Final Project research - Jpop & Kpop culture
J-Pop is the shortened term for ‘Japanese Pop’, a music style that typically is light hearted and upbeat in theme and is typically preformed by an all girl or all boy group. This style of music has become widely popular in western countries outside Asia, meaning the younger demographic here is also exposed to it very easy over platforms such as youtube. J-Pop star Kyrau Pamyu Pamyu was my first introduction to the J-Pop phenomenon, her hugely unique Harajuku style and upbeat music got me listening to her multiple times a day. She is an individual J-Pop star and is not part of a huge group, as such she has accumulated a lot of opportunities for herself in both advertising and in person events. I loved her style, I thought the bright colours and clear confidence in how she looked was inspirational, it really pushed my love for kawaii fashion into overdrive. I went ahead and began buying clothes from Japanese retailers and styled my hair to be more cute and anime lik
