Random J Pop monthly: December 2023 | A year in reviews

💿 Japanese releases

• Ayumi Hamasaki - Remember You
• Beni - Ride on Time
• Crystal Kay - Start Again EP
• Hikaru Utada - Gold ~Mata au hi Made~
• Fujii Kaze - Workin’ Hard
• Fujii Kaze - Hana
• Koda Kumi - Black Wings
• Koda Kumi - Tooi Machi no Dokoka de...
• Koda Kumi - Vroom
• Mariya Takeuchi - Variety
• Perfume - Moon
• Perfume - Sumikko Disco

💿 Korean releases

• BoA - Forgive Me
• Girls’ Generation - Forever 1
• Jessica - Beep Beep
• NewJeans - Get Up
• Sumin & Slom - Miniseries

💿 Western / English language releases

• Beyoncé - Renaissance
• Chlöe featuring Chris Brown - How Does It Feel
• Chlöe - In Pieces
• chlothegod - Outta My Mind
• Dua Lipa - Houdini
• Halle - Angel
• Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
• Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
• Jessie Ware - Pearls
• Kylie Minogue - Tension
• Leigh-Anne - Don’t Say Love
• Kelela - Raven
• Madison Beer - Home to Another One
• Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
• Sugababes - The Lost Tapes
• Troye Sivan - Rush
• Victoria Monét - Jaguar

Another year which was pretty light on reviews. One of the nice things about not doing this as a career is that I don’t have deadlines for reviews. But it also means that if I’m not really feeling it or in the mood to review anything, then there are just...no reviews. I’ve always been pretty selfish when it comes to posts here and I continually forget that there are those of you who not only read my reviews, but wait on them.

So, to each and every one of you who has read a review, shared a review, respectfully commented on a review, tweeted out a review of mine, bullied me into posting a review - I truly do appreciate it. And I don’t say it enough, but thank you. It continues to be a surprise that anybody even bothers to read my reviews.