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The 2022 Music Videos Page

Here are my recommended MVs for 2022.

Check out songs with my star for the best choices!

Performer:	Song:	Country:	Comments:	Video Link:
King Gnu	Sakayume		I wasn’t sure how this one was going to play out on the 1st watch, but it was surprisingly great!
Ryokuōshoku Shakai	Character		Some of the lyrics in this seem a bit repetitive, like the “datte need you” bit, which sounds more like “niju,” but it’s quite perky and fun sounding.
Airi Suzuki	High Beat Kibun		This is really fun and cheery. Kibun means mood in English, and it says that anyway on the poster in the video.
9-tie	Glorious Days		This is a great, happy kind of song. You’ll get a smile on your face, I reckon.
Surii + Kagami Oto Ren	Bunny		This is another one of those videos based around a still picture & just the lyrics, but the song’s rather speedy sounding & to my tastes, so that’s why I have to recommend this one!
Kira	Marionette		This is a little unusual, & it’s in English as well. I kinda like the lyrics too. The audio’s been a bit attacked with the hedge trimmers, but it’s not too extreme. Like a lot of Japanese MVs, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was related to some show, but I have no idea. I don’t really watch any Japanese shows, ’cos I’m just in it for the tunes.
Mrs. Green Apple	New My Normal		This starts off a bit slow, but picks up at around 27 seconds. It’s got a good, positive feeling, and a slight “moving forward” / running feeling in parts.
Perfume	Flow		I dunno what to make of the squeaky bits in this, but I still kind of like it anyway.
Heesey	Rock ’N’ Roll Survivor		“S - U - R, V - I - V - O - R!” It goes. It makes me think of Daytona USA. “G - A - M, E - O - V - E - R!” Anyway, the song has a bit of an old school vibe about it, and it makes me think of Steve Tyler, or Mick Jagger or somebody. I love the ending with “that’s all!”
Rhodanthe*	Jumping!!		The chicks’ make-up and styling in this look a bit more like Japanese MVs from about 11 odd years ago, in some respects. It’s a pretty good tune, and the MV has a good frame rate too, so that’s a plus.
Asterline	StarlightAsterism!!!		This is great, but it’s too short! It would’ve been nicer at around 3½ minutes.
VALIS	Ichiyou Legacy		Expect mostly static drawings in a 3D environment for this one, as far as the video part’s concerned. You get the lyrics too. The song’s really good, and I like the bit around 2 minutes & 22 seconds.
Karen Tsuchiya	Hummingbird		The harmonica sounds really good in this, and it makes me think more of American music, rather than Japanese.
ReoNa	Life Is Beautiful		We could all use more days where things go as right as they end up doing in this video.
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Featuring Midories & Neru Nagahama + Tokyo Metropolitan Katakura High School Brass Band Club)	Swallow		I presume the Midories are the reason for the green, since midori is Japanese for green. This is a big performance with the high school band making up a large portion of the numbers, and the song itself goes for almost 4½ minutes. Having the extras, with all their instruments, sounds really good, so that was a nice touch.
Hi Cheers!	Hello		The video for this is just a bunch of irrelevant, random backgrounds with the lyrics, but the song’s pretty good, and worth at least 1 look, I reckon. At least you can say they spent the money on the song, and not on the presentation.
WARPs UP	Hero		This is the Japanese rendition of this song, but I think this group does Chinese versions as well. It starts a little strangely with a bit of a break after an initial build up, and ends okay, but I think it could’ve had another verse or 2. A little short, especially compared with some Japanese songs which go for over 4 minutes. But definitely one of the best songs in recent months.
Little Glee Monster	Magic!		This isn’t too bad. A little bit mild for my tastes though. I dunno the girls’ names, but the tall one is a real show-stealer, if you ask me. I kept wanting to look at her more than the other 2.
Troglauer (Buam)	Makita		If you don’t mind some advertising for Makita, and some obvious hints at various movies, this is a fun song to check out. The Titanic bit should definitely at least make you crack a smile! Good grief! And holey mackerel! Imagine really doing your teeth and having a shave with those power tools! Yikes.
