One new act who has been creating a buzz in music-industry circles this year is quirky singer-songwriter Seiko Oomori.
The music video for her song ¡°Midnight Seijun Isei Koyu¡± (¡°Midnight¡¯s Pure Relationship Between the Sexes¡°) depicted a possibly murderous tale of lesbian obsession. Her new single, ¡±,¡± sees the singer shrieking and meowing in a candy-colored lingerie store on the back of a truck driving around Tokyo. On the face of it, Oomori seems to represent idol music through the looking glass.
She is very good at what she does, but let¡¯s make clear what she isn¡¯t: She isn¡¯t any sort of brave, radical subversion of idol culture. She may dress in fluffy clothes and play at the Tokyo Idol Festival every year, but she isn¡¯t really part of any idol pop tradition.
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