J-Pop

As I said in my last post, I don't watch a lot of music videos, but I probably should have rephrased that: I don't watch a lot of mainstream/American music videos. The most music videos I watch are probably vocaloid ones, but if I'm not watching one of those, I'm probably watching a J-Pop music video. As far as J-Pop videos go, most of them are stereotypical 'dance' videos, which have the members of the group dancing to the music, pretty self-explanitory and for the most part boring; however, sometimes you come across something that is a little more interesting to look at. One of the things I have noticed is some of the technology and such that are used in these videos, they can be pretty fantastic. Now, I'll admit none of these music videos I'm posting are very deep or anything, I'm doing it more for some of the aesthetics and special effects, as well as music I just enjoy that have interesting videos.

First up is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singing PONPONPON

I promise none of the rest of them are quite that weird ^__^;

Next is Ka-Ka-Kata Kataka Omoi-C by Hyadain

Oddly enough, even though there is a girl lip syncing in this video, the female vocals are also provided by the boy, Hyadain, through voice modifications.

These last two are by a group called Perfume, my personal favorites. They usually do a more 'dance video' type, but they put a spin on it and the technology used is really amazing!

Fake It (uses Bullet Time effects)

Nee (uses... 360 degrees copies of themselves? I don't know the terminology for it)

They have a lot of other cool videos too, including Natural no Koishite (where they dance on a moving sidewalk) and Voice (where they dance on a 'Hole in the Wall' sort of device where they have to time it just right to fit in with the cutouts).