Random J Pop Monthly: February 2023

💿 Music reviews

• Chloe and Chris Brown *Rolls eyes* team up for “How Does It Feel”
• Girls’ Generation’s comeback album, Forever 1

📺 Music videos

• Church Girl Chloe releases another 2 minute single, “Pray It Away”
• PinkPanthress drops “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”, with an assist from Ice Spice and her faded Ronald McDonald wig
• Sam Smith declares “I’m Not Here to Make Friends”. And it’s just as well because, LAWD. The ‘discourse’.
• Taylor Swift finds herself in “Lavender Haze”, in a music video which features...a lavender haze. And lots of lavender.
• Tyla serves up a classic MTV pop / R&B girl music video, with “Been Thinking”
• Yurina Kawaguchi and Ganbareruya get “Cheeky Cheeky”

🎤 Performance

• Rina Sawayama covers Hikaru Utada’s “First Love”

📼 Flashback Friday

• Finneas and his Valentine’s Day jam
• Linda Ronstadt and her (now) gay mushroom zombie apocalypse anthem

🗄️ Other

• Beyoncé disrespectfully announces her Renaissance world tour, just as everybody got paid and the direct debits have already hit.
• Hikaru Utada’s 40 Dai-Wa Iroiro goes up on YouTube, live versions go up on streaming, and DJ Taku just remixes absolutely everything
• Kumi Koda talks through her 10 essentials with GQ Japan (Note: 1 of them is not a bottle of wine)