Diddy's Asian Persuasion III - Sunday May 23 13.00 BST

[ButterTart]

Hurry up then ! (Don’t die tho)

I am hurrying but I make no promises not to die.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

PART 1 - GEEK BOPS

 

[COB]

Ooh, was that bit from Zelda?

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Ohhh I know this groovy trippy bop

 

[Diddy]

Ooh, was that bit from Zelda?

yeah there are loads of Nintendo bleeps and bloops!

 

[Tisch]

This is ticking all the boxes! Not too sure what those boxes are, but it's ticking them

 

[Diddy]

I want to go to Nintendo world

 

[COB]

I wonder if Toad and his best friend Charli XCX will pop up

 

[Diddy]

I fancy him so much

 

[COB]

Key change! Ish

 

[COB]

I fancy him so much

He is very cute!

 

[Diddy]

YELLOW MAGIC! Is that OK to say? He said it first

 

[Diddy]

2) Utada - You make me want to be a man

An eye-catchingly uncommercial debut UK single for J-Pop goddess Utada, from her debut English album Exodus. Known to some Moopers already, and I seem to recall it scarring Robotboy for life as he represented it because he hated it so much. BUT I LOVE IT SO NER

 

[COB]

I have ads so may slip behind a BIT as we go on, btw

 

[Diddy]

I have ads so may slip behind a BIT as we go on, btw

Me too!

 

[COB]

Oh I LOVE THIS ONE

 

[Diddy]

Love Utada so much

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Seiko Matsuda and Utada walked so that other Jpop artists could fly worldwide, only for Kpop artists to steal their flight.

 

[Diddy]

@Alex are you there? I SEE YOU
@Dark Carnival TOO

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

As for the song, absolutely marvellous, per Utada's general output.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

This is great! I really should listen to more Utada rather than just her kingdom hearts stuff

 

[Dark Carnival]

@Alex are you there? I SEE YOU
@Dark Carnival TOO

I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT

 

[COB]

The way this video is like a DARK MIRROR of Björk's All Is Full Of Love

 

[Diddy]

This is great! I really should listen to more Utada rather than just her kingdom hearts stuff

This was actually a last-minute sub, I was going to put Passion from KH2

 

[Diddy]

3) Kenshi Yonezu - Shunrai

Yes, I'm going to die on this hill, here's Lemon star Kenshi Yonezu with a single from his fabulous "Bootleg" album. Friends of dUb's podcast will know that I already recommended this for the playlist, there's no escape. A good soundtrack to the current rainy reason in Japan, the title meaning Spring Thunder.

 

[COB]

Oh HELLO

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Can't ever go wrong with Kenshi!

 

[Diddy]

Can't ever go wrong with Kenshi!

omg where have you been all my life <3

 

[Tisch]

I always enjoy this guy!

The visuals today are all stungorge. I think that's one reason I still haven't quite taken to Asian pop. It's more of an audiovisual package and not something for the background perhaps.

 

[Diddy]

I thought I went a bit too CONCEPTUAL last time with him, so this is a more solid bop

 

[COB]

I love the rap-like verses

 

[Diddy]

I always enjoy this guy!

The visuals today are all stungorge. I think that's one reason I still haven't quite taken to Asian pop. It's more of an audiovisual package and not something for the background perhaps.

I guess it takes some time to get used to it, Japanese vocals can be a bit shrill sometimes. Kenshi has a bit of a plain voice but it's so versatile

 

[Alex]

@Alex are you there? I SEE YOU
@Dark Carnival TOO

Erm sorry i’m out for a walk I need some fresh air

 

[Diddy]

He's the Gabrielle of Japanese male singer songwriters - I wonder what's under that fringe

He also looks like EVERY Japanese hairdresser

 

[Tisch]

Clicking syncs with the sound of life

 

[Diddy]

4) REOL - The Sixth Sense

A TikTok hit for Reol, a singer releasing a solo effort after her band ... REOL, disbanded. OK? I don't know much about her, but this was a successful tie-in with BOAT RACE 2020. Boat Races with speedboats are a popular gambling activity in Japan, just like the horses.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

4) REOL - The Sixth Sense

A TikTok hit for Reol, a singer releasing a solo effort after her band ... REOL, disbanded. OK? I don't know much about her, but this was a successful tie-in with BOAT RACE 2020. Boat Races with speedboats are a popular gambling activity in Japan, just like the horses.

This has my attention IMMEDIATELY

 

[Diddy]

Clicking syncs with the sound of life

I don't know what you mean but I'm loving it

 

[COB]

Oh this is UP MY STREET!

 

[COB]

This chorus!