The song and video I have uploaded here is "Over Load" which is a decent song, but definitely not her absolute best. I'm using it because most of her music seems to have been removed from Youtube (so...yeah). Her most famous track is probably "Yuki no Hana" which is a damn good ballad that I still enjoy from time to time. I love all the songs she did for her movie "Nana" a couple years ago.
Well, let's introduce her properly. Mika is a pretty well-known J-pop artist. I latched on to her right away when I was first learning about Japanese music. When you first dig into another culture's music, you're most likely to come across pop, pop and pop. So having alternative pop artists like Mika are great gateway artists for better stuff (not that pop is necessarily bad). Mika's earlier stuff definitely had more jazz, reggae and big band influence which I also liked, but she has evolved with lots of different pop sounds and harder rock sounds. She's a bit weird at times, especially in her aesthetic, and she is also so very beautiful. In Nana, she wasn't too bad an actress either. So if you're interested in J-pop and wanted someone a bit meatier, please check out more of her!
Well, let's introduce her properly. Mika is a pretty well-known J-pop artist. I latched on to her right away when I was first learning about Japanese music. When you first dig into another culture's music, you're most likely to come across pop, pop and pop. So having alternative pop artists like Mika are great gateway artists for better stuff (not that pop is necessarily bad). Mika's earlier stuff definitely had more jazz, reggae and big band influence which I also liked, but she has evolved with lots of different pop sounds and harder rock sounds. She's a bit weird at times, especially in her aesthetic, and she is also so very beautiful. In Nana, she wasn't too bad an actress either. So if you're interested in J-pop and wanted someone a bit meatier, please check out more of her!
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