Number 8 is WagakkiBand. It is rock, wait no… traditional folk song.. well rather oriental rock, but then metal? Now this is what you may expect from this song – if anyone knows WagakkiBand, they mix traditional Japanese instruments such as koto or bamboo flute or taiko with enka sing style and modern rock elements. Amy Lee jumped in for a collab song as well as for a concert (performing Bring me to Life of Evanenscence).
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#9 Hirai Dai – Boku ga kimi ni dekirukoto
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Number 9 is Hirai Dai with a long titled song. Hirai Dai is a Jpop artist inspired by Hawaiian music and how well! This song is simply… lovely. With the video together I loved watching it over and over again. Wish to be an as funny old man as the characters of this movie with my yobo. -
#10 SKY-HI – Luce (live)
Number 10 with SKY-HI and Luce performed live. In this year Japan’s music scene faced quite a breakdown in terms of profit I believe. I mean Japanese music industry is always among the top players but set up completely different: focuses largely on CD sales, whereas the whole word enjoys stream platforms for 5-10 years. Focusing solely on DVD (physical) sales – therefore not uploading anything to Youtube and similar platforms – offering Hallyu and Kpop place to grow. For years now I see the will to change things, but still… way to go.
Again this is only my personal opinion. I believe major changes to come over there and many bands / artists will halt activities as they might have made months end in the old structure but getting the same amount of money through stream service providers requires a completely different strategy. Some tries weird ideas such as Dir en Grey uploading long songs in 30 second bits to be counted as more listens… but please. Be more elegant and revise your marketing activities. Also maybe release good music more often~
Well whatever – so why SKY-HI? I like his music and listen to him for a while. To be honest I like most AAA solo activities and less their group work on Jpop scene.
SKY-HI put great effort into building his project this year – performing live in pyjamas at home, uploading free lives and also revitalizing social channels as well. I do hope it will work for him!