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*Third movie.

I don’t acknowledge that film with the Twilight girl.

Okay Naomi Scott. [Slow whines]

📅 09.02.05

🎈 Today is the 21st anniversary of Koda Kumi’s 4th studio album, Secret 🎈

Were it not for the classic that is “Hands”, I would forget all about this album.

📅 08.02.26

🎈 The 13th anniversary of Ayumi Hamasaki’s 14th studio album, Love Again 🎈

When Ayu was in her ‘flop era’ as the Internet kids say.

Love Again wasn’t terrible. But Ayu was doing the same ol’, same ol’, and I think audiences were just tired of it by this point.

🎈 Happy 24th anniversary to Tommy february6’s self-titled debut album 🎈

I’m spotlighting the video for the 2nd single “♡Kiss♡ One More Time” because it’s Black History Month in the US, and it’s what Tommy february6 would’ve wanted. Also, “♡Kiss♡ One More Time” is a choon.

🎈 Happy 18th anniversary to Janet Jackson’s single “Rock With U” 🎈

“Rock With U” not becoming the smash hit that it deserved to be still makes me sick to this day.

Marhaebwa Carey.

🎈 Happy 17th anniversary to BoA’s 2nd Japanese studio album, Valenti 🎈

I’ve always wondered if SM Entertainment had planned for “Valenti” to be a soft launch of BoA in America — given that an English version of it was recorded.

I hate this so much.
RIP Shirley Raines.

Trust that the Nintendo legal team has been dispatched for this individual.

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💿 Cubic U / Hikaru Utada - Precious 💿

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🎈 Happy 28th anniversary to Hikaru Utada’s pre-debut album, Precious 🎈

Before Hikaru Utada, there was Cubic U. And before First Love, there was Precious. An album which featured 10 original songs and a cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David penned “(They Long to Be) Close to You”.

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Namie Amuro’s ‘Genius 2000’.

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💿 Namie Amuro - Genius 2000 💿

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🎈 Happy 26th anniversary to Namie Amuro’s 4th studio album, Genius 2000 🎈

The album where Namie’s sound began to shift toward R&B. The first of three of Namie’s albums to feature production from Dallas Austin. And the start of Tetsuya Komuro and his fried wig working his notice period.

A screenshot from a Stranger Things subreddit. Where user ‘Active-Row9600’ posts ‘I just realized Will had to smell Vecna’s awful breath in this scene.’

Today’s instalment of ‘Gems in the subreddits’.

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Koda Kumi’s album ‘Japonesque’.

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💿 Koda Kumi - Japonesque 💿

🔗 bit.ly/4bSNzS5

🎈 Happy 14th anniversary to Koda Kumi’s 10th studio album, Japonesque 🎈

By this album it was very clear that Koda Kumi was just going to rinse and repeat until the end of time.

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Ayumi Hamasaki’s album ‘Remember You’.

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💿 Ayumi Hamasaki - Remember You 💿

🔗 bit.ly/45ynlk6

🎈 Happy 3rd anniversary to Ayumi Hamasaki’s 18th studio album, Remember You 🎈

Shout-outs to the music video for “Mask”. The entire video is basically a teamLab commercial and is what made me wanna visit there.

Justice for Victoria Beckham’s “Girlfriend”.

My official unofficial Random J Pop tweet copywriter is at it again.

The music during the Nebula Romance: Episode 1 character introduction is fire. I might need a 90s dance album from Perfume.

I don’t know why some of these characters have introductions though. That girl looking at the shop window ain’t nobody. And we never see The Band on stage during this show.

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Perfume’s album ‘Nebula Romance: Part 2’.

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💿 Perfume - Nebula Romance: Part 2 💿

🔗 bit.ly/4q4712B

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Sumin & Slom’s album ‘Miniseries 2’.

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💿 Sumin & Slom - Miniseries 2 💿

🔗 bit.ly/44SipGi

A pink toy laptop screen, displaying a Microsoft Windows 95 style desktop. A window is open, showing a vinyl of Mariah Carey’s album ‘Here for It All’.

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💿 Mariah Carey - Here for It All 💿

🔗 bit.ly/3YUOzxq

A Stranger Things style episode title card, which reads ‘Chapter 7. Girl, Let’s Kill Ourselves’.

Kali in Stranger Things 5.

✨ “After Love -First Boyfriend-” ✨

This releasing as a single in August was the start of me realising that Crystal Kay’s record label did not care about a bitch. Because this is a damn Christmas song.

✨ “Shooting Star Dust” ✨

Very 90s. Very Vanessa Williams. Very festive.

✨ “Shiroi Koibitotachi” ✨

This song has been covered so many times. But I like that Crystal’s version leans into the festive elements of the original song (and music video) that a bunch of the covers tend to strip out.

✨ “Cherish” ✨

The Japanese “Cater 2 U”.

I play this song regularly. But I really run up during Christmas.