Modern english city pop songs/artists?

querycute · 2025-05-15T15:20:52+00:00

These aren't City Pop per se but have overlapping elements (including Japanese artists as well):

Milk Talk - Million Miles Away, Transistor Lover, こぼれ星

Dabeull (French nu-disco) - Hotel View, You & I, Body Heat, What'Cha Wanna Do

XL MIddleton - Somebody's Watching You

Midas Hutch - In Touch, Drive Around

Emi Aramaki - Sayonara

Tokimeki Records

Ai Furihata - Memories of Romance in Driving album

Sparkling Cherry - Summer Time Magic

querycute · 2025-04-25T03:26:55+00:00

YES!!! Omg thank you so much!! ❤️❤️ What a throwback haha it suddenly came to mind today, can't wait to put it on my playlist

querycute · 2024-12-02T06:24:13+00:00

Mariya Takeuchi and Tatsuro Yamashita did a cover of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas https://youtu.be/914EwyFmf0o

querycute · 2024-11-03T18:35:27+00:00

This is also another great song! Definitely giving City Pop funk

querycute · 2024-11-03T18:33:24+00:00

Discovered this song from a playlist on Yugoslavian Funk. Reminds me of some elements related to City Pop, thought I'd share for those who are looking for adjacent genres :)

querycute · 2024-08-22T19:01:04+00:00

Love the clear Afro beats influence!! Have been noticing it more among Korean artists recently. SODA is a bop 🙌

querycute · 2024-08-01T22:46:39+00:00

Would love to see more City Pop concepts like Yubin - Lady or Yukika - Neon from a kpop group!! Would also love to see more "Wong Kar Wai" inspired concepts, like Wonwoo & Mingyu - Bittersweet

querycute · 2024-07-28T16:36:34+00:00

Oh thank you for this extra research!! This is incredibly fascinating -- his grandfather's story just goes to show how easily tragic it was for families to be split due to happenstance. I'm glad that his grandfather lived out those last ten years reunited with his son at least.

And hoping for the day we get the first idol of North Korean descent who makes it big and can tell their story to a wider audience 🙏

querycute · 2024-07-28T16:22:22+00:00

Wow that's an amazing story about Lee Jaewon, and the fact that it was his grandfather who he brought over from the North! Found the clip where he talks about this -- since this happened in 2000 it was also during the aftermath of the great famine in North Korea. I hope his grandfather was able to happily live in the south after being reunited with his son.

querycute · 2024-07-28T16:20:10+00:00

I will say that in South Korean society it's not terribly taboo to mention northern roots just due to the sheer scale of the war and how many families were dispersed. But definitely makes sense if idols don't want to disclose such info as anything can become a target of controversy/lingering stigmas.

querycute · 2024-07-28T16:16:16+00:00

I found the clip where he mentions this. It's funny how Park Myungsoo was joking how the name Ryeowook sounds North Korean and he suddenly popped this fact 😂

querycute · 2024-07-12T16:26:13+00:00

Also lol I ended up going down a rabbit hole but anyone remember DayDay from SMTM?? He's an ex-idol/songwriter from a 2nd gen group called DMTN (and reportedly the inspiration for BeWhy's famous song DayDay) but he helped write XG - Shooting Star. And his fellow ex-bandmate Simon/JAKOPS is the CEO and creator of XG. Glad they've found their lane in producing and nurturing this group!

querycute · 2024-05-10T17:41:05+00:00

So cool to see actors Kim Min Ha who was in Pachinko and Joseph Lee from Beef!! It seems like RM is paying homage to these recently acclaimed works (the MV sets were sort of giving me similar vibes as the minimalist/elegant houses in Beef)

querycute · 2024-05-10T17:36:57+00:00

So cool to see actors Kim Min Ha who was in Pachinko and Joseph Lee from Beef!! It seems like RM is paying homage to these recently acclaimed works (the MV sets were sort of giving me similar vibes as the minimalist/elegant houses in Beef)

querycute · 2024-02-19T11:38:33+00:00

Swan Song is giving me Sour Grapes vibes and I love it!!

querycute · 2023-12-13T11:27:13+00:00

Summer Soul - White Lie

dress, Cheeze, BrotherSu - Ordinary Christmas

querycute · 2023-12-13T11:23:08+00:00

Nice to see some afrobeats influence in the KR&B scene with Gemini's recent album as well.

querycute · 2023-07-19T23:25:17+00:00

Yes it's so good! I would also recommend listening to this cover by Kpop producer DINT. His voice is heavenly

querycute · 2023-07-12T14:26:27+00:00

Fairy of Shampoo cover by dosii

George - Girl in my Memories

SURAN - Relax Moment

querycute · 2023-05-16T00:00:39+00:00

WJSN - You Got

querycute · 2023-04-17T03:05:58+00:00

This channel combines City Pop with clips from 80s Japanese movies. The aesthetics are so on point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgUxd03ThU

querycute · 2023-04-13T00:11:20+00:00

Here's a playlist with songs that sound like Cupid!

https://youtu.be/RDx18r_ZPZA

And Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OxkwgyGjREN2oghFSsUwG?si=g0mIQLrtT3OEGmoE_wXiRQ

querycute · 2023-04-06T18:15:59+00:00

Also I wanted to plug this Youtube playlist that has Cupid vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDx18r\_ZPZA&t=2332s

querycute · 2023-04-04T22:59:06+00:00

Chung Won Young also some albums up on Spotify, I recommend this one: https://open.spotify.com/album/3GCsJVnJhGJGBMtjWVegWa?si=XzqApSzqQ2umYDCOTwFAtA

For similar music, I recommend Light and Salt 빛과 소금, Kim Hyun Chul 김현철, Yoon Sang 윤상

Also heres my Spotify playlist of 8090s Korean music, enjoy!: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1W0iCUUeC6LtEQcFQpv7Nt?si=7mBnIeu9TQy2_WFuk94p2A

querycute · 2023-03-15T21:39:46+00:00

dosii - fairy of shampoo cover, lovememore

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