[Katsuyuki012]

So, I have to be honest that I feel a bit out of place, considering that I'm still a part of the youth and I didn't have the chance to really experience the old J-pop era. But as the most here, I got introduced into JPop by the Empress of J-Pop: Ayumi Hamasaki. It all started last year and at first I just knew that she's a legend and others are Hikaru Utada etc.. But then I started to get interested in J-Pop in a whole and since then I'm having a very different view of our artists but especially J-Pop in general. Since a long time all the young people seem to be only liking new pop music, much dancing and such things but they seem not to care about good lyrics etc.. I have to admit that I also like a good pop song without the best lyrics BUT it never could reach the level, a good, emotional song has. And I think that the most people just don't care for that anymore which makes me kinda sad. I've got a few people at my school who are all listening to J-Pop. Nearly no one of them could tell me a solo-singer and if they know one it was e.g. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu... When I asked them if they know Ayu, Hikki or Namie they're mostly like "um no" or "I heard of them". When they ask me about them (age, good songs etc.) they often just say that they're old or that their music is boring. When I once said "i really love the lyrics in this song" they asked me why I care for that since "it's all about listening". And beside the J-Pop-listeners I'm talking about, it's mostly the same with music in general... When I once had a presentation about Ayu, I had to show my class some of her songs and the most were like "aww that sounds good/she looks good but she's so old :/" or when I showed them a bit of Dearest they were like "who cares for the text?"(But when an american star sings a song which they haven't written it's lyrically and emotionally a masterpiece or what? Sorry off-topic). But I think seeing how people don't care made me caring more... In general I don't have too much interest in J-Pop talking about all the big acts that are "in". I only care for Ayu and Hikki to be honest. I mean I gave all those new artists/artists that are popular (mostly groups) a chance but I just don't feel it... When I for e.g. listen to some special Ayu songs I feel as if those lyrics could be from me, especially her A Song For ×× time but also some of the new songs give me thid feeling...

Wow, this post is kinda weird... Welp, I'm also just a boy fighting with confusion...