Random J Pop monthly: May 2026

💿 Single Reviews

• Crystal Kay’s “Only One”, featuring Yoonmirae
• Hikaru Utada’s “Pappa Paradise”

📺 Music Videos

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

🖼️ Dis Cover

• The album cover for Madonna’s fifteenth studio album, Confessions II

📼 Flashback Friday

• Madonna on BET’s 106 & Park. Selling Hard Candy to the negroes.

🗄️ Other

• Madonna’s “Bring Your Love” sounds a lot like Inner City’s “Good Life”. And I have something to say about it.
• Perfume’s Nebula Romance tours finally get a physical home release date