City Pop is heavily influenced by American soft rock by taking the song structures of the genre and mixing it with Southern R&B from the US, Northern Soul from the UK and jazz fusion music to try and achieve an almost tropical and sophisticated sound (drawn heavily from the Hawaiian and Okinawan vibes in particular), which was formulated by songwriters of that time for descriptions of a luxurious, sensual and upbeat modern life. 

Soon, however, City Pop faded out of style by the 1990s, largely due to the tanking of the Japanese economy in what came to be known as "The Lost Decade" and, arguably, Japan hasn't completely recovered from to this day, making the eagerness of the era of City Pop a fleeting and meteoric bubble.

All the same, the remaining music works are still of aesthetic value and worthy of appreciation, say, Magic Ways by Tatsuro Yamashita, one of the iconic singers of City Pop. This song came like a dream, from the less credited corners of YouTube with its anime versions of beautiful songs like these. At first, it seemed nothing special, until you listened to the original song to discover that it's not been electronically altered at all. Released in 1982, the song is well beyond its years. The use of electronic music is very clever and artistic, adding more allure to the song than hostility. The lyrics are just so captivating, innocent and beautiful; talks like a man completely consumed by love. 

City Pop is heavily influenced by American soft rock by taking the song structures of the genre and mixing it with Southern R&B from the US, Northern Soul from the UK and jazz fusion music to try and achieve an almost tropical and sophisticated sound (drawn heavily from the Hawaiian and Okinawan vibes in particular), which was formulated by songwriters of that time for descriptions of a luxurious, sensual and upbeat modern life. 

Soon, however, City Pop faded out of style by the 1990s, largely due to the tanking of the Japanese economy in what came to be known as "The Lost Decade" and, arguably, Japan hasn't completely recovered from to this day, making the eagerness of the era of City Pop a fleeting and meteoric bubble.

All the same, the remaining music works are still of aesthetic value and worthy of appreciation, say, Magic Ways by Tatsuro Yamashita, one of the iconic singers of City Pop. This song came like a dream, from the less credited corners of YouTube with its anime versions of beautiful songs like these. At first, it seemed nothing special, until you listened to the original song to discover that it's not been electronically altered at all. Released in 1982, the song is well beyond its years. The use of electronic music is very clever and artistic, adding more allure to the song than hostility. The lyrics are just so captivating, innocent and beautiful; talks like a man completely consumed by love.