J-Pop: A Part of Japanese Music

Yeah, my second post in almost... ... two hours? Okay, this time the topic is about J-pop music, which is a type of japanese song, a westen influenced Japanese popular music . In my early years as a boy,ha! i didn't about songs because i was still young.... .... It was not around 11 years old that i realized the beauty of music. That was the year i started my piano class too. So u can say i know music from this.

At first i was only interested in English songs. Any nice songs goes fine with me no matter who the artist is. But after two years i realized that japanese songs are nicer to listen, to me lah. J-pop music, i was first exposed to it when i hung out with my brother when he was using the computer. When i first heard, i said... wow, these songs are nice. From that onwards i started listening to J-pop music.

J-pop music is a part of Japanese culture. It is used everywhere: , anime, stores, commercials, movies, radio shows, TV shows, and video games. Some television news programs even run a J-pop song during it's end show.

In anime and TV shows , particularly dramas , opening and closing songs are change a lot. As most shows have both opening and closing songs it is possible for one show to use 8 tracks in a single season.

Recently, J-pop has become known to people around the world through video games and anime. Due to the popular trend of importing games from Japan into other countries to obtain games sometimes up to a year before they are released in countries like the United States, Americans and others have been and continue to be exposed to the theme songs, often J-pop sung by famous singers such as Utada Hikaru in the best-selling Square Co., Ltd games Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 . Her song "Easy Breezy" was also used to promote Nintendo DS. In the case of anime, shows are normally sold in the West with their original soundtracks untouched, affording more direct exposure. Some shows aired on television in the US, for example, have seen their themes go so far it has become available to download from the Internet and can also be used as ringtones.

My favourite J-pop artist include Yui, Mikuni Shimokawa, Utada Hikaru, Rythem, L'Arc~en~Ciel, and others (too many). Most of them have at least one song used as themes in anime.

Yui: Songs used in 5th op and en
of the anime bleach
(life and rolling star)

Mikuni Shimokawa: Songs used in animes
such as full metal panic,
dragon drive,
and hunter x hunter

LArc~en~Ciel: Songs notably used in the anime
fullmetal alchemist and blood+

So, all in all, J-pop music are popular in almost everywhere around the world. It's hard to argue though, seeing it has been spread to big countries like America. If you want to find a way to relax, listen to J-pop music, it's highly recommended! Long life J-pop music.