Listening to Jpop

[Kodayumi]

Jpop also makes me want to explore more a bout Japanese Culture.=P

[MiiSan]

Ooooh, old thread @.@

Anyway, I started liking J-pop because back then I was tired of all that American crap and wanted to listen to something refreshing and new, and then after I became an anime fan, I was pretty amazed by the opening/ending themes (especially from Inuyasha and Gravitation) at first, I wasn't sure why I listen to these kind of songs, they were in Japanese and I couldn't understand a thing, but in time I learned to just enjoy it and not worrying because of language barrier, especially that J-pop is pretty diverse and really addictive.

+ It makes me feel so special and unique that I'm one of the very very few in my country that listens to this kind of music and I myself can "promote" their music to my friends, family etc
I even have an account on our version of youtube and practically uploaded ayu's entire discography + several albums by other j-artists

[Crystal_Ageha]

I started listening to J-Pop in the late nineties. It's when my passion for music started consuming my life, lol. And I wanted so much more than what was offered here in the States. Since I was also starting to become interested in Japanese culture (I'm half Japanese, but I never lived with my parents growing up, so I didn't really get a chance to learn about my culture until I started to take it upon myself), I decided to listen to some Japanese music. I was instantly hooked. I love the way J-Pop artists compose the actual music. There's so much more going on in the background compared to most Western music, and it makes even instrumentals so interesting to listen to. Plus, there tends to be more variety in J-Pop than a lot of other places in the world. You can have pop, rock, visual-kei, rap, and R&B, all on the same chart and at the same time! It's awesome.

And yeah, I, too, like to try and promote it, Mii. Hah.

[PoetGirl]

There IS a reason, I don't believe there's not a reason if you like something. I listen mainly cpop/mpop cuz it's closer to me nor any other music, it's sweet, it's mostly ballad, it's emotional, it's slow, it can have elements of tradicional chinese music as well and I love it so much. Reason I like some of jpop cuz some singers out there are unique (as Hidemi Uematsu, Ayumi Hamasaki, alan, JASMINE) and some singers make rnb and pop so good together (as Aoyama Thelma, Shion, Miliyah Kato). I'm a sucker for 'sweet', 'girly', 'cute' sounds so ofcourse I would listen to asian music first then any other. When I like some western artist as well the reason is always 'he/she is emotional, cute and sweet'.

[asmAyumi1992]

I love to be the first one to hear the latest type of music and usually, it came from Jpop and Kpop. When I first get to know the song while my friends doesn't know about it, I'll be so excited. But when I was so bored with the song that I used to hear it over and over again, my friends kept playing the song in their phone.

For example, my friends just figure out Sorry, Sorry song from SuJu. But I've discovered the song many months ago and I got really bored for that song. I just like to be the first one.

[AyUta]

i like JPOP because....i simply like the music and the wonderful artists that sing them.

[~*Cotton_Berry*~]

it just sounds so.................BEAUTIFUL and meaningful, i dont understand, but i just love listenbing to it and i sometime search english translation which makes me like it more, cuz the lyrics are usually wayy more meaningful than english music =D

[mcluva420]

i listen cuz it sounds so good ^^ <3 + better lyrics haha

most of my friends think its normal for me, except like one who rejects all asian music except c-pop
and some sorta get annoyed cuz i listen to soo much xD

[Miduhyo]

I listen to it because the meaning behind the lyrics are so much stronger than a lot of american music. American music is made so that way the singers have money... and can show off these fake bodies (IMO) but Jpop has this beautiful meaning behind it and the lyrics always give off this feeling to match the atmosphere of the song. The videos don't always have these really underly-dressed up people walking around with nothing but a g-string on, the videos also have these beautiful effects on them.

But the main thing for me is the lyrics. I've cried just reading them rather than listening to them.