Robou no Fujii - Vol. 3 Ch. 19 - Skinny Goat and Fujii

[MangaDex]

 

[davidgraham212121]

The idea of Fujii earnestly being a kind of person into music for teens is great.

 

[EchoGirl]

not the hugest fan of seaweed even in spam musubi but if i had to have it , i'd rather it be already shredded in the ramen versus one big piece (have had a brand of spicy seaweed chips before tho that was good)

i'm so used to the acronym i didn't think about an actual goat for a while altho since it's a band name both could apply lol

also terrible at memorizing songs tho it's cool that a worker is able to help despite the app not, at least they're popular enough to have a copy versus being super obscure (altho i wonder if there's ppl whose job it is to upload the new songs into those kinda apps to feed more info to it, copyright aside)

wonder what makes it 'fake' to that coworker, if anything i'd think music aimed at teens other than some cheesy lyrics a younger person might've never heard before and be moved easily, would be 'authentic' b/c snarky teens would be able to see thru bs as opposed to them only doing music to make money like an idol group of 'pretty boys'

The idea of Fujii earnestly being a kind of person into music for teens is great.

JP prolly has a lot of youth 'hits' or so that can be enjoyed

 

[HCO]

The idea of Fujii earnestly being a kind of person into music for teens is great.

Never ask a millenial if they still listen to Linkin Park.

 

[outinthegardener]

Damn Fuji's hyper-fixation is such a mood. Getting invested enough to go to the concert and try to learn the song on guitar? 10/10, would recommend. Getting dissed by the people around you for getting fixated on wrong-content? Boooo.

(altho i wonder if there's ppl whose job it is to upload the new songs into those kinda apps to feed more info to it, copyright aside)

Yes, there are. Streaming apps make contracts with record labels to get access to the label's catalogue. So when the label has new releases, they are added to any streaming service they're contracted to.

As far as which new music will specifically get promoted to an individual listener, it depends on what data the algorithm knows about them. If you don't listen to top 40 pop, they probably won't recommend the new Sabrina Carpenter single. But if you listen to some bands that sound similar to Skinny Goat, or bands that other Skinny Goat listeners listen to, or other bands from Skinny Goat's label, the new Skinny Goat album has a good chance of being added to your home page or suggested playlists.

 

[Sya_Elexeor]

New update faster than I expected, we're so back, thank you!

 

[mrboxeater]

going to a concert alone wow...also physical media still being alive in japan, cant imagine this scenario anywhere else lmao.

 

[Yoshaaaa]

Tq for the chapter

 

[Doomroar]

wonder what makes it 'fake' to that coworker, if anything i'd think music aimed at teens other than some cheesy lyrics a younger person might've never heard before and be moved easily, would be 'authentic' b/c snarky teens would be able to see thru bs as opposed to them only doing music to make money like an idol group of 'pretty boys'

The issue of authenticity in music is an issue with how the music industry operates as it manufactures and appropriates a culture to then repackage it into a commercial product to give it mass appeal, but in that process it sanitizes, and eliminates the particular elements that made said culture special

This can be more easily seen with almost all African American music from blues, to rock, to disco, electronic music, jungle, hip-hop and rap, as they start being whitewashed and stripped of what once made them special

Teen Rock is by definition from the start music that is designed and manufactured to appeal to an specific demographic, and as thus will always follow corporate interests rather than the free spirit of rebellion that used to guide rock music before it became pop music

As thus all Teen Rock music, just like all popular music, being it western pop, K-pop, J-pop, etc, are fake music genres, for they are the product of capital interests, instead of artistic drive

Now you may say "but what about indie pop bands? Wouldn't they exist as examples of artistic drive?", the issue here is that the culture of indie pop bands, is at the end of the day still tied and rooted to the culture of corporate media, there's no subculture or independent culture that would allow them to persist outside the idea of wide mass appeal for consumption, which is why pop music is not seen as a genre in itself, but more of a qualification their sounds always preying on others for whatever fits the times

If folk music takes off, K-pop will switch hip hop beats for wooden flutes, not because the artist will it, but because the marketing analysis demands it

This leads to the following problem, does fake and manufactured = bad? And is authenticity = good?

Not necessarily, but the issue of appealing to everyone means eventually making something for nobody, and in doing so killing an entire sound

 

[Someanon]

We all know Mamoru has always been the kind to follow his own beats and fixate on random stuff but I really like how the author showed his pupils during the concert, since they are always fully black, I think it was to show how he could feel the passion in the music.
He really liked it!

Never ask a millenial if they still listen to Linkin Park.

I feel called out, but for me it's more Blink 182, Goldfinger, and honestly the whole Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtrack lmao.