Random J Pop Monthly: May 2023

📺 Music videos

• Bree Runway dips back into her pop girl bag for “Be the One”, with an assist from Khalid
• Dua Lipa releases “Dance the Night” away, and this Barbie shoulda let go of Future Nostalgia
• Janelle Monáe and the girls just sittin’ by the pool, awaiting their “Lipstick Lover”
• K-pop girl group Ive ride the “Wave” in Japan
• Kylie Minogue shimmies in Mugler on trash heaps for her Summer club jam, “Padam Padam”
• Taylor Swift releases a version of “Karma” with Ice Spice, and reminds y’all that Swift Action™ PR is ALWAYS in effect
• Victoria Monét shows how the “Party Girls” do it, with some help from dancehalls very own Buju Banton

📼 Flashback Friday

• 2NE1. Girl groups don’t debut like this any more.
• Tina Turner. When she rocked, rolled and twanged.

🎛️ Remixes & Edits

• The Random J ‘Extended’ version of Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam”

🗄️ Other

• Crystal Kay to star in the film Hakken to Kokken no Ma ni
• Sega announce the Sonic Symphony World Tour. Coming to a town, which probably isn’t near you.