re: yanopi
I used to really into Japanese city-pop when I was younger but not so much anymore, very enjoyable listen tho!! Even if I'm not into it as much nowadays it's still a damn fun genre to listen to cuz of how lightweight and flashy it feels lol

Now for my stuff, since I'm super nerdy about music all the time I have like 4 songs I wanna share but they're all pretty different so it works out lmao

- First one is "Hi-Tech Jazz (The Science)" by Galaxy 2 Galaxy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljseZ1Q0UM), a pretty funky techno-Jazz track that has absolutely taken over my brain the last few weeks, I physically can't listen to it without getting up and dancing or at the very least bobbing my head

- Second one is "Crush" by fakemink (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8LYedUf1k4), a real catchy song that feels like a cross between jerk rap and hyperpop. I've heard the name fakemink going around a lot lately, especially among my friends, and figured I'd check the guy out and goddamn am I happy I did lol

- Third one is "Shadout Mapes" by Jacob & I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFDxMK0GJ6o), a very unique math rock EP on account of the fact that the three members of the band are a drummer and two bassists, no guitar. This was really the only thing they put out but they had a fair few fans back in the late MySpace days! There's one video online of them either recording for the EP or playing it live (I can't really tell) if you can find it

- Fourth one is "Project Pat" by Nettspend (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCsVA9nq1M), another indie rap song produced by the same guy who produced Crush (wegonebeok, usually just "ok"), I'm sure Nettspend is more of a meme-ish artist for most people due to that one video of him awkwardly hitting a money spread in his bathroom while looking at himself in the mirror and making random hand motions towards the camera to one of his songs, but I can assure you he's been up to much more than that since then, like this album he released at the tail-end of 2024

Happy listening!! <3