Kind of a side question. For those of you bilingual in Spanish and English. It seems like it's pretty common for some artists to record songs in both languages. Sometimes at least. Whether it's because they feel like it or because of marketing reasons. Obviously Spanish is as far away from Japanese as is is English. But do the Spanish/English versions of songs feel like it's easy to flip flop between those two languages? Or do those versions of songs feel pretty non-compatible as well?
Well, I think language isn't a problem if the song is composed from the groundup for a language, the problem is they normally want to keep the meaning and sentences of the song, so we end up with messy songs like some Beyonce spanish songs, or some of the Shakira dual tracks. It's not a big deal when the translated section is its own thing, like English version of Despacito. Most of the times, the issue comes from having a main version and getting exposed later to the translation, which will always be more awkward.
I honestly think that language is one of the least important things in what makes japanese music what it is. For example, the Your Name OST in english still feels like japanese music for me, but the lyrics still work, IMO.
I do wish more western songwriters used 'more chords' and had the melody travel more. Not because I don't like western pop but because I'd like that kind of sound too to exist here.
Yes, I really like how adventurous asian music is most of the times. Even if there are obvious trends, and groups releasing "me too" songs, it feels like they are more proactive in doing their own spin or pushing new thing forward.
