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Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vfacMx1kjWaVJxorzvxnO?si=dEUj73w8Txy45JQx3uZzmA
Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaOJcv49V68UnIT90vck2v56vDrp0Hly&si=gpdA8Qf24BJdK4S_
Initial Shortlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaOJcv49V6992pCwV0PvbDWX4N-Ke2Fy&si=p5l3Jq206wI9EH6f
664 songs listened to at time of writing. Mostly youtube and a few on bandcamp.
Some songs are just here for the chill vibes.
Welcome to camp Midsommar please enjoy your relaxing time in the felnsorium.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 8.5 million, good grief it had 30 odd when I looked at it initially.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5dxiriLgC9mu2FbSNqudld?si=48fde613f0994c0e
Video Link: https://youtu.be/D54StAZFUrc?si=05NUvUf2CBZPK4vT
The couple who form this band are known as ‘The Nation’s Siblings’ in South Korea. They came first in K-Pop Star in 2014. Looking forward to seeing them at the Summerisle festival next year.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 855
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/7e4kQ0rFWMazzPRHaib9qq?si=68138e1f0d764b47
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Mb8NZqDKjj4?si=v8sEVO82KaS2pA_U
One for the Fujoshi I think. They can decide who is ruining whose life.
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 13k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3dx0zVkgHuuKFqt6W7atEj?si=9af40b698cbd445d
Video Link: https://youtu.be/YaikfqpoCAg?si=flaheG0xfncsDiFh
Totally worth it for the wurb blurb woob sound in the middle. A song about a chance encounter with these lyrics:
\n\nWe’re attracted to some people\nBut unlike them you made me beautiful\nHad nothing to lose until I found you\nI wonder who are you
Be that person. If you are a person. If you’re a fellow cat don’t bother.
According to the dictionary it means courage and determination.
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 7.4k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ucw2a9OZsf6jZoCpkPbjM?si=7ecaf473355c4108
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Ar1STYMmfvk?si=X_u0ojCwYYNMSimU
Why so many you may ask.
Go search for a thousand libidos on the internet. Please don’t let me know how you got on.
Country of Origin: Disunited State of Murrikkka
Youtube Views: 4527. That’s a disgrace. This song is a total bop.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3GpQ2bhljJkAF1IXaShbMh?si=7e70331ff1464026
Video Link: https://youtu.be/2F80V1BL_aQ?si=ktODRGHsljXm4nfs
If I wasn’t already a happily married cat I would be too scared to marry her. Go give this song some love.
Country of Origin: Oz
Youtube Views: 5.3k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3QhtHCqnpNHKxNPAKjHs8b?si=8074ed3c2f3f4d0d
Video Link: https://youtu.be/CiY8XsG0YHk?si=ZddCisvbcSAuxUUf
Don’t seek validation from others. Force it upon them.
Thus spake Stanley.
Me.
Life. Sliced.
Country of Origin: Airstrip One
Youtube Views: 13k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/55Spk24hrHyn10Npv84bQY?si=2cc0ff6973ae4fcf
Video Link: https://youtu.be/GMzzbsxtRvw?si=inJCyon5wDMIc4Dx
Pubcore.
Country of Origin: Murikka
Youtube Views: 5.7k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6t9nPEkzsdNixwdHKrmxsZ?si=2340b9e617f24e50
Video Link: https://youtu.be/nTfjjjrg2yc?si=MxHa9BQQFDSFuVxJ
Chill.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 580
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6iO1Ig5yQW41oebzcIOdI0?si=f00e5e8de5c64b50
Video Link: https://youtu.be/hbEpmEsrguM?si=ecOgHThNcW0JGEvR
Can not get this tune out my head.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 147k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/52KygGkyBwayKKdv7gDAdP?si=7dd32caa78ad455a
Video Link: https://youtu.be/SEfaaN6Io5Y?si=fzQ2irHAc2e6bhDf
I expect this kind of thing from the TPop crowd.
I learned that the xx in English is pronounced ‘uc‘.
I don’t know why I needed South Korea to tell me that.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 5.1million
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ce7m66BjXf97IDrvUVGbP?si=06913d4778bc41eb
Video Link: https://youtu.be/qrzKsS-4lZo?si=ZsnLzmTTxd5Mwqth
Featured image. I like the vibe.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 1.5k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Z7ppeuMBD3yZwSKfl0c1I?si=9adcc927df9e4b0d
Video Link: https://youtu.be/5vH7NOeulUE?si=A4pS8f7WIA007CbF
I like the quirkiness but I think the title should probably be ‘Give me a sign’ given the nature of the video. But maybe not. wwwwwwww
Country of Origin: Oz
Youtube Views: 117k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6EoD3qpTgNtwXNqamzLCn5?si=465a801d35a14e03
Video Link: https://youtu.be/niTy_ulUry0?si=P_1K0OFJVzu7D5-0
This song just gets better the more I listen to it.
Also cats on the single cover.
Double plus good.
The Longlist is superb. I had great trouble picking the songs for the final ten.
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Initial Shortlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaOJcv49V6-um-0LFrI155Ila\\_TImwBB&si=xN4WM-_tz7nrLLfg
The Hu released a track this month. Didn’t even get to the longlist!
