Your interest in the Japanese pop music scene

[Chiharo]

I don't have this problem because there's still so many artists, even older ones, that I want to listen to. And I'm actually overwhelmed all the time by how many aritsts' discographies there are to go through. This is not even considering the artists that I already like and who release something new. As for new releases, it's true that lately they've been somewhat dull, but it still all depends. For example Miliyah Kato released a mind blowing album this year.

In general I just ignore the artists whose music I don't like (stuff like idol groups) and focus on interesting artists. Because really, there are so many - some of them with huge discographies. So there is no way I that I (at least for now) feel Jpop "bores" me. After all it's always been 90% of what I listen to and my interest in it never faded somehow through all these 10 years. Because as I said, there are always tons of artists to discover, old or new.

For example just this year I started discovering Jpop oldies likes Miyuki Nakajima, Akina Nakamori and Seiko Matsuda. As well as others, and just those few have huge discographies that I don't even know I'll manage to listen to all. Especially as there are STILL newer artists whose music I've wanted to give a chance to but never could because of just how much Jpop there is to listen to.

So to me - Jpop actually still feels really refreshing to listen to because of all the differences in genres it can have, and really it's just huge. So even if I don't like new releases by my favorite artists - oh well, there's still tons of other stuff I can listen to anyway which I will like.