J-Pop
The Future Is Here, And It's a Japanese Pop Concert
Daito Manabe teams up with Japanese pop group Perfume to take projection-mapped performances to the next level.
A 12-Year-Old Japanese Singer Went into a Coma After Inhaling Helium
12-year-old member of singing a group called 3B Junior is awake now, but she still can't move. It's a good reminder that breathing helium is a goofy—but real—way to die.
Meet FEMM, the Sentient Mannequin J-Pop Supergroup
Do you like dance music but wish it were performed by glamorous robots in space-age catsuits?
Ten Years Ago, Def Jam Released Utada Hikaru's 'Exodus,' the Genius J-Pop Crossover Album That Never Crossed Over
The adored cult artist was a groundbreaking producer and J-pop singer.
If You Don't Go See Virtual Pop Star Hatsune Miku in Concert, You're Insane
Japan's premiere virtual superstar is playing LA and NYC later this month and it's gonna be a nerdgasm of epic proportions.
Japanese Pop Star Oomori Seiko's Music Sounds like "Disneyland in Hell"
She wears blood-soaked nurses outfits, thinks boys are stinky, and describes making a CD as "like a burial."
Nothing Personal: Babymetal Don't Like Answering Questions
I met up with the J-Pop infused metal group to try to understand the Babymetal phenomenon and had nearly all my questions cast aside.
Why One J-Pop Girl Group is Covering Themselves in Fake Semen To Protest Idol Culture
Meet BiS, the most hated girl group in Japan
SOPHIE and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Are Working Together—So Who's Next?
Which J-pop stars could team up with Western producers now?
Trying to Understand Why a Saw-Wielding Maniac Attacked Teenage Girls in Japan’s Biggest Pop Group
We asked Japan-based journalist and J-Pop know-all Patrick St. Michel to explain what led to this happening.
Trying to Make Sense of British J-Pop Fans
Going to see Kyary Pamyu Pamyu was like a Boobar gangbang at Creamfields.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Is the David Lynch of J-Pop
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is the Japanese equivalent of US pop stars like Lady Gaga or Katy Perry, but her music is a wink to the inherent eeriness of her culture. She incorporates elements of body horror and surrealism that turn all that sugary cuteness sour.