Country of Origin: No idea
Youtube Views: 9
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5dfZRevvebO6IfeVBS5Frr?si=fac13bd6755b49fb
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Dotb5cL-yGA?si=jdR7a-NAR2r3q9Wb
Can’t find a video. I’m not even really sure who the artist is. I’ve searched for Trident on multiple sites. The seems to be two million artists called Trident none of whom sound like one another and all of which are filed under the name Trident. It could be written by a deranged AI for all I know. I’m pretty sure they mess up rhyming onions & bunions. But I like the bassline vibe.
Country of Origin: United States of Dystopia
Youtube Views: 240k today
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0fN3tONYZxGcuwyr5IoTZ1?si=0a11abb45add42cd
Video Link: https://youtu.be/T21hSKREXGk?si=UBnqdkfeYaQ_LJzq
Another music video where no one knows how to dress themselves properly. Debut single from the new band of a well known death metal singer.
:devilfingersemojji:
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 101 (total, not 101k,)
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/7LejDiEo66ywqax0uwYAQp?si=ca08783e279c47bf
Video Link: https://youtu.be/FBRhjXYSP4I?si=6skDi_Zf1dailjzp
bandcamp link to buy the EP https://thesuicidediary.bandcamp.com/album/el-pino.
It’s like dreampop and shoegaze had a slightly depressed baby.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 274k, I think half of them might be my toe beans pressing F5
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/07yMRUY7PvOsPHqPw8S6v6?si=d1e67f35ab204706
Video Link: https://youtu.be/6J7K9Wi8uJ4?si=ncH-18mCJJp6PErZ
I like this pop / rock / slightly metal song. I like the video. For some reason the drummer in the video absolutely cracks me up. Hence in this list. There’s also a joke about poop I don’t understand.
Country of Origin: Mexico
Youtube Views: 1.1 million
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2xixXiLYi3FsNF0m9vEV2G?si=314c9e32190840a4
Video Link: https://youtu.be/xGRH6MvX2Oo?si=Qp_cM43snzQQC-BY
Thelma and Louise make a band and become arsonists.
Heck yeah!
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 88 (I think it is an old song and they have reupped the video?)
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/05HmaFum17FnnXNiTYzWDG?si=1b417dbc45b840c9
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Us14O0llRfE?si=j75pWmR1Hi39tytZ
Earwormed me. It’s from 2010 when they were called SUPER KIDD according to Spotify. Here’s a link to thei rmost popular song on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/28q2WpSin10XGVcyrpYCK8?si=0a96640797fe479c
Disco is back, baby.
Country of Origin: Iranian (Also Dutch)
Youtube Views: 22k (I think it’s a reup)
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3qyiGu03ppAuBbUbDHBKU4?si=ef233e59aa5240ec
Video Link: https://youtu.be/rEUEGALuBjg?si=QeWi5WuRiluSF9YR
In this list because of the Ukraine amendment to the Morning Crescent Compendium, Appendix III of 2020.
Sounds like a Eurovision contender.
Country of Origin: China
Youtube Views: 531 (form a channel with more than half a million subscribers)
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6EmIKmE9tRyXeu3Zzmd3r5?si=08b1aa0ade494cd1
Video Link: https://youtu.be/mrwav9nCLjQ?si=PukSwfsGeLObEJHG
The video has rats, traffic cones, teddy bears and all sorts of stuff happening. I don’t really know what it is about but I am here for it.
There may also be a man dressed as a giant baby?
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 5.7k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3LKZCLEnspadu6UQIOTPVD?si=b0545e0bc75d4fec
Video Link: https://youtu.be/qcuKFGbiLlo?si=mrHpC5HFhdYcZy-R
I’m sure this is a great time for Korean boy bands to be releasing music. Quite certain there won’t be any competition …
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 13k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1aseYWvk8nyKCLYIBkMyRr?si=a0f0bd42628c45e9
Video Link: https://youtu.be/xcYIrjg5je8?si=RMrs_YTNvG-UDP_O
Sometimes when lounging in the sun I see the fattest of my humans dancing like this.
It’s distressing.
A couple of significant acts released songs that never made it into the top ten
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 62 million
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/68lbSrXDORS51pmyjZv712?si=2f8289e218c84fc3
Video Link: https://youtu.be/b4iVv91Z6lY?si=4mHjVGL_J0wkVuqv
It’s BTS. They’re quite popular.
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 1.4 million
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/10HeYTTDc5jxAnjRwWfwIe?si=3d4560e59e764f04
Video Link: https://youtu.be/_8CNByAq1n4?si=rfaDxJsJjdZmHi6J
The mysterious Ado releases this odd number from the deranged circus music genre. The 1Tak video is the best version.
For some reason all these songs clumped in my head. I don’t know why.
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 160k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4zD29sxTjNyFIrvmcvIiKf?si=2ed98d7e2dda4bea
Video Link: https://youtu.be/LGr1l9yOhC8?si=_iMrbAR5y5xLJiIf
I don’t need a boy.
Country of Origin: South Korea
Youtube Views: 1.2 million
Spotify Link: https://youtu.be/NOiyDlWl534?si=iD3jwetCTMwRtbbD
Video Link: https://youtu.be/NOiyDlWl534?si=iMq7pPSDvmyuBNDz
Catch catch my heart, heart goes up down down heart goes up down down …
Da daradada
Country of Origin: Japan
Youtube Views: 459k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5DrxCKjopmd7UL1pJWqBHK?si=a3876d5f07ca4b52
Video Link: https://youtu.be/iCjPelKCm7w?si=n8XfMBssWZPZCsv0
“An everlasting life only ends up not knowing what to do with it. “
A different philosophy from YENA
All flesh is grass and therefore this edition comes to an end.
