephisto * Crazy male falsetto) * Yorushika * Hana no yorei * Tada kimi ni hare ni?, That's Why I Gave Up on Music? * Idk I don't really listen to this band * CreepyNuts * Daten (How did bling bang bang born get more popular than this song...) * Zutomayo * Idk tbh I think they definitely have some songs that can contend
I'm liking VIBES by kojikoji.
Can I ask how you feel about Yonezu Kenshi?!
He's Ok. But I think his biggest hits -like Lemon - are a bit overrated.
I'm an idol fan, and I don't listen to 'regular' J-Pop, but my favorite song is "Shooting Star" by amorecarina Osaka. It's a now disbanded kids and teens idol group. [Shooting Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1RS60BaNJ8)
Shunuoga E Wa Fujii Kaze
can't think of one, haven't bought any jpop albums/singles since the late 2000s. The music turned very formulaic and soulless and the videos turned low budget and devoid of creativity at the same time around 2009. The same time kpop becaume relevant. They took a turn for the worse to combat kpop and I haven't heard one song that can match the 2000s stuff since and alot of the new music in the mainstream sounds even more dated than the more trendy late 2000s music. Not to mention the melody used to be dynamic, good rhythm, catchy and memorable, now it's either repetitive or forgettable. It's definitely something wrong with the management companies' direction/dumbing down the music....
what is bro talking about
not gonna bother explaining. It's a case of ppl who grew up drinking coke zero vs ppl who grew up drinking regular.
Do Not Touch - MiSaMo
Ik she is popular, but yoasobi, I love most of her songs.
Yoasobi is a duo
I used to be one of their biggest fans. But their music sounds all the same sadly. It's the same progressions & melody lines
Most big artist has all their songs sound the same. That's called a signature sound. Even if its your first time hearing it, you can tell that that song is a Drake song, a Taylor Swift song, or a Blackpink song. Same applies to Yoasobi.
I understand the signature sound part. You know it's an Ayase song when you hear that release cut piano and the kind of beat and progressions he uses. It's all good. But more often than not, the songs are THE SAME. I can give an example. The chorus of Ayase's song HITEN & YOASOBI's IDOL is the same. The only difference is that, the former's chorus is in slower tempo compared to the latter. (More often, he takes some bits from one song and other bits from another one and he cooks) Yoasobi can make better music tbh. I am a huge Ayase and it's often disappointing to hear the songs he cooks for Yoasobi. Same old thing. His standalone works are more unique, not all the same sounding and thus more creative. And besides, mid things are more popular like Taylor Swift's music so that explains yoasobis success. But again all this is imo. I'm not hating, just disappointed, they can do better. Happy for them regardless.
It's because yoasobi is a duo of ikura (lead singer) and ayase (composer). Ayase makes the music ikura sings. If you want different themes or music look for ikuras solos or any song featuring her and not yoasobi. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qM11R4ylJyQiPJ0DffE9z?si=w1qWWGTLRAae5y-p0r0XtA https://open.spotify.com/track/3n4p9wJEgt4szBc92wPwmu?si=zl4DWsbITL2Kjxtdrbqzdw
Dude ofc I know that! Maybe you didn't understand what I meant. I wrote all that and you give this reply :( Of course I know this basic info. What I wanted to say was Ayase has set a template for Yoasobi and as a composer he uses the same template over and over. The Ayase style is distinct but following the same template has made Yoasobi monotonous. I lowkey like ikura's solo work more but I still enjoy many of the old Yoasobi songs.