50 Favorite Idol Songs of 2021 (So Far)
A quick text list (plus playlists!) of my favorite idol songs of the year
This list is part of the May/June 2021 issue of Idol Watch, a companion newsletter to This Side of Japan that’s all about idols. You can return to the main newsletter here.
Here are my 50 favorite idol songs of 2021 so far, listed in alphabetical order. Here is a Spotify and YouTube playlist of the songs featured here. There are a few not available in either of the platforms, so I added a few honorable mentions to fill their spaces. Enjoy!
22/7 - “Boku Ga Motterumononara”
Amefurasshi - “MICHI”
BEYOOOOONDS - “Now Now Ningen”
BiS - “LOVE”
BiSH - “STAR”
buGG - “Shake It! Shake It!!!!!!!”
CYNHN - “AOAWASE”
DAI DAI DAI - “YUUKAI”
Dempagumi.inc - “Princess Dempa Power! Shine On!”
Dopechan - “stargaze”
EMPiRE - “HON-NO”
fishbowl - “Shinkai”
FRUN FRIN FRIENDS - “Vanilla”
GOMATEN - “DAISUKI”
GoodDay - “Anthem”
HIRAGANA KAMIYADO - “Kiseki No Uta”
HKT48 - “Kimi To Dokokae Ikitai”
HULLABALOO - “Nolka Solka Polka”
Iginari Tohokusan - “Ujira To Omedazu”
Iori Noguchi/=LOVE - “Haikei Anata Sama”
KOTO - “BACK TO THE UNIVERSE”
Lila Gray - “Yukai the World"
Lily of the Valley - “Tanjo Zenya”
link laze - “Shooting game”
lyrical school - “TIME MACHINE”
meme tokyo - “ANTISUGGEST”
Morning Musume ‘21 - “Renai Destiny ~Honne Wo Ronjitai~”
mzsrz - "Noise Cancelling"
NELN - “REM”
NiziU - “Take a Picture”
Nogizaka46 - “Gomenne Fingers Crossed”
O'CHAWANZ - “Rest of the Girls”
Old Newspaper - “Bubble”
ORβIT - “Blind”
PIGGS - “VISITOR”
PRODUCE 101 SEASON 2 - “Let Me Fly”
Pure White Canvas - “Loser Girl”
Qumali Depart - “Genkai Megendai Ken%”
RilisReverse - “Reversal”
RYUTist - “mizugarasu”
Sakurazaka46 - “BAN”
SANDAL TELEPHONE - “SYSTEMATIC”
Sexy Zone - “RIGHT NEXT TO YOU”
situasion - “the blue dahlia”
Solaris in the Rain - “Forever and Ever”
Suisei Hoshimachi - “GHOST”
SZWARC - “Sweet Escape”
STU48 - “Hitorigoto De Katarukurainara”
TEAM SHACHI - “JIBUNGOTO”
Up Up Girls (2) - “Pa-re”
Next issue of This Side of Japan is out July 14. You can check out previous issues of Idol Watch from this year here: January & February / March & April
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