Super Junior	Don’t Wait		It looks like I finally had some luck with a great song from Super Junior after quite some time! This has quite the retro vibe. The background decoration stuff at the dance contest place looks like something out of the 1960s. Audio wise, it’s a bit of a typical Korean over-amplified jobbie, with the wave form looking like the peaks were sliced off with a sword, but it isn’t overly noticeable when you hear it.
Rosario + Cross	Saisho Wa Good!!		This is another one of those “lost in translation” kind of songs, that took me a while to find. (It’s from April.) Converting bits of Romanised stuff into Japanese and so on to get there. I think it’s growing on me a bit. It’s definitely vibrant looking. The song itself isn’t super cheery, but it’s pretty good. Also, no over-amplification to speak of. The wave form appears to have no clipping, and it actually could’ve been “normalised” to bring the highest peak up to full volume. Ooh, and what’s this?! A PAL frame rate too? What’s going on? That doesn’t usually happen on Japanese MVs.
Tomo Primc	Carovnija V Mesecini		If you like a bit of instrumental accordion playing, this is worth a peek. Those things sure look tricky to get to grips with! It looks like it was from the set of some TV show, but I wouldn’t have a clue. The song title translates to something like Magic In The Month.
TrySail	Hanarenai Kyori		I thought I added this one before. Maybe I was in 2 minds about it. It’s pretty cute & catchy. Be sure to check out the instrumental version too.
Momo Asakura	Eclatante		Momo’s from TrySail, above. This is a solo effort, with a classy, slightly old school feel about it. Hee hee — I like her cute sounding voice. She’d be good doing teddy bear speech. The song name seems to be Italian for striking. This one has a better ending than Hanarenai Kyori too.
ReoNa	Shall We Dance?		This is some song for season 2 of Shadows House. And it’s really good, so do have a listen.
The Bosshoss	Dance The Boogie		The lyrics for this are in English, but the group are from Germany. It’s a pretty catchy song, this one.
Mrs. Green Apple	Dancehall		This is a pretty cheery tune to check out! It’s quite perky, and Motoki Omori’s high pitched notes stand out in a good way.
Oresama	Memento
Ansambel Upanje	Moja Slovenija		This is actually quite good, and if you’re after something a bit more traditional sounding, this song’s an ideal pick. Those Rutar accordions are supposed to be some of the best available, and apparently have a sound which is typical to Slovenia. They sound pretty good to me!
Sumika	Glitter		This one took a few watches to grow on me, but I like it now.
QU4RTZ	Enjoy It!		This is a fan made video with the lyrics. As for an official MV, there’s only a short one. But I liked the song anyway. It seems to be popular, as there are loads of videos about it. (I bought the CD since I wrote this here.)
Airi Suzuki	Heart Ha Oteage		This video’s more pink than a communist sympathiser! Actually, I like the colour of pink, but this is a bit sickening. Anyway, I guess it goes with the heart part of the song name. According to my Japanese dictionary, oteage means helplessness in English. The song grew on me a bit after a few listens, so I’ll mention it here & let you decide if you fancy it or not.
Troglauer	Walkampf		Whale Struggle, I presume the title would translate to. I think this is a cover of an older song, but I’m not sure. It’s fairly good. A little repetitive sounding in some parts. The video’s a bit jerky looking.
Flow	Around The World		I thought I’d check this out, and it turned out to be rather good! It’s a good rock sounding tune, and the only thing I would say that could be a bit better is the sudden ending. Maybe a fade out would’ve been more satisfying. The video frame rate is a nice smooth NTSC speed. I don’t think there’s a jerk in sight. Really nice.
B.O.L.T.	By My Side		This song’s grown on me a bit since the 11th of September, when I 1st saw it. Hmm… Who’s the best looking in the group? Aya Shirahama I reckon. You get to see all their names during the MV, which is a bonus. Some of this MV was done at Think Space.
Sumika	Porter		This is a collaboration with some camping supply company, but it isn’t all that obvious what the brand is from the video. It’s probably not the best thing Sumika have done, but after a few watches, you’ll probably like it.
