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Manila, Jan. 7 -- Japan and its lively modern pop culture are known for their prominence worldwide. From anime to manga, to popular video games such as Tekken, Street Fighter, and Metal Gear, to Sanrio's Hello Kitty, to J-pop, to name a few.
J-pop is big, so I'd like to zero in on a sub-genre that has seen a re-emergence this past few years: City Pop.
City Pop is "a loosely defined form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 80s up to the early 90s." It is Western-influenced music that Japan absorbed and regurgitated that came out in various styles, including disco, funk, soft-rock, AOR (adult-oriented rock), and pop, which was then dubbed as 'new music.'
Particularly, City Pop is the sound of a bustling metropolis such as Tokyo or any other...
