Kanako S, Author at The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/author/kanako-s/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:57:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Japanese City Pop Music: The Newest Internet Phenomenon? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/japanese-city-pop-music/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/japanese-city-pop-music/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:12:04 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=7247 The Resurgence of the 1980s J-POP Genre – Japanese City Pop The 1980 Japanese musical genre known as “City Pop” had been slowly enjoying a resurgence in recent years. However, late last year, a YouTube recommendation algorithm started serving up 1984’s “Plastic Love” by Mariya Takeuchi to its listeners. The irrepressible song went viral and Read More >>

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