So many good songs never made it on this list. POLKADOT STINGRAY with ‘Boy Boy’ was robbed.
Listen to the long list and let me know if you think anything should have made it in.
Stanley.
A Cat. Nyaa.
Country of Origin: Thailand
Youtube Views: 75k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3LqTSlBTBQLDx6w4jmrw8d?si=1a6b76ae87a3424d
Video Link: https://youtu.be/Vvtiivhgdio?si=73JHruOhbNgImRzt
I forgot this one.
Also.
Country of Origin: Thailand
Youtube Views: 117k
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2jFbCjRBcwxpV6shKMujVp?si=dc8effb981ca4c6e
Video Link: https://youtu.be/u8r6H6_hunw?si=OJQHO86dfyHbNyX-
Two brutal dis tracks. One of them might be by a duck.
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Tidal Playlist: https://tidal.com/playlist/e4e514b7-0171-4ed5-99df-3d3ff55ef501
Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzL0qqu4kcYhHInV-QAsXT7y&si=GwR7MznfMJb1UCR9
Initial Shortlist: https://tidal.com/playlist/e8b39aa8-9015-4a07-bcc0-9b9566a13f73
A slightly more eclectic list than last time. Apart from song titles. There’s two called good boy. I don’t know why. Some\nof the songs may not actually be new, they may have just been recently uploaded to YouTube.
This list will answer the question “What if Japanese but Irish?”
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Diqv4GLQ8pS66JhwsTGLl?si=3e6a7352339048db
Video Link: https://youtu.be/wg71amM8LUo
Cats love Phantom Siita. They are all cats. I don’t know what they’re singing about but I imagine it’s about loving someone so much they’re going to murder them and keep them preserved in something.
I don’t know it’s just that vibe.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1LkpaAtSjAx5n4rrTkIQyu?si=9b7c2152d28b45ee
Video Link: https://youtu.be/x-FLnQrUGTc
To be honest it’s not that good but I imagine it would be good fun to sing along to when you’re half cut. So one for the students.
A wee quote from EDGE Media Network:
“MEEK is described as a self-made artist whose work is informed by working-class experience and personal trauma. She has explicitly stated that her music is intended to resonate with outsiders and marginalized audiences, including LGBTQ+ listeners, centering their experiences and perspectives in her artistic vision. “
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Dp1j8ohcjGTJhswwYWl5u?si=38bf16b078f54e6f
Video Link: https://youtu.be/80sNX81Kags
Earworm. Worms in the ears.
Worms, worms, worms.
Next.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4V38s6GgpCkwXx8vZm4sxw?si=fe630204734147bd
Video Link: https://youtu.be/6QmFwtS_oNU
Look at their profile https://kprofiles.com/the-ssyndrome-members-profile/ they look so edgy.
The song is pretty catchy but I just loved the bit where he says “Don’t call me Good Boy” and then a voice whispers “Good boy”. It cracks me up. I don’t know why. I even had an anime panel all ready to to go with an image of an M boy pretending to be a dog for an S girl.
Then I thought better of it.
Don’t Google that.
Not at work.
Then I discovered another song called Good Boy.
Mind blown.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/7fjGhOyRcSNTYgJRMmpr1f?si=2714cd13674546d7
Video Link: https://youtu.be/7PRzq5gNBSI
4EVE are a Thai girl group that were formed after surviving a reality TV show. https://kprofiles.com/4eve-members-profile/ I imagine it was Battle Royale but with more lip gloss.
Apparently “Girls like me don’t play with the boys like you!”
Having looked at them I’m a little relieved as I think they would eat me alive.
Also I’m a cat.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1z2ZA7ef1OFWAGq0RM9jPp?si=9f9112151ab94ba8
Video Link: https://youtu.be/k8I8rU_xoZU
The YouTube video is about 3 minutes shorter than the actual song.
The Dead Kennedys, but Japanese. That’s not quite right.
“A Japanese psychedelic new wave POP art rock band. Natsuki (Gt. Vo) and Matsuna (Ba) met and decided that they wanted to express something together whether it be comedy. dance or whatever. and since they could both play instruments. they decided to make music and that was the beginning of Akai Kurage. In 2019 they met Gell-C (current drummer) and formed the current lineup. Their addictive vocals create a unique worldview and their songs are catchy. During their live performances they ignore the music and start to scream and lament. which intertwines with the audience. The power of the guitars bass and drums is unique to this band and they seem to be able to twist the contemporary music scene.”
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0rVPjrssMtRriOlhqhlno4?si=68d0cef9537f4691
Video Link: https://youtu.be/ipmf-OHEQsc
But Doug^H^H^H^HStanley you say, remembering that I’m a cat and not his human. There’s not been a good romantic song yet (with the possible exception of Rose-coloured Moon, but we’re not sure) and Feb is the month of Valentines. The romance not the murdering …
Don’t you have a good romance song?
Why yes, and this is it. There’s even a special Valentine’s edit of the video. I’ve not watched it. It might make me feel things.
LANDOKMAI are a Thai pop duo.
Maybe I need something a little depressing.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2bjxsWamHhhbNkw3s0ONfW?si=f93206613ea7416a
Video Link: https://youtu.be/TqHFhXwI10k
Hooked me in the first 5 seconds then funked me over so hard it’s still living in my head rent free.
