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AVO Magazine

Every week, AVO Magazine brings you a treasure trove of captivating music videos from lesser-known, new and intriguing Japanese artists who deserve your support! Read our latest article, published to highlight music videos released in week 14 of 2025.

avo-magazine.com/en/2025/04/7-

AVO Magazine · 7 New Music Videos You Need To Check Out (Week 14, 2025)By Francisca Hagen
#AVOMagazine#JapaneseMusic#JapanesePop
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MDMRN

With Babymetal dropping a new track with Poppy, I decided to re-up my old ACNH post where I tried to make it look like my islanders were Babymetal.

Definitely check out "from me to u" by Babymetal and Poppy. song.link/us/i/1806198014

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Songlink/Odeslifrom me to u by BABYMETAL & PoppyListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
#NewMusic#JPop#Rock
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Jonathan Emmesedi

This ReacttotheK video features GFriend -- Season of Memories.

Besides being of interest to anyone who liked that song and those of GFriend in general, the reaction incorporates discussion of what makes a song sound "Japanese". If you're interested in musical connections between Kore and Japan, you might want to watch.

youtu.be/efoQDWQKTqY?
si=j2s0J1EcZ8mYJHdN

youtu.be- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
#Kpop#ReacttotheK#GFriend
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1001 Other Albums

Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) – Yasouemaki (八奏絵巻) (2015, Japan)

Our next spotlight is on number 1011 on The List, submitted by ChrisJagged.

Founded by singer, composer, lyricist, Shigin master, Kenshibu dancer, and classical pianist Suzuhana Yuko, Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) is named after the traditional Japanese instruments that are prominent in their music, wagakki. Originating out of Suzuhana’s acoustic folk trio Hanafugetsu (which is still active), the band essentially merged with folk punk/visual kei band Crow×Class to result in a 8-member group with a sound that lands somewhere in-between the folk rock and folk metal spheres. Wagakki Band first gained popularity via their adaptations of Vocaloid songs, with their first LP, Vocalo Zanmai (ボカロ三昧) (2014), consisting solely of Vocaloid covers. The album we look at here is their second studio album and first to contain original material. It incorporates methods of Shigin, a traditional poetry form performed/recited in a particular manner, as would their following albums.

Following the release of Yasouemaki, Wagakki Band’s popularity would continue to grow both at home and internationally, and the band would go on to release five more LPs, with Tokyo Singing (2020) featuring a collaboration with Amy Lee of Evanescence. As of the end of 2024, the band has gone on indefinite hiatus.

Even if you, like me, don’t know much about J-rock/J-pop, if you have an interest in folk rock/metal (and love/miss[1] key changes!), this is a really fun band to check out.

Happy listening!

  1. Here’s a fun Tedium article that was referenced in a toot I saw recently, exploring the demise of the key change in pop music over the last 60 years: “The Death of the Key Change” by Chris Dalla Riva (Nov 9, 2022). The article looks specifically at pop music that hit the Billboard Hot 100 charts so I can’t help but wonder now if the key change is still alive and well in J-pop. Anyone know? ↩︎
The cover art is a photo of the 8 band members randomly lying on the floor together in various poses, sort of layered over each other, all looking up at the camera. Most of them are wearing similar dark blue kimonos with bright purple details, a couple are holding what seems to be the hilt of a sword-type weapon, one is holding a gold fan. Large flower petals (rose?) are laying all over them and the floor around them. The album name is written near the bottom center in Japanese characters inside a line-drawing of a scroll, with "yasouemaki" written in small letters underneath. The band name is written in Japanese characters at the bottom center.
#CrowxClass#folkMetal#folkRock
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