Thelma Aoyama is a relatively new artist on the J-Pop scene. (It's pronounced Teruma Aoyama, and sometime's spelled that way. In my opinion, she was the best new artist in 2008 (even though her debut single, the song above came out very late 2007 in it's original form. The song above is the answer song, Soulja song featured her and was addressing the girl, and she is answering him in her song, which features him. Very cool.) I LOVE this song to death. She has had 5 singles since then, and one real album, and two remix, collection etc. type cd's. The first cd was prior to the last 4 singles, so I think she really needs to have a second official cd very soon. Part of the reason I think she got famous is her heritage, for better or worse being only partially japanese is a draw and gives you credibility in music there. She is 1/4 Trinidadian. Her style is very R&B influenced although some more J-Pop undertones seem to be creeping in. She reminds me a lot of K-Pop, which features a lot more of the R&B/Pop fusion than Japanese music does (or i might even say DID as more and more artists are moving that way).
Some Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Aoyama (Her wikipedia entry)
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThelmaAoyamaTV?gl=JP&hl=ja (Her Personal Youtube page)
Next time I think I'll start to take a look at the mini Korean Invasion into the US with the Wonder Girls (to be followed by looking at BoA and Se7en). Or Not. I have a lot to post!
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