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  If I can say one thing about the state of Japanese music, it would be one thing: boring. They filled their songs with royal road progression and math rock-like rhythmic. You might find them fascinating and interesting at first. However, when you have 20+ years listening to Japanese songs, you can see the progression is stuck there. Well, every pop thing happening in the world is industrialized. The boringness is not exclusive to Japan. Every industrialized music will face the same issue, a highly produced checklist song. That changes when this song comes. This song is very refreshing and innovative. It's a good luck for them to be in the Mashle session 2 opening soundtrack so that many people, including me, can discover this great song and their artistry.  Don't get me wrong. In a world infested with industrialized art, many genuine artists with their own style exist. The problem is we don't know them and the search for them is a bit exhausting. Music is personal and not ...

  Tana Nona released her new cover of JKT48, "Shoujotachi yo" or "Gadis Remaja" or "Teenage Girl".  First of all, JKT48 version and AKB48 version is not my cups of tea. I don't feel comfortable to listen to idol-style sing. There is something about thin voices singing unison that sitting not well with me. I haven't tried to explore it well. I think it is because I feel like they were doing Karaoke instead of singing because the unison not quite unison and it screw the balance with the music. Or maybe it feels like those voices are wasted potential that should have been arranged into many sections? Back to Tana Nona, I feel her voice really enjoyable. Her technique makes me remember the way late singer Dolores of Cranberries. She carries such good emotion using her voice, something that is rare on idol culture. One critic for me is the way her voice is mixed. I wish the mixer lets her crackling sound. Her breathiness is a bit thin in the song. I k...