3 Dec 2024

Music feature: City Pop, Japan pop of the 70s and 80s.

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 3 December 2024

Broadcaster and DJ Martyn Pepperell walks Jesse through a music genre that's been around for more than 40 years, but possibly new to some of us. 

City-pop is a mix of American/UK influenced pop music that emerged in Japan in the late 1970s eventually giving way to J-Pop and the idol groups of the 90s going forward. 

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Photo: RNZ / Chris Bramwell

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