Motoki Ohmori talks "Pops," challenging musical conventions and what comes next for Japan's biggest band.
If you have to explain modern J-pop to someone who has never heard it before, play them a track by Mrs. I recommend 2018’s “Ao to Natsu.” Driving forward beat? A soft, ballad-esque break?
A sudden jump up an octave? Green Apple tracks are an exercise in triumphant maximalism; it’s not unusual to hear anything from music boxes to orchestral strings to country-western elements in the group’s songs.
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