On Top of J-POP - Yasutaka Nakata 中田 ヤスタカ

Brilliant composer and producer. Just a genius.

This whole video got me geeked tf out the whole time considering I’ve never met A LIVING SOUL who listens to MEG and when I heard sound of silence playing at the end of the video I damn near cried because that song was a staple of my childhood!!! I was always the weird ass kid listening to this stuff back in the day and to see a vide essay about the bops I’ve loved back to back is just amazing. I feel represented asf right now 😭
I’ve been obsessed with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu since 2013, she’s really influenced my music taste for years, she was my intro to Yasutaka Nakata’s music. My absolute FAVS are Sugarless Girl, Sound of Silence and Control!! Those get me going in the gym let me tell you 😭
I can go on and on about how this man’s music sums up every song I love but was too embarrassed to put on the aux chord because no one would get it. LOL

Also if you read this comment this far I’d check out Get out of My way by Kylie Minogue, she’s popular in the west but I’ didn’t know that considering I only found her song because Yasutaka produced it. He did a remix also of it and LET ME TELL YOU ITS SO GOOD. Anyways great video.

shibuya kei forever ❤

I almost cried watching this, feeling conmoved about his big and constant pursue for creativeness.
Thank you very much, for the video describing the work of such a musical genius.

Awesome

I love Toshi that is all

superb video. been a fan since early capsule albums, yet I learned a ton. well done!

I am lucky enough to be his fan from 2005...it's like everything he touches turns into gold.
Funny thing is...people think him collaborating with western artists is something wow...not really to be honest. He is way more talented than most of them.tbf.

Love this💗 We need more YSTK video essays! 😄💜

Amazing fact video
I totally love Mr Nakata's compositions
Capsule is my personal favorite duo
It just that their beautiful music it's just awesome!

I have listened all their albums (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