JRock, farewell

somehow this seems to be a new fashion to me...

there were cases when random English words were inserted into Japanese lyrics to make an emphasis on something, sometimes loan words, sometimes not yet, and they were pronounced not simply with Japanese accent, but as if written in katakana - take Shiina Hekiru-san's 'black hole'

there were random English sentenced and phrases inserted with the same purpose but sung with a proper pronunciation or at least an attempt to do it - 'my broken wings' in Tane Tomoko-san's 'broken wings'

there were English words that almost became Japanese because used so frequently - like 'mirakuru na chansu' in Okui Masami-san's 'climax'

and there were songs in Japlish, so as to say, songs in English sung by Japanese who were not very fluent in English, or even were, but still sounded Japanese - like a lot of songs by Tsuchiya Anna or Kawase Tomoko (tommyfebruary6 and tommyheavenly6, if you wonder who it is)

and now there is the new generation. there are artists, performers, bands, with good English. I mean, with good English language. but also with good English style. no, not English purely - western. European and American. or something like this

they are fluent in English and they have proper pronunciation. they are good in composing and singing. and... they are no more JRock or Jpop. they are completely western. completely like thousands of other bands and performers in the West. they have quality in music and lyrics, they sing and jump with guitars, and they hold microphones, and they scream and shout and cry and convey their feelings - just exactly like Western bands have been doing quite for a while

who made me think like this are ONE OK ROCK. however I noticed a lot of other artists who do the same. I have forgotten most of them, and I can only name Kylee whom I discovered today - and after listening to 2 songs of hers I simply rejected the idea to download her discography

well, it's great when Japanese performers' works are of high quality. but I prefer J-something, even if its quality may seem low