From JRock News:
“The new single, Kagura, as usual, features an upbeat rock composition from guitarist and vocalist Enon Kawatami. The dynamic guitar arrangements and catchy vocal melodies, which fans adore, are once again present in Kagura.
Released the following Friday, the action-packed music video for Kagura follows an exciting chase scene from a first-person perspective. In the midst of frantic action scenes, the band can be seen playing their instruments in a moody, dimly lit space.”
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/7jNPucAt0pO6oAJNWVHsj9?si=66a6650213c142fa
Video Link: https://youtu.be/alv7eMqL3pQ
I’m not sure if she is an official Saint?
From Metal Heads Forever:
“Frontperson Kitty A. Austen explains, “‘Good Boy’ was written to be a scathing critique of obedient, subservient men who uphold the capitalist death cult, feed the machine, and call it a virtue. It’s a snarling takedown of the so-called ‘good boys’ who suck corporate dick and wear their complicity like a badge.””
Kitty!
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3lpMwHJZBt5g9w51Tv36g7?si=0c5cf341b0534c33
Video Link: https://youtu.be/9Kh5LIGzmLk
“A band consisting of two married couples. Formed in 2024 by eri-nyo, who is in charge of lyrics, composition, keyboards, and vocals for CUICUI and IIOT. The members are eri-nyo, eri-nyo’s husband Yuichi Ishikawa/guitar (ANIMA, IIOT) , miduho/drums (Response,CUICUI) , and her husband Ryosuke/bass (THE FLAMES). By performing songs that incorporate jazz and classical elements with members from rock and pop backgrounds, they have sublimated them into a unique, modern sound.”
More worms.
Spotify Link: https://tidal.com/track/492831691/u
Video Link: https://youtu.be/TScMdB66h_4
I think this may be a cover version but really have no idea. Listen to it and watch the video. Maybe it’s because they are both an island nation? From the JaME site:
“Formed in Ikebukuro in 2006, Backdrop Cinderella play an eccentric, fast-paced brand of punk rock that combines influences from ska, metal, Irish and folk music with some truly ridiculous lyrics. Energetic frontman Dendeke Ayumi dances, jumps and hangs upside down from the ceiling while he sings, and he is backed up by the more soulful voice of afro-hairstyled guitarist Toshima “Perry” Wataru and the high-pitched shouts of bassist Asahi Kyanako, which add an even more eclectic feel to their sound.
After over a decade together, Backdrop Cinderella have never changed members or deviated from their vision, bringing fans more wild and irreverent songs each year. The members have adopted the phrase “unza unza” to describe both their sound and the free and instinctive way that fans dance to it.”
Spotify Link : https://open.spotify.com/track/5zW4Ae3cCNtHdLkY9gkFsg?si=4509c017cae64947
Video Link: https://youtu.be/NfVXGnRFYaM?si=g3-bGTz48q520Mks
Visual Kei indeed.
The Chuuni Five Make A Band.
“NETH PRIERE CAIN is an active visual kei band in Nagoya. They are part of the kote kei, shiro kei, and tanbi kei subgenres. They have been active since 2018.”
Sure that explains everything.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6gxGg4j7i3Ba7F2x0yi8br?si=3518186dede147bc
Video: Link: https://youtu.be/69nnHQVl40g?si=z2hUt_U96TZ99el-
I presume this is a public information video about the dangers of riding horses and motorbikes without a helmet?
From the Wiki:
“Kofi Owusu-Ansah (born 1998), known by his stage name Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer from Canberra. He is the younger brother of fellow hip hop rapper, Kojo Owusu-Ansah p.k.a. Citizen Kay. Owusu’s debut studio album, Smiling with No Teeth (March 2021), reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 30. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards he won four trophies for Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art (latter shared with Bailey Howard). “
Anything released after today will have to wait until March.
Total songs considered: 263
Shortlist: 45 songs
The view count on these songs varies wildly from under 500 to millions!
Nyaa. Today is Neko Day in Japan.
Stanley.
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These might not all be new songs but they appeared on Youtube at some point in the last few weeks. Anything released between now and Feb has probably missed it’s chance.
Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nlkMzqXexy0oXzzeoC4R2?si=KwQZFBk1TpWOobfmGVhzbw
Youtube Playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzLQ9151E5AwctVpigqe6Vkd&si=FF_CMa1iJw-YqHCG
Not on Spotify but great fun. Do the dance!
Not on Spotify I am afraid You’ll have to look at the YouTube list.
Not on Spotify.
Starts out as something and then changes. Always nice to see a metal / rock / visual kei type band with a violinist!
I don’t even like this song but I know all the English words and have listened to it at least a million times. Sometimes I shame myself.
It’s also on my youtube playlist twice somehow! Found another. That’s three. It’s actually Youtube short of the dance practice!
Well now I’ve found a song that’s managed to push CHUU out of my frontal lobes for a while.
https://youtu.be/aTL7X_tJvBU?si=6dYUUy7krRVtXcdN
I have no idea how this song ended up on my playlist.
https://youtu.be/cohqmrw5mm0?si=0UkG2Y0zQvFCTTPs
This might be good or it might be for teenage Chunni edgelords. I don’t know. I am cat.
https://youtu.be/iM4oQWX-AaM?si=yPDTcwbl5pSC0fXA
I’m very late to the Poppy party. But I’m here for it now.
