Diddy's Asian Persuasion IV: Sunday October 3rd 13.00 BST

[COB]

PS did you notice the backing music?

Yes you fucking TROLL

 

[Penelope]

OMG at HOT OUT NOW

What's Japanese for "Please explain to me the meaning of 'BHS café'??"

 

[Diddy]

We got your Japanese lesson then the anime one which is currently playing! Could it be a regional thing

Well it was probably the first one I was going to chop so I don't mind much

Good job I didn't try to enter it then!

 

[Diddy]

PART 2: Anime-zing

6] RADWIMPS ft Toko Muira - Grand Escape
Kicking off this anime-centric portion of the show are the band who scored two massively successful Makoto Shinkai movies; the first was Your Name (Kimi no na wa), and second was its followup Weathering With You (Tenki no ko). This is a climactic collaboration for the latter's soundtrack. Both movies are a little odd but still very enjoyable, I absolutely recommend them if you refuse to watch Ghibli because you're evil.

 

[Penelope]

What is that?! I googled and it's either Tokyo Junior Football League or Tamworth Junior Football League
I suspect NEITHER

Google TEFL and ALL WILL BE EXPLAINED

 

[ZenGiraffe]

This song has fully won me over

 

[Penelope]

Oh isn't THIS pretty?

 

[Diddy]

Enjoying this one though, slow start but it's building VERY nicely.

Another in the ASFM reject bin for that reason
It sort of makes me a bit teary though

 

[COB]

OMG featuring WHO now?!

 

[Diddy]

Can you do me a favour and tell me when it finishes, I'm out of sync with you lot now

 

[Diddy]

7] Hachi vs Hatsune Miku - Dune

I know some of you will be away of Hatsune Miku, the virtually-produced vocaloid performer who is massively successful in and outside Japan. Her services were recruited by fellow vocaloid producer Hachi for this track. Hachi gained popularity during the early 2010s, before debuting as a human performer - my weirdo king Kenshi Yonezu. Surprise!

 

[Diddy]

OMG featuring WHO now?!

I guess that answers my question

 

[COB]

We're on Miku! But we also don't have ads so might be inching ahead a bit

 

[COB]

It's so strange seeing her NOT CGI

 

[Diddy]

We're on Miku! But we also don't have ads so might be inching ahead a bit

More because you missed a whole song I and I didn't realise for 3 minutes

 

[COB]

This is lovely and quite a departure from the Miku songs I've heard, are often VERY fast and dancey.

 

[Diddy]

Weird to hear Kenshi all vocaloided too

 

[Diddy]

8] Daoko ft Kenshi Yonezu - Uchiage Hanabi (Launching Fireworks)

Speaking of Kenshi, this was a massively successful duet with visual artist Daoko for both of their albums and the soundtrack of anime movie "Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?", very snappy title. It's become a perennial summer hit since 2017.

 

[Diddy]

Just a reminder, not all of the songs have, but some have english subtitles (like this one now)

 

[COB]

This one is very sweet!

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

What was the conclusion?

 

[Diddy]

This one is very sweet!

It's sometimes a bit hard to judge if these songs are good for DAP or just good for Diddy because my associations with the songs

 

[Diddy]

What was the conclusion?

My bottom hurts just thinking about it!

 

[Diddy]

oh @Penelope did you decide to stay for the long haul? So sweet! Fresh blood

 

[Diddy]

9] Yoasobi - Taisho Roman (Taisho period romance)

I had to revisit Yoasobi after they went down so well in ASFM (after debuting in DAP1 ), and while it has been a bit of a case of diminishing returns after that amazing debut, their latest in the rapid-fire singles releases has a gorgeous video that can at least hypnotise you for 3 minutes.

 

[COB]

OMG the creepy dolls I'm already in

 

[Diddy]

btw i promise there will be some songs that FUCK in the traditional sense

 

[Penelope]

I'm doing post prep so each result DOESN'T take 20 minutes to write up for Moopyvision but this is on in the background

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I'm just joining now but omg yay at that BRILLIANT DAOKO AND KENSHI DUET featuring

 

[ZenGiraffe]

This SCREAMS Anime intro

 

[COB]

Is this an anime OP, or just styled like one?

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Also reading back, I see Gen Hoshino and Perfume got their flowers too.

 

[Diddy]

This SCREAMS Anime intro

I can't be sure, but MOST THINGS ARE

This is quite a Yoasobi-style song though

 

[COB]

I can't be sure, but MOST THINGS ARE

This is quite a Yoasobi-style song though

It sounds a LOT like their ASFM song.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Break 2!

 

[Diddy]

Is this an anime OP, or just styled like one?

Apparently not, but it was designed in collab with phone network Docomo's Quadratic Playground, whatever that is!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Really digging the violin and composition/arrangement of modern and traditional composition.

 

[Diddy]

OH FUCKING FUCK I FORGOT TO PUT THE TOILET BREAK SONG IN!!

Toilet break cancelled, sorry

 

[COB]

RESPECT THE RULE OF DEMOCRACY

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Love this absolute NONSENSE