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The World Standard
is a Japanese girl group formed by Avex Trax in 2015. The group, which frequently uses cat-like wordplay and colorful costumes in their song lyrics and performances, has contributed songs to the anime series ''Idol Time PriPara'' and ''Kiratto Pri Chan.'' Since 2016, Wasuta has released 4 albums, 4 mini-albums, 7 CD singles, 7 digital singles, 2 live albums, 1 best album, and a live concert Blu-ray from their first nationwide Japanese tour. The group has performed several times outside of Japan, including Japan Expo Paris 2017, Japan Weekend Madrid 2018, Japan Expo Thailand 2017-2020, Kizuna 2018 in Vietnam, Anime North 2019 in Canada, and Japan Festival in Mongolia 2019. History 2015-2016: Formation and first album ''The World Standard'' In January 2015, iDOL Street held an audition for their fourth major idol group at Yoyogi Park Outer Field Stage. On March 29, 2015, Wasuta was formally announced at an iDOL Street Street-sei event. The group's image is described as a digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
