From Plastic Toys to Plastic Boys: The Rise of K-Pop and K-Cool
What is the ‘K-Wave’? While Japan has often been thought of...
Category Archives: GNC-Music
No Music, No Message, No Meaning: Japanoise
“I wanted to compose real surrealistic music in a non-musical way....
J-Pop: It’s Not About the Music
by Claire Dranginis Japan has the second largest music market in...
The Virtual Idol: The Vocaloid
By Chris An Hatsune Miku Live @ Zepp Tokyo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deC2uxu0XA4 “We...
When the Characteristicless Becomes Real: The Western Response to Visual Kei
by Miriam Loebman In 2010, the Japanese Visual Kei band X...
The Acceptance of J-Pop in Singapore
In 2006, Arashi, one of the best-known J-pop group in Asia...
The “radio” of the 21st Century
Radio changed American society in a huge way, and not too...
J-Pop and Its Appeal
J-pop. You can go almost anywhere in the world and find...