There’s a few of my favourite artists released songs this month. I’ll put them all here or they will just take over too much of the chart.
If you don’t love YOASOBI we can’t be friends. I’m sorry.
Sorry but I love them too much.
So pink and cat eared and loud.
She’s fighting inflatazilla in real life and a computer game and playing metal music with them and becoming a giant girl. Watch.
A rerelease but still max Babymetal! Not on Spotify.
I don’t know who ZORN but this might grow on me. I’ve added it to the Spotify list.
I would like to join this cult. Where do I sign up?
Big band Japanese ska with an up and coming singer who had one of the best songs of last year.
14 Million YouTube views can’t be wrong!
That’s it. A mixed bag.
I’m off to watch a cartoon for two hours.
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Giants worms devour a Chinese shop-keeper in a desolate American town.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/tremors & https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/tremors-ii-aftershocks
Starting with the best. Only the first two films are actually good. There is a hard to find spin off TV series and a dedicated fan base.
Giant wormy things from the depths of the sea eat the rich while a ragtag bunch of petty crooks try to survive.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/deep-rising
Imagine if Ryan-air did cruise ships. They would be like this.
LL Cool J outlives Samuel L Jackson
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/deep-blue-sea
Super intelligent sharks learn how to open a giant can of humans. I believe there are circles but suspect they are awful.
Official Golden Girls sequel, but with more Crocogator.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/lake-placid
There’s a crocodile. in a lake, that’s developed a taste for people. What more do you need. Possibly the best 82 minutes you’ll have.
A ham actor gets his revenge on his cruel critics.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/theatre-of-blood
Is this a clever deconstruction of British class and society via the medium of 1970s horror? No. Best avoided if you love dogs.
Like the Final Destination films but with a toy monkey.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/the-monkey
Summary: See tagline.
Isolated farming family learn not to drink the water.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/color-out-of-space
Mainly here because it has Nicholas Cage and is a Lovecraft inspired film. I was tempted to put in Re-animator but that has not aged well at all.
Space slugs!
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/slither
Space slugs!!
Dead girls demand revenge
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/ghost-squad-2018
Again maybe not one to watch if you love dogs. I almost suggested the Virgin Psychics ( https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_virgin_psychics_2015 ) or The Happiness of the Katakuris ( https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris ).
If you like this you might like early noughties Japanese extreme gore but probably not.
Moon Nazis invade Lady Trumps America.
Link: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/iron-sky
So far into the so bad it’s good category it almost comes back round to bad again. The sequal has Hitler, Margaret Thatcher and Dinosaurs in it. Also a very unsubtle jab at iPhone fans.
I could have out in so many more films:
Kung Fu Hustle (https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/kung-fu-hustle) (Poor people fight kung-fu people resist crime-fu gangs) should probably replace Slither.
Jennifer’s Body (https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/jennifers-body) (Revenge of the zombie demon babe) should probably be up here too as a forgotten classic. It could replace Theatre of Blood?
Stanley.
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Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzKz1Ct-cCRmtSP088usuj3m&si=qjZCMUD7gD3NLZRK
According to ListenBrainz these are the songs I have listened to the most this year. I only downloaded ListenBrainz in April so it may not be acccurate. From 10 to 1 here goes.
I am so ashamed this made it on. It’s not even the best song from the anime. Young school girl teams up with bitter older man to solve crimes. Moe Holmes indeed.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/63MdWK5-Ogk?si=ift6G_l3aPC9X5Ha
Thank you Deadinburgh for bringing this band to my ears. Scariest act I saw all year!
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/xB9q6V5H2_Y?si=mb9E4_6c6ew0O7t5
It means Disappears Queitly. Super chill dreampop. Sort of.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/63MdWK5-Ogk?si=ift6G_l3aPC9X5Ha
I listened to this album a lot. So putting these songs all together.
AQ do not seem to be on Spotify. Sorry. Nope tell a lie found it.
Or on YouTube! Also a lie https://www.youtube.com/@AQ_kyoto
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/S_T__mSfy8A?si=5BXXdQhL49PlmA1F
And now Lovecraft’s favourite singer is living in my head again. She’s not real but at least she’s not AI.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/NocXEwsJGOQ?si=0DHTnE2W63BCaaF4
I keep singing along …
Thinking …
Miku …
Miku …
Mikthulhu.
Usseewa mean ‘Shut Up’. This was Ado essentially saying to Japanese Society: Fuck You.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/Qp3b-RXtz4w?si=2YkLT6uXNys5_Rxc
I have no idea what they’re singing about but I think they may be on the same page as Ado.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/NuMMy0YCJl
They’re dressed as maids. They are here to serve you hard rock Meowster!
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/eapNDHKbu0M?si=j8f24PLwOcpbDe9x
That is my list.
If you don’t like it that’s fine. Suggest something better fo rme to listen to next year.
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Here we have:
Old –> Celluloid: Best or worst Christmas films to watch.
Borrowed: Christmas cover songs by unlikely bands
New: Christmas themed stuff from a graze of recent release.
Blue: Random.
Die Hard is not a Christmas film. Not ending up on this list.
Probably the most heartwarming story of the true meaning of Christmas. It’s a classic.
What if Santa but John Wick. But not quite. It’s like that.
I think this may be a Netflix film, but despite that it is still fun. It has thingy in it, Lily Allen’s ex. I wonder if she has any opinions about him?
