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English in JPop
1 year 9 months ago
I've been listening to some music and it seems to me that it seems fairly popular to put english phrases in modern Japanese Music (Utada comes immediately to mind). I'm wondering if someone might know why artists are drifting this way, and better yet, when this sort of thing got started.
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1 year 9 months ago
I only listened to the openings or endings of anime so far so I trully don't know much, but there are some which have English words.
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Because English is an international language. Music is more popular when the listeners actually understand what you are saying.
1 year 9 months ago
It has to be different than that, I think. I'm not talking about entire songs that are in english, but songs in which there is only a couple phrases in English.
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It's a trendy thing to do and is a well-established device in modern JPop... even Ayumi is doing it these days. It's been around for years but I can't say when exactly it started.
1 year 8 months ago
IF it's about singers of great english....better listen to SNOW..she has perfect english...and also Amplified!!
I hate when there's english in any foreign music and foreign languages in english music
The Beat Crusaders are a band that sticks out for me, mainly because all their songs are in english although I don't think they can be classified as J-pop exclusively, rather a cross between J-pop and rock. Their music is excellent though, I've liked them ever since I watched Beck. They have a few songs in there, including the opening theme.
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I really dislike the overuse of English in Japanese songs, but a few english words here and there are fine. Especially for artists that don't have a horrible accent when singing. Ultimately though, I would love for Japanese songs to stay completely in Japanese.
Because. it's cool to be able to speak a different language. duh.
it's cool for a japanese person to say something like "BYE BYE!", just like we say JA!
it's cool for a japanese person to say something like "BYE BYE!", just like we say JA!
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The English in a lot of JPop is accented and sounds wierd. It's just like slang for Japanese, but for Americans it sounds like random sounds. The Pillows make it sound good, but Mika Nakashima makes it sound so fake.
Who sings the closing theme for Trinity Blood (Broken Wings)? Just wondering, as it's completely english, but seems to be done by a Japanese band. If they're Japanese, they certainly sing English well.
I love it when languages are mixed in because music really has no language barrier. I know Dir en grey has english lyrics as does alice nine and HYDE. I love it...there's at least one part I can sing to until I can sing the rest!
1 year 8 months ago
I'm fine with whole sentences being English, but a single English word in a phrase of Japanese usually sticks out and sounds ugly, although that is not always the case.