Random J Pop monthly: April 2022

💿 Reviews

• Ayumi Hamasaki’s makes her comeback with “Nonfiction”
• Kumi Koda’s 17th 18th studio album, Heart
• Superfly releases a gay-ass Eurodisco anthem, “Voice”

📻 New music and music videos

• Ayumi Hamasaki is tickled pink for “Nonfiction”
• Bree Runway releases the Hounds of Love for “Somebody Like You”
• Chlöe serves ass and Sci-Fi in her music video for “Treat Me”
• Maggie Rogers throws us back to the 90s and 2000s, with “That’s Where I Am”
• Purple Disco Machine and Agnes team up for “Twisted Mind”
• UK girl group Flo make their debut with the MNEK helmed “Cardboard Box”

🎤 Performances

• Crystal Kay performs a halftime show at a basketball match in Washington, D.C
• Some of dem Coachella 2022 performances. I guess.
• Superfly performs the Tokyo Gays™ anthem “Voice” on NHK Songs

🗄️ Other

• Ayumi Hamasaki to release a new single “Nonfiction” on April 22nd, and a new album later in the year
• Faky are finally releasing an album. Their first album. Despite being a group for almost 10 years.
• Hikaru Utada shares their ‘Firsts’ with NME, and spills a drop of tea
• Kaze Fujii hits the studio with producers of Charli XCX, Lady Gaga and Adele
• Mariah Carey puts Brandy on a new version of the Butterfly classic, “The Roof”
• Square Enix announces Kingdom Hearts IV, which means a new Hikaru Utada theme song in 2043
• Superfly comes for the Japanese gays with her Eurodisco jam, “Voice”