Japanese 1990s Songs Go Viral on SNS
At the end of 2020, classic 1980s Japanese songs took the world music scene by storm. Japanese city pop music has entered its “second era,” when it is being listened to as “new music” by overseas music fans and Japanese youth who did not know when it was first released. The sudden success of “Stay With Me” was a symbolic event. This was followed in 2022 by a shift of interest to 1990s music through TikTok. Here are some Japanese songs of the 19980s and the 1990s.
Japanese Pop in the 1980s
Tatsuro Yamashita
Tatsuro Yamashita was influenced by American pop music of the 1960s and 1970s, and is the man who is most often mentioned when it comes to Japanese city pop.
Mariya Takeuchi
Mariya Takeuchi, a symbol of city pop, is also the wife of Tatsuro Yamashita. The last time she re-released the “Plastic Love” record, it sold out immediately.
Miki Matsubara
It is this song that made Japanese city pop popular worldwide. Many of you may have heard it in clubs in Southeast Asia.
Japanese Pop in the 1990s
Kohmi Hirose
These two songs have recently become very popular on TikTok in Japan. The trend in clothing is also becoming more 1990s, so perhaps the trend in songs is also becoming more 1990s. She is also known as the Queen of Winter because of her many songs about winter in Japan.
