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J-POP

Introduction of genre

J-Pop is the abbreviation of Japanese pop, which refers to Japanese pop music influenced by the West. J-Wave (an FM radio station) coined the name J-Pop and used it to represent "new music". Then it was widely used to represent different types of music in Japan, including pop music, rock, dance music, hip-hop and soul music.

In general Japanese shops, there are four kinds of music: J-Pop, performing songs (a traditional folk song), classical music and English/international music. Some music combines singing and J-Pop, representing the singers as Safely and Nakajima.

History

J-pop (or Jpop) originated in the Showa period (that is, the period of Emperor Hirohito), when jazz became popular. Jazz introduced more musical instruments to bars and clubs that only played classical music and military music in the early days, and added a "Fun" element to the Japanese music scene, while "having tea with music" (music cafe) became a popular place to play jazz live.

Jazz was temporarily suspended due to pressure from the Japanese army during World War II. After the World War II, the United States en: During the occupation of Japan, the US military and the Far East network introduced a considerable number of new music styles to Japan. Japanese musicians played Boogie-Woogie, mambo, blues and country music for the US military. Some songs, such as "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" by Shizuko Kasagi (1948), "Tennessee Waltz" by Jiang Lizhi (1951), "O Matsusuri Mambo" by Meikong and "Omoide no Waltz" by Xuecun Spring, began to become popular. Some foreign musicians and orchestras (including JATP and Louis Armstrong) visited Japan to perform. In 1952, it was designated as the "Year of the Jazz Boom". However, the style of works in this period required superb performance level, which made it increasingly difficult to play, which led many amateur musicians to turn to country music and study and play in the Far East, and finally led to a substantial increase in country music types.

since 1956, there has been a rock craze, which is believed to have started when a country music group named Kosaka Kazuya and the Wagon Masters sang Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" again. The whole rock movement reached its peak in 1959, and some Japanese rock bands once sang in movies. However, Japanese rock music also declined with the decline of American rock music, because too many bands followed the American footsteps and were greatly affected. And some performers began to combine traditional Japanese pop music with rock music. As a musician with this goal, Kyu Sakamoto succeeded with his song "Up to をぃて🈉こぅ" (well-known as スキヤキ). This song is the first Japanese song to reach the top of the charts in the United States (four weeks in Cashbox Magazine and three weeks in Billboard Magazine), Japan and America, and it has won a "golden record" of selling one million copies.

Impact on popular culture

J-pop has become a part of Japanese culture and is widely used in many places, such as Japanese animation, shops, advertisements, movies, radio programs, TV programs and video games, etc. Some TV stations even play J-pop songs at the end of news.

basically, most Japanese pop music is J-POP. Therefore, examples are also easy to find:

SEAMO, EXILE, Soulja, Shimizu Shota ...

マタァィマシ/seamo

honey/seamofeat ayusekozue < Boy -T feat. Shimizu Shota

Rock is a visual department, and punk rock is more:

Visual Department (Visual Rock)

English name is Visual Rock. Originated in Europe and America in 197s. Visual band is a kind of commercial music with great commercial potential and sensational effect, which is characterized by its exaggerated aesthetic modeling and strong visual stimulation. After 2 years of development and commercial operation, this form of music has a broad market base and consumer groups in Asia. Later, I began to imitate it and then developed VISUAL ROCK. The unique aesthetic concept conveyed by the visual band catered to the aesthetic and entertainment direction of the younger generation, and derived a pan-cultural phenomenon, which covered records, costumes and other commercial fields. It not only brought great reputation to the band, but also brought huge financial resources to related industries.

From the musical point of view, it is the inheritance and development of ANDROGYNOUS, GLITTER ROCK and THEEATER in Europe and America. The visual system (Japanese: ヴィジュビル system) is a type of orchestra developed from Japanese rock. The name "Visual Department" has nothing to do with any music type, but is used to refer to bands with exaggerated costumes and makeup. X/X Visual Rock, one of the earliest Japanese bands, is also the most important band in visual rock, and the general name Visual Rock comes from it. X/X visual rock not only promoted the development of the whole to the mainstream culture, but also aroused the rock and roll frenzy throughout Asia. Yoshiki, the captain of X, is honored as the first person in visual rock. His main representative bands are Glay, Luna sea, Dir en grey and so on. However, visual rock music is not a genre based on musical style, so it will not be inherited in musical style. "Combining visual expression with music" is the most important key of visual rock Orchestra.

Punk

punk rock is the most primitive rock music-it is composed of a simple melody and three chords. The change is that punk rock will play the old rock faster and more passionately. Because some bands have a one-sided understanding of the punk music style-including the garage rock band in the 196s and The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The New York Dolls-the punk music genre was not formally formed until the mid-197s. Many new bands in the west no longer emphasize the super-musical form that is different from the mainstream hardcore rock, but point to the essence of music. The first punk band in new york was the ramones; In London, it is represented by sex pistols. Although their musical performances are different ----the ramones are light and casual, in contrast, the pistols emphasize the expression of repeated paragraphs-these unique attempts have revolutionized the styles of American music and British music. Punk music has been low-key in the United States, and finally gave birth to the concepts of hard core rock and indie rock in the 198 s. In Britain, punk rock has become the darling of the public. Sex pistols is regarded as a serious subversion of the government and monarchy. More importantly, more and more bands have joined punk rock. Some bands almost copied pistols' original style, while others created their own new elements, such as buzzcocks' sharp rock, clash's hymn-like reggae rock, and the artistic experiments of wire and joy division. Soon, punk split into post-punk (more artistic and experimental than before), new wave (more oriental pop), and hard-core rock (a punk music that is more intense, faster and more aggressive in form). Throughout the 198 s, both Britain and the United States associated the definition of punk with hard and rock. In the early 199s, a group of punk revivalists-represented by green day and rancid-emerged from the American underground music scene. This group of new forces brought punk music back to its original style and tried to add heavy metal elements to its music.

There are also pop rocks that are more inclined to J-pop.

The representative ones are B'Z, ORANGE RANGE and Aqua Timez (popular now).

I hope it can help you.