Random J Pop Monthly: June 2023

💿 Single reviews

• Leigh-Anne of Little Mix goes solo, with “Don’t Say Love”
• Madison Beer samples Tame Impala for her side chick song “Home to Another One”

🎤 Gig review

• Perfume’s Plasma Tour. See you at the better stage.

📺 Music video

• SHINee release “The Feeling”. Their comeback will be promoted as a three-piece. And it might be time to call it a day.

🎤 Performance

• Perfume debut a new song “Love Cloud” at their Code of Perfume gig in London

🎛️ Remix

• When worlds collide, and Beyoncé meets Perfume. Welcome to the Plasmaissance.

🗄️ Other

• Hikaru Utada kicks off Pride month with the announcement of a new single, “Gold -Mata Au Hi Made-”
• Perfume to hold a Costume Museum exhibit in Hyogo from September
• Perfume’s song “Moon” to feature in Fuji TV’s live-action adaptation of Barakamon. And Nakata might still have a toe in a bag...
• Perfume to hit the road to celebrate the anniversary anniversaries of their fan club, P.T.A
• Rina Sawayama calls out Matt Healy for racism and xenophobia, and reveals that he owns her masters!? Also, what is ‘masters’?
• Victoria Monét’s supersonic pussy saga continues, with Jaguar II