Random J Pop monthly: June 2021

Cover star: Hikaru Utada

• Hikaru Utada slams their foot on the gas of the niji-iro basu and comes out as non-binary

Hikaru Utada album reviews

• The record breaking debut album, First Love
• The sophomore album, Distance
• The 3rd album, Deep River
• The first English language album, Exodus
• Hikaru Utada's beloved Ultra Blue
• The album before the hiatus, Heart Station
• The Stargate and Tricky Stewart produced, This Is the One
• The long awaited comeback album, Fantôme
• Hikaru Utada's first album on Epic records, Hatsukoi

Remixes of Hikaru Utada's shit

• The DJ Mykal drum and bass remix of "Too Proud"
• The Kyo bootleg remix of "Michi"
• The T5UMUT5UMU bootleg of "Tomodachi"
• The T.O.M remix of "One Last Kiss"

Playlists

• Slaykaru Queentada
• Hikaru Utada: R&B
• Hikaru Utada: Ballads
• Hikaru Utada: Bops
• Hikaru Utada: Remixes

Hikaru Utada, misc.

• Hikaru Utada's Laughter in the dark: Searching for answers and a wig
• The singles that should've been: Hikaru Utada's This Is the One
• The Sanctuary of Passion

Album reviews

• Allie X's second studio album, Cape God
• Ayumi Hamasaki's 5th studio album, Rainbow
• Beyonce's B'Day
• Chisato Moritaka's 1988 album Mi-ha
• Hikaru Utada's digital single, "Pink Blood"
• Jessie Ware's Platinum Pleasure edition of What's Your Pleasure?
• Kelela's second remix album, TAKE ME A_PART, THE REMIXES
• Mariah Carey's comeback-before-THE-comeback album, Charmbracelet
• Meg's Nakata Yasutaka produced album, Step

Playlists

• Queer ass K-Pop: a K-Pop Pride playlist
• Girly Step: a Nakata Yasutaka Pride playlist

New music releases

• Hope Tala's Witchcraft Bossa Nova jam "Mad"
• JoJo's post Good to Know single, "Creature of Habit"
• Joy Crookes drops a culture mashup and some Amy Winehouse in "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"
• Kylie Minogue's cover of Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night"
• Laura Mvula teams up with some white man for her 80s slow dance jam "What Matters"
• Mabel throws it back to a RuPaul classic with "Let Them Know"
• Nakata Yasutaka gets his groove back for Capsule's "Hikari no Disco"
• Perfume's first single of 2021, "Polygon Wave"

Other

• Avex give Ayumi Hamasaki a stimulus for her "23rd Monster" video
• Crystal Kay covers a little of Hikaru Utada's "Can You Keep a Secret?"
• Lion Babe's "Where Do We Go" is the disco bop that deserved
• The Brie Larson version of Metric's "Black Sheep" from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is finally here after 84 years