Nathan Evans	Drunken Sailor		Ah, this old thing! It’s interesting how he says early more like “earligh.” Was the original song like that, or what? Anyway, it’s definitely worth checking out, and you get the lyrics too, so you can sing along.
Perfume	Spinning World		I saw this 2 days after it came out, which was back in July, but I wasn’t too sure what to think about it. It’s kind of okay. Not a real sock blower though. The ending has a fade out finish, which you don’t seem to get in a lot of songs these days. Not the ones I listen to anyway. I thought I’d mention it, since I had a few more listens again recently.
GARNiDELiA	Genai Yugi		This is a pretty good one from GARNiDELiA. Struth — how does Toku keep it together around MARiA? She always looks so stunning. If I was him, I’d want to have a bit of a thing going on with her, even if it was just a little kissy.
Klapa Kmeti	Ne Pozabi Dedovinu		The song title seems to translate to something like: Don’t Forget Your Grandfather. It’s not one of my usual happy, perky, fast choices, but it’s a pretty good sounding song all the same.
Azki	Hakkoutai Solar Cycle		The frame rate on this is only 18 f.p.s., which is pretty cr@p, but as it’s a cartoon, I suppose it’s partially excusable. Personally, I’d rather’ve seen some super fast 60 f.p.s. action to match the speedy feeling of the music. Aside from that, the song’s good. It’s got some good high speed, perky bits, and the wave form is just within limits from being clipped looking. From some other stuff I saw, I think it’s related to some game.
Seven Lions + Light	Stop Thinking		This probably isn’t the usual kind of music style I’d go for, but I ended up liking it after all. The graphics are interesting as well. It feels like some kind of game. You also get the lyrics.
Mrs. Green Apple	Soranji		This just came out within the last few hours or so, so it’s pretty fresh. (The night of the 2nd of November.) The song is pretty long, at almost 6 minutes, and I think you should give it time to build up. The ending is rather well done too. I like a good ending, as you should’ve read by now.
Königlich Bayrisches Vollgas Orchester	Wir Feiern Heut		Finally another decent MV for this year’s list. This is a little short if you ask me, but rather good anyhow. It looks like they had camera trouble as well, because there’s a distracting & irritating black line that keeps coming up in some scenes with one of their fish-eye looking views. I bet they threw that camera in the river after that. I like the colouring on that truck too.
iRis	Anniversary		This is from about the 27th of October to celebrate the 10th year of iRis. It’s a pretty good one, and I’d say better than a lot of their earlier songs as well. The group are pretty much saying thanks for their fans’ support, I suppose. I didn’t have it translated, but I know arigatō means thank you. It goes for 4 minutes & 44.98 seconds, so a bit of a generous length here. Luckily it’s enjoyable right to the end.
Chu Thúy Quỳnh & Hamlet Trương	Hoài Công		This is a rather traditional sounding song with some great background furniture in the setting too! I’m not very experienced with things of a Vietnamese nature, but it reminds me of Chinese stuff I’ve seen. Anyway, the song isn’t the usual fast paced, perky thing I go for, but it’s rather pleasant all the same, and I like the sound of it.
Red Velvet & Aespa	Beautiful Christmas		This came out last night (15th of December), and I thought it was pretty good. The presentation of the video is excellent, with lots of dazzling, pretty trees, and the girlies’ outfits look great too.
King & Prince	Life Like Dancing		This one came out on the 1st of April, but don’t let that fool you! The song’s pretty good, and better than other stuff I’ve heard from this group. I heard it in July, so that was a bit of time after it was released, but it was more recently that I decided I liked it enough to add it here. I hope that’s the correct translation of the song title too.
Aqours	Smile Smile Ship Start!		I think Aqours are part of that same Love Live series… thing, that QU4RTZ are part of. I dunno if it’s supposed to be like Aqua, ’cos the u’s in the wrong place. Or is it Aq-ours? Aq-wars? Who knows? Not me. Anyway, this song’s a pretty good one, with some nice magical looking elements to the video. • I reckon it’s probably like A-course to pronounce it. *Shrug*
Ōhashi Chippoke	Soloist
Valkyrie	Raisanka		This is from some game by the looks of it, which I have no clue about. (Ensemble Stars!!) Even if I was playing more video games these days, I still wouldn’t know. Anyway, it’s kind of mildly opera-ish sounding, which is an interesting change in the usual Japanese line up.