Is this film suddenly more relevant because of the current political climate? Is it secretly a vintage gem that needs to be reconsidered? No to both these questions.
Why is this a Christmas film? Because it is.
It’s a Christmas film because he gets a present at the end. Christmas is all about giving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVA4xBiUncI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nryo91pHK8s
Thankfully I can’t find a Spotify link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPoFjACtd9o
By some definitions you could class Twisted Sister as a secret Christian Music group!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiRjmD9h-YY
Not on Spotify I am afraid. It looks Christian so it’s probably Christmassy? There’s crosses and stuff.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1dc9UVn5mc3UKbFzCml6v2?si=cf301b3ab1074806
These handsome boys are singing a song called Eternal White, that sounds Christmassy. Let’s watch the video.
…
Maybe not.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HOo7YXT9SxdeJnz4i9N63?si=7fc56f339db243b6
Surely this song by a Thai Idol group will be festive because it’s called starry night and it is almost Christmas.
Turns out cat’s can’t read YouTube titles and the group is called Starry*Nite and the song is called Treasure Dreamer.
Lets watch the video and read the AI generated subs.
Well the subs keep telling me this is a song.
Literally one of the lines was
\n\n“my heart will fart as loud as it can!”
Song of the year.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4cmj9rRmJgF83wjVPoczXj?si=dd60329fdbf246e0
Ok Korea show us that you understand the meaning of Christmas.
Artist name: WISH - Check!
Song Name: Wish You A Merry Christmas - Check!
Video …
…
Well apparently the title is two thirds of the lyrics.
At least her heart has not farted …
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Hhz3eN7pSJaJkTaxN0wux?si=8e79699359ca4042
I don’t know what is real any more.
I’m a cat and I am colourblind. I don’t really know what blue is.
No Spotify link
Hololive are a bunch of VTubers. Here is their cover of what is possibly the greatest Christmas song of all time.
https://youtu.be/57vrqCENNPc?si=6zVryMvfRhyZLShV
https://open.spotify.com/track/5P8Xvy5tzhmfyfA6GplQ8h?si=5f9d669e0cf14445
Some people just want their two front teeth for Christmas. Some girls want a Hippopotamus.
She’s done a few Christmas songs. They all of this quality.
https://open.spotify.com/track/33O5sjotRAcT8nwOeYXXEm?si=453cd2e0a3714adb
When they weren’t all about Stacey’s Mom the Fountains were all about this.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3a0JYuE4yo9xtGon59a7t9?si=564d41e37347412c
I don’t know who this is. Nor do I know what this is. I very apologises.
https://youtu.be/B0fqgiRu2eE?si=PiuIzynkJ_r3oztN
https://open.spotify.com/track/2VefiraA8HEZDWD2cKs5uQ?si=4de67a777aa44e71
I misread this and thought Rage Against the Machine had done a Christmas song.
I thought Spotify had shortened the band name because young people today can’t read long form text.
Spotify List : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jHBBsX2QmamrnltMtTLI2?si=yM4b6nbPRkWWJuOfrLEL8w
Youtube List: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzILP08cPyASPl4StqYRrjSw&si=XzS-o5PwQ_lnwJ61
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Youtube Link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzIfppVxlufxNCEv9YBFrYr8&si=UvMcuCEcJypKMbvo
Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0J9GNaWpNNM353ORoVGPJC?si=J9ATX-8hRV-T5J3bHxe65A
https://youtu.be/Qp3b-RXtz4w?si=rlR_qVM7yccD0VLl
Ado’s debut single and attack on Japanese society. Banned in many nurseries because the punk kids were singing the lyrics to their teachers.
Ado did a duet with Hatsune Miku that literally reduced people to tears.
Ado does not allow any pictures of herself to be taken, this is why she only appears in shadow.
She went on to produce the following act which can be considered a heck you to the Japanese Idol industry
https://youtu.be/wRQ7TpV0JSA?si=gCj_T64NktovGVjA
Is this song about kissing or murder? Given the video I suspect the latter.
If you want to see what Phantom Siita are fighting against here is a video by probably the most default idol group
That piece of mediocrity has 261 million views!
Something a bit more upbeat.
https://youtu.be/CIv-d_366z0?si=Y0dYjUKBAWatPABQ
Are Atarashii Gakko! the best group in the world? I’m not saying they are; I’m not saying they’re not.
It’s worth it for the video alone. I would also suggest One Heart as a bit of upbeat bop.
https://youtu.be/Ie90LB-7nkA or https://open.spotify.com/track/6ArjJicjIjgcbKOzBtcBkh?si=bf036ec867a34351
Another anti-idol idol group is Planck Stars who may not sound it but have a punk vibe
https://youtu.be/J1FgEz9hM2I or https://open.spotify.com/track/2lmVe2KmOqvyWoKhL9VzML?si=ed478a1d60ad4646
They famously had a popularity vote for their fan club. The losing member of the band was going to have to star in an … JAV video (don’t google that at work, also probably Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome alert).
Moving onto something a bit more wholesome.
https://youtu.be/2kBK33DvIoM?si=9bkdRqoENKK8btSO
https://open.spotify.com/track/2KaerEueW94gQaVuKa9cay?si=f9e318643ff94937
I think I may have already linked to this song. Is this the only song I have about death in the girl’s toilets? No. Is it he only one I’m including on this list? Yes.
