Miki Matsubara - Wikipedia
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sad that she was so regretful about her work in the end.
It's a tragedy she never got to see the impact her work had on so many lives so many years later.
If you're new to City Pop, there's a great podcast called Primer that did a short series walking through the genre and the artists. Apparently they tended to be jazz musicians making more commercial music.
Episode 1 is about Miki Matsubara.
to get some citypop in your head, she's the one who did stay with me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYT9wVwQ8A
For historic purpouses, this is what I would refer to when I say "there's a few gems in pop music" or things of that ilk.
Sidenote : she's not the person who did Friday chinatown, another citypop banger that was Yasuha.