Yeah, I know it hasn’t even been a week since our introductory broadcast, but what can I say? I missed you guys! I was listening to one of my favorite J-pop artists this morning and thought it would be a lot of fun to talk about J-pop for episode 2.
Ken Hirai is the J-pop artist of choice for both Dale and I, so this episode takes you through some of his recent hits including “Pop Star,” “Kimi wa Suteki,” and “Canvas” (Kyanbasu). Isn’t it interesting that we always think of female artists like Hamasaki Ayumi and Utada Hikaru whenever we think of J-pop? Open your mind and hopefully you’ll come to love Ken Hirai as much as we do.
Should we be covering J-pop in the future on OSV? Are there any artists in particular that you think we should have on our radar?
Tags: Features, Ken Hirai, OSVchannel
And Ken Hirai is totally gay. Totally. Flaming. Gay.
Haha, thanks for the vote of confidence.
Ok. I enjoy a good dose of J-Pop as much as the next guy…ok maybe I don’t, but would much prefer your episodes be about orchestral-vgame music…or bluegrass…or punk rock…or elevator music…or death metal…or Lawrence Welk….or just about anything else. 😉
Yeah, it does seem a bit out of the site’s scope…there are at least 69 million other J-pop blogs out there and I’m sure a few million of those are Ken Hirai fansites. Although in a video-game-related note, “POP*STAR” is actually featured in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2. One of my favorite levels to play in that game. 🙂
Beyond the scope of nerdy music? I think it’s the definition of nerdy music!
The “pop” in J-pop stands for “popular”. It’s not nerdy enough.
I WANNA BE A POP STAR
I’m gay for Ken Hirai…and Dale North…and that chinese chick…I think her name is dshu.
Haha, my wife is telling me that Hibino also said that gay men listen to Hirai, aside from teenage girls. I don’t remember that!
Anyway, J-pop is way nerdy. It’s popular in Japan, but people who are listening to game and anime music are definitely familiar with this stuff. How can you say it’s not nerdy?
We definitely need more Haruko Momoi. There I said it. She is my guilty pleasure…not like that though. :3
Is she the one that melted down onstage at some anime convention? If so, I’m always in favor of posting more lulz.
I’m also in favor of my penis in Josh’s mouth.