Is this a Japanese thing? I don’t know. Maybe they stole it from J. K. ‘Terf’ Rowling
Something more wholesome this time?
You’ll Melt More - Zombie Dance
https://youtu.be/d6ZBdKA5vpE?si=etuOh9pt45KWXNpA
https://open.spotify.com/track/27pHxKvBIPlSjSSVEf5c7E?si=c16061197464440b
This song is not good. YMM are famous (in Japan) for being the band that ano emerged from.
This song is only on this list as it got stuck in my head when I was looking for inspiration for a RPG scenario I was working on.
Go look here to look at YMM’s awesome album covers:
https://open.spotify.com/track/27pHxKvBIPlSjSSVEf5c7E?si=c16061197464440b
https://youtu.be/v-WcMQbXbKY?si=0fK2SOzuCy_nTVwB
https://open.spotify.com/track/2EmkTBTh964LQen4Vz0svg?si=3538ee9118004b6b
This is the theme song from an anime about a clever apothecary who solves mysteries in ancient China with the power of her brain. She’s like a Kawaii Sherlock Holmes.
I expected the music video to reference this; it doesn’t. I have no idea what is happening here but I love it.
Other anime theme song bangers
The best anime OP of recent year though is by …
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ovUcF5uHTBRzUpB6ZOmvt?si=d4ed1f122591409c
Do you like anime? Do you like anime about cute and / or handsome people fufilling their dreams by hard work and the power of friendship?
Then [Oshi no Ko] is probably no tthe anime fo ryou.
This is story about idol fans being reborn as the twin children of their favourite idol who is then brutally murdered in front of them leading to a journey of revenge, betrayal, more murder, psychopomps and boppy idol hits.
Every song by YOASOBI is fabulous. Best concert of the year.
https://youtu.be/rGPd0FyjQ9w?si=Z8YiNCsynBNZpWzS
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JTNhYqB0eG0ivgZcBviJ0?si=08f000c6a6c9431c
No idea how this song is on the playlist. Glory to Friend Computer.
Next song.
https://youtu.be/h2rdFRgvX7g?si=_f7X7SvVZz2loN9z
https://open.spotify.com/track/3qX3u9QWZVS661XQjr1DuY?si=06a0fde6af6a457d
I did put a Planck Stars song on this list. Should have checked it all the way to the end!
By way of apology here is a song by ASP (do not google their name) called ‘A Song of Punk’
HARU NEMURI tells us to trust nothing but love. We should listen to her.
https://youtu.be/AZxP_uVzpjQ?si=q6Z53wVc9bbB1Bor
https://open.spotify.com/track/3qHrnrvcw7extihlsCFmSX?si=4e1818aa334247c3
This is my list hopefully there is at least one song that has brought a little joy.
These will just be YouTube links
A song about running away with the European mannequin of your dreams? Maybe.
Everything looks happy. Apart from the losing heroine.
A song about doing pushups and having ninja come out of cupboards and beat you with large rubber … batons? I don’t know.
This song has an even better bassline though and was the op for an anime about having 3-4 girlfriends at once. At one point the MC is taken hostage by one of the girfriend candidates; so a lot to unpack there.
Can you ever have enough Ska? No.
Just watch the video. It will only take a minute (and eleven seconds)
Eleven!
Sorry.
I’m done.
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3IGnJw5ZTmOL7tafrnelXd?si=Bj-HJ_lPTdaMoHkvKl6B4Q
Today’s list selected by Stanley the Cat.
https://youtu.be/rvNeotbRsJs?si=FsZ8mIkgWgEUzthP
Have you every asked the question:
\n\nWhat would happen if the Spice Girls were Siberian and\nafter the great famine of 1997 there were three well fed\nSiberian Spice Girls left and they formed a band?
I’m not sure this song is the answer to that question. Neither am I sure it isn’t.
Cinema and Boy CQ - THE WAY OF LOVE AND BLOOD
https://youtu.be/SBiFQW5ix5o?si=v0o1lqJuHfpP7to2
I thought this was a chill bit of something. No I’ve read the (autotranslated?) lyrics I think it might be a slice of something horrific.
This song is not on Spotify because Spotify is rubbish.
https://youtu.be/1WWcefz6bIQ?si=Ep6_4PlQ0Xe9QubO
A slice of Brazilian pop-punk.
I would Google to see if ‘cut your hair’ means something saucy in Brazil but I’m too scared.
I think it may be a love song.
What do you think of when you hear the word Finland? Black Metal, Frostbite, Weddings or whatever the heck Pepe Deluxé is (are?)
A song by a Korean pretty boy with no pretty boy in the video. That doesn’t make sense.
Argentinian this.
The video doesn’t really make it into November but as a cat I am ignoring my own rules as I am cat.
It’s taking up space in my head. I thought from the video I was here for some incorrect Adam Ant cosplay but stayed for the song. Then downloaded the album and hung around for that. The the entire discography … fell off the Internet and I am still here for that.
If it wasn’t for this song I probably would have put the angry noisecore nuns in this spot; so count yourself lucky.
https://youtu.be/lQha3_zGn3I?si=frQ3gK8hjEUXG9Xf
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oSLVYLpCQKiISQICcleAX?si=5e099543267d494b
I can only presume this is the official music video of the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Or something.
https://youtu.be/75NgpT4JllA?si=TLguqb_zvXH2ujA-
https://open.spotify.com/track/7AsQESX8OrV4USkyWZd3RZ?si=7cbd241df2fa4877
A wee bit of dream pop. It’s probably not dream pop but she is wearing butterfly wings so it might me. According to the spotify lyrucs she is singing about a laundry in her basement.