Dejan Vunjak	Brez Problema
The Lethal Weapons	Summer Day Mega Drive (Natsu No Hi No Mega Doraibu / 夏の日のメガドライブ)		Awesome! A song about the Mega Drive! They sing about some pretty familiar titles as well.
Die Vielsaitigen (The Many Stringed)	Romedi Landler		If you’re in the mood for something a bit classical & instrumental, this is a nice one to check out, as is Formel Eins from 2023. This one here is available at 50 Hz too, so make sure you get it @ that frame rate!
Isekaijoucho (ヰ世界情緒)	Katachi Naki Mono (かたちなきもの)		I think this is related to some show, but I didn’t get it for that of course.

I was impressed with most of Heesey’s album, 33 (Double 3), and that kind of old-school vibe about a lot of the tracks, so if you fancy some rock ’n’ roll style action, check out these legitimate links to YouTube, of my fave tracks on the album. (I didn’t take to track 1 or 12.) If you have the money and like the tunes, please do purchase the CD as well. (Only track 2 leads to a music video. The rest are just the audio with the album cover.)
Some of the track names have been translated from Japanese, so I hope they’re pretty close.

2. Rock ’N’ Roll Survivor	Read my comments above for this one.
3. Double 3	This has a more serious sound, rather than a cheery feeling, but it’s really great all the same, and also the album title, so this is that prime track. I dunno about the “oui oui” bit in the lyrics — it makes me think of something else, and takes a bit of seriousness off it. But perhaps that’s more of a personal problem. A great ending though, and it runs out for over ½ a minute. I love a big finish that really concludes things, and this does it. Some songs have terribly abrupt endings which feel like they mirror somebody’s dissatisfaction in bed, if you catch my drift. Heesey knows things should be satisfying, and most of the tracks follow suit on this album.
4. Rally Roulette Roll	I don’t want to say anything remotely racist, but dang, that’s a lot of Rs and Ls for a Japanese song. And they do sound a bit mixed up. It’s more like Larry Loorette Lor. Seriously though, I have nothing against the Japanese people, as my listing of songs for this year proves. I wonder if Heesey did this deliberately. Another superb track — it ends quicker, but it isn’t disappointing in any way.
5. Rain Sound Of LaraBai	A more subtle tune, which would be a nice song to have on while you’re enjoying a nice big fat steak in some fancy restaurant, watching the rain coming down outside. You might skip this one if you want a fast kind of bop, but it’s certainly enjoyable for the right kind of mood. There’s a good tinkly piano bit at the end as well.
6. Only One Love Song	This is really old school! When you hear that “bup shoo wuddy” backing, you’ll think: “Struth! This came out of the 1960s or something.” This is rare to find a song that sounds along these lines these days. It’s the kind of thing your mum would enjoy as well.
7. Hippie Rose	This has a bit of a distorted sounding intro, which I’d say is deliberate. The rest sounds clearer though. Probably a less happy sounding track on the whole, like Double 3, but really great anyway.
8. Thunder Gate Shuffle	Ah now things get up and going here. This has a bit of an old school feeling too. Like some old British thing from the 1970s maybe. One of my favourites for sure on the album. Probably the most abrupt ending here too, out of any of the tracks.
9. Samba No. 9	That Samba feeling comes right through here & no mistake. It’s got that good, cheery, traditional Spanish kind of vibe. Crack out your maracas and sweet, fruity drinks! It ends at about 4:01-ish and then has another fade out piece as well, like the party keeps on going.
10. Super Hyper Ultra Extra	A real stand out track, this one! It’s superbly cheery and upbeat. Expect a huge finish, which you can predict about a whole minute before it happens.
11. Infinity Of My Groove	This one feels a bit hippie & spaced out, like you’re going to see spinning rainbows at around 2:30. But it’s not quite that intense for the rest of it. (I’ve heard some other songs in recent times that really sounded like the composers were on some kind of mind expanding drugs.) This one goes for about 6 minutes, and you may expect a fade out ending, but nope! It does finish properly.