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倖田來未 – JAPONESQUE
Artist: 倖田來未 (Koda Kumi) Album: JAPONESQUE Release Date: 01.25.2012 I have to admit that ever since Koda Kumi released her 9th studio album, Dejavu, I had been very uninspired by her releases. I really enjoyed the album for a while, but despite the tracks being very good, the album itself lacked a good concept that would bring such … Read more
Censorship Now on Sale!
I’m still trying to trace back my steps this morning to make sure I never did anything different that would possibly result in me going back to a time when censorship and xenophobia were rampant and respected for being extreme forms of restraint and nationalism. With the world becoming aware of the SOPA and PIPA bills … Read more
安室奈美恵 – LOVE ENHANCED♥ single collection
Artist: 安室奈美恵 (Namie Amuro) Album: LOVE ENHANCED♥ single collection Release Date: 03.13.2002 I couldn’t possibly let Plastic Candy’s J-Urban week go by without reviewing a single Namie Amuro release! As I’ve written before, Namie has had a significance influence in Japanese urban culture not only through her music, which has constantly been molding the genre, … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Harajuku Pot-Pourri
Harajuku (原宿) is an extremely fashion-forward neighborhood in Japan known for being an urban fashion hub. In Harajuku, people of countless fashion movements come to show off their original style as well as see that of others and shop for more interesting items they might find around in shops. I decided to end Plastic Candy’s J-Urban … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Agejo
Putting the ‘poupée’ in Harajuku Poupées are the beautiful girls of the Agejo fashion movement! It’s very common to confuse the girls from the Agejo movement with Himegyaru girls because they are both known to sport a more glamorous look and the fact that they have a signature pale complexion and big hair, but they have several … Read more
日之内エミ – ME…
Artist: 日之内エミ (Emi Hinouchi) Album: ME… Release Date: 12.03.2008 Emi Hinouchi really caught my attention a year ago, when I came across her cover of the gorgeous song 粉雪 (you may recognize it from 1 Litre of Tears) and fell in love with her voice instantly. Emi is quite an underrated J-Urban artist that couldn’t miss out … Read more
加藤ミリヤ – Diamond Princess
Artist: 加藤ミリヤ (Miliyah Kato) Album: Diamond Princess Release Date: 03.07.2007 J-Urban goddess Miliyah Kato has enjoyed a very healthy and successful singing career ever since she debuted back in 2005 and made it to #2 on the ORICON weekly charts. For the promotions of Diamond Princess, Miliyah went all-out on the Gyaru look and the urban … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Gyaru
Gyaru (ギャル) girls are in many ways opposites of the Lolitas. Known for always being very trendy and cool, sometimes even bad girls, Gyaru are girls that follow a very glamorous lifestyle, which contrasts heavily against the modesty of Lolitas. Gyaru are also very common in popular Japanese media, having very famous followers (that I’ve also … Read more
倖田來未 – feel my mind
Artist: 倖田來未 (Koda Kumi) Album: feel my mind Release Date: 02.18.2004 Very early in Koda Kumi‘s career, before she became an official queen of J-Pop, she had really strong J-Urban influences, though her take on the genre was more organic than the contemporary material we hear a lot nowadays. feel my mind is the album that … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Lolita
This is the first installment of Plastic Candy’s brand new fashion-dedicated segment, Harajuku Poupées! Since this week the blog is entirely dedicated to Japanese urban culture, the spotlight is turned to the beautiful boys and girls who work so hard to reach their fabulous looks and flaunt them around Japanese streets. Today the Lolita fashion movement … Read more
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