Random J Pop | Pop commentary foolishness

Beyoncé. You done lost-yo-mind.mp3 with this B’Day 20th anniversary release

Hikaru Utada gets that train money, as their new song “Intentions” features in JR’s campaign for their new Shinkansen Supreme Class Cabins

Justice for Glitter has been served, as Mariah Carey celebrates its 25th anniversary with a vinyl release

Pull out the silk press units and red kimonos y’all. Crystal Kay has uploaded her North American tour performance of “Kirakuni”.

Ariana Grande weightgate is such a fucked situation

Dis Cover: Rachel Chinouriri - I Think I Spoke Too Soon

Jon Batiste talks music with video game composer legend, Nobuo Uematsu

Kylie Minogue joins the MCU (Madonna Confessions Universe), with an appearance on Madonna’s “Love Sensation”

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu releases a music video for “Kuru Kuru Harajuku”...a whole year after the song was first released

Ariana Grande releases her music video for “Petal” and it’s a bloody mess

Akina Nakamori makes an appearance on Music Station for the first time in 30 years

Victoria Monét serves up Herbs Ritts realness in her music video for “Reach Out”

Madonna keeps it 98% cute in her tribute to Ray of Light producer, William Orbit

Let’s talk about the Grammys, their new ‘Oriental music’ category and other segregated categories for the ‘ethnics’.

Flashback Friday: Perfume - Voice | The fushizen na girls are fighting

Flashback Friday: All Saints - Black Coffee | Why it gotta be black!?

British producer William Orbit has passed away

Crystal Kay is doing dem Billboard Live gigs again for 2026

T.M.Revolution reaches into the back of his closet and pulls out his freakum dress for a performance of “Hot Limit” on The First Take

Crystal Kay shares her CK25 North American Tour performance of (yep, you guessed it) “Koi ni Ochitara”

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is back on her bonkers bullshit for her music video for “Focus Focus”

Flashback Friday: Crystal Kay - Dream World | The latin pop coffee song that shoulda been a smash

Fujii Kaze churches up the Music Awards Japan 2026 with a performance of “Prema”

Sakanaction perform “Kaijū” at Music Awards Japan 2026. Fuck “Iranai”, I guess.

City pop singer / songwriter EPO pulls up to the Tiny Desk to let the hoes know

Kelela extends Pride to July with her PinkPantheress collaboration, “The Bridge”. Rise up KELELGBT+.

Crystal Kay talks her getting in touch with her Korean roots, her Black fans and how her record label sat one of her songs for 2 years

Single Review: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Focus Focus

Flashback Friday: Kelela - Rewind | Run it back

f5ve cover Perfume’s “Electro World” and the spirit of Nocchi’s bob makes a brief appearance

Single Review: D’Leesa - Healer

Single Review: Kenshi Yonezu - Karasu

Flashback Friday: Koda Kumi - 2008 Kingdom Tour | A rotten pussy fluid scandal can’t keep a bad bitch down

Madonna releases Confessions II: The Film. Giving the fans new music, Easter eggs and vagilasers for Pride.

Single Review: Infinity Song - Hurricane

EP Review: Kana Nishino - Love Beat

Single Review: Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me

Kelela releases a new single “linknb” and she done pissed me off

Hikaru Utada to release re-mastered versions of Exodus and This Is the One on vinyl on 24th June

Single Review: Crystal Kay featuring Yoonmirae - Only One

Madonna’s “Bring Your Love” sounds a lot like Inner City’s “Good Life”. And I have something to say about it.

Single Review: Hikaru Utada - Pappa Paradise

Crystal Kay drops her music video for “Only One”. Her first video in a decade with some coin and production value behind it.

Fujii Kaze’s journey-through-Tekken-stages-and-faith music video for his Pre: Prema song “It’s Alright”

Dis Cover: Madonna - Confessions II

Hikaru Utada is a joyous tax driver in the music video for “Pappa Paradise”. And then I cried.

Perfume’s Nebula Romance tours finally get a physical home release date

U.S. boy band Full Circle Boys release their (fire) single “Bleachers” and I want to know where the other minute and a half of it is