I think.
https://youtu.be/WWH58NQY9cg?si=6qaeAbWPB2hw85J2
I think this is what they call shoegaze. Bringing you back to earth after the laundry song.
https://youtu.be/4nVYAIC4wQ0?si=lyZt9lpou7Kd-ZhW
The international offshoot of four AKB48 groups. If anyone can explain the go-karting scene I would appreciate it.
I don’t know if it is a Christmas song but it is like they cloned small Asian Mariah Careys four times.
https://youtu.be/dayCdF0TNxE?si=7evVDU4Yv76G_u7o
I came for the name of the Australian band and stayed for the song.
And the video.
Watch the video.
Any songs released in November after this date may be considered for the next list. I’m sad Lucid Express never made it in this time.
Stanley.
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Playlist Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzLvW_x218Uc0Zdfx-k9tuGZ
https://youtu.be/cK3NMZAUKGw?si=WAppwgW15KGgm4Bo
Are Babymetal actually metal? Or are they just an idol unit grafted onto some metal music production company. I don’t really care. They are metal enough for me.
Recently they been on a tear and doing a bunch of collabs with other bands.
with Tom Morello!
https://youtu.be/hkij4LvACZ0?si=0sbZTf5FYit_HFqn
and ElectricCallboy, this one is a bit of a bop. Or possibly a deranged Eurovision entry.
https://youtu.be/EDnIEWyVIlE?si=N8ns7y-oQQhIg_KN
Sakura Gakuin were the unit Babymetal were part of before they became Babymetal. Here is an example:
https://youtu.be/OS190K_H69Q?si=jniTgy2dNwwcud58
Anyway I love this song and I still play it when I need a boost coming in to work.
https://youtu.be/Uds7g3M-4lQ?si=ns3jjNWKBLzFF3Cw
They’re a rock band who dress as maids. I don’t know why.
Here is one of their more recent songs, live:
https://youtu.be/5I6VV4HYnW8?si=8GZNNLKp---HykbD
Would I go to see them live? Heck yes.
( CHTHONIC - Millennia’s Faith Undone)
https://youtu.be/Wil6crOV6DU?si=CLH9mIR-4f_M1emc
Taiwanese black metal. I have no idea what they are singing about and suspect I don’t really want to know. Possibly FFVII summons?
https://youtu.be/Fzkj6ywgjJQ?si=Iy6jOkfoJdABXiZI
South Korean electronic metalcore. Give it a while to kick in.
(Rolling Quartz - Fearless)
https://youtu.be/5Vp1of6Z0ro?si=Z8Hrr9Q4jNN-q9M2
3.8 Million views! Though not actually the song I was looking for. I thought they were mor epower metal.
I may have been thinking of this Xena Warrior Princess cosplay:
https://youtu.be/c9ZqoqCPyd0?si=A-1SZBCB7jTnQzsP
Who knows?
(Maximum the Hormone - Pre-attack Revenge)
https://youtu.be/beN5ep5MrdY?si=pKcKim8e-PPd00GP
MTH are huge. Proper Japanese metal.
They did this collab with one of my other favourite bands:
https://youtu.be/teRgh01Xb1U?si=-c5jgxs3uE9Fddt3
I’m not quick sure what genre they are, the seem to move between rock, metal, screamo and something else.
Both these songs have about 30M views.
https://youtu.be/Gsy5sJy5_34?si=pJIIZ_kwvDtVl1ue
Recently did a collab with Babymetal. They seem to be channelling RATM. I’m not really sure how this made it on to my list but too late now.
https://youtu.be/9j7mDS5vn9Y?si=Q6ZVA1AE3fx2gFjX
I love Necronomidol. Goth Idols!
Here’s a song about death in a toilet:
https://youtu.be/2kBK33DvIoM?si=V8LI5UILe27KZXW_
and here is a song about saving the world:
https://youtu.be/vVacOaFbrdE?si=rBOIgq6ujkvrmn1D
https://youtu.be/UvUJbhxUKT8?si=LoaNjh9e3suwxXTw
Utsu-P is one of the heavier vocaloid music producers and this one uses the voice of Hatsune Miku who is the Taylor Swift of computer generated pop stairs (no AI involved)
Miku does a lot of different styles:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs5vrZZybIi-AWIAF-Lt-23clxfTzE-1J&si=BbH55of0hCikXh_N
including Goth:
https://youtu.be/-_e1NARdYLA?si=4AkAjBmSaBuV0Pwo
(Hanabie. - (Pardon Me I Have To Go Now))
https://youtu.be/fuFbQ-Mewfw?si=holP1w-nuEKecqar
This is who I went to see in Glasgow recently. Every song a banger.
Here’s one of their newer songs that goes even harder:
https://youtu.be/dcKxYScvUsU?si=CVIiunZEr7SUw-kf
https://youtu.be/teRgh01Xb1U?si=-c5jgxs3uE9Fddt3
https://youtu.be/J76S5q_ETfo?si=SOtopWkyfK_6YNla
This is not metal at all. It’s just here to earworm you.
Original version here:
https://youtu.be/w9CvXg4jpZU?si=ti-8-C1tJB2rSwWX
Next list will be all the random stuff I came across that got stuck in my head.
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