City Pop

City pop, a Japanese music genre from the mid-1970s, has recently been drawing attention from around the world. Some music videos have over 50 million views on video-sharing sites, and a song ranked number one on the viral charts of a major music subscription service for more than two weeks. But why is city pop suddenly growing in popularity among music fans around the world?

he genre of city pop is not one with a clear musical definition. Generally, it refers to pop songs with a "big-city feel", which became popular in Japan in the mid-1970s and into the 1980s.

Reference: Web Japan: https://web-japan.org/trends/11_culture/pop202203_city-pop.html

Di Jepun, antara yang popular ialah S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe, Tatsuro Yamashita, Miki Matsubara, Yumi Matsutoya dan Mariya Takeuchi. Di Malaysia, antara artis yang membawa lagu-lagu genre seumpama ini ialah Azman Abu Hassan, Sheila Majid, Fairuz Hussein dan Dato' Shake. 

Foto ihsan Internet 

Foto ihsan Internet

Artikel lain:

Free Malaysia Today: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/entertainment/2022/02/22/the-resurgence-of-city-pop-the-soundtrack-to-japans-boom-years/