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Miki Matsubara
In recent years, a genre of retro J-pop commonly known as “city pop” has been enjoying a surge in interest from outside Japan, with music by renowned Japanese artists such as Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi, Taeko Onuki, and Toshiki Kadomatsu gaining popularity in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
City pop is a genre of Japanese popular music created by a generation of artists who sought inspiration from outside Japan in the 1970s and 80s that resonated with the way of life and interests of the youth of the day longing for a cosmopolitan lifestyle. The sophisticated and danceable tracks that could be characterized as “Western music hailing from Japan” has become a common language spoken by music fans around the world.