Random J Pop monthly: September 2021

💿 Reviews

• Allie X's EP, Super Sunset
• Ayumi Hamasaki's 2006 album, Miss(Understood)
• Billie Eilish's second studio album, Happier Than Ever
• Lady Gaga's remix album, Dawn of Chromatica
• Lisa from Blackpink's single, "Lalisa"
• Perfume's Polygon Wave EP
• Superfly's Zero
• Tinashe's third-eye opening album, 333

📻 New music & music videos

• Kumi Koda releases her Summer ode to Harriet Tubman, "To Be Free"
• Brandy aka Thee Black Cinderella returns for the Disney princess anthem "Starting Now"
• Victoria Monét kicks off her new punani trilogy with "Coastin'"
• Chlöe gives us thickness and Greek mythology in "Have Mercy"
• Perfume release a Tesla commercial for their "Polygon Wave" music video
• A flashback to Perfume's "Fushizen na Girl"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu releases her Teletubby banger "Jumping Up"

🎤 Performances

• Perfume perform "Tokyo Girl" on The Masked Singer, as the style sabotage continues
• Kaze Fujii's Free Live 2021: Refusing to pretend that life isn't strange right now
• Porno Graffitti perform their 2000 hit single "Saudade" on The First Take

🎧 Playlist

• Beyoncé's Ballads

🗄️ Other

• Starlight: a makeshift album of jams, from pop star LIZ Y2K
• Kyary announces her 5th studio album, Candy Racer

A big thank you to those of you who actually stop to read all this mess.