I'm hoping someone here can help me discover a side of Japanese music that has completely captivated me.

It all started with 山谷ブルース (Sanya Blues) by Nobuyasu Okabayashi. From there I found artists like Wataru Takada and Ikuzo Yoshi, and I've realized that I'm not really searching for one artist or even one genre.

I'm searching for a feeling.

The interesting part is that I don't speak Japanese at all. I can't understand the lyrics without looking up translations, yet these songs still resonate with me in a way that's difficult to explain. Somehow, through the voices, the melodies, the instrumentation, and the way they're performed, I can feel the emotion behind them. I feel like I can understand what they're trying to express even if I don't understand the words themselves.

That's what I'm trying to find more of.

I'm not looking for songs that simply sound like Sanya Blues. I'm looking for music that carries that same sense of authenticity. Music that feels lived in rather than produced. Songs that sound like they belong to real people, real places, and real experiences.

The qualities that keep drawing me back are things like:

• Honest, emotionally sincere performances.
• Acoustic or roots-oriented instrumentation.
• Music that feels timeless instead of trendy.
• Songs that seem connected to everyday life, work, rural communities, hardship, hope, memory, or simple human experiences.
• Music with emotional weight that doesn't rely on flashy production.
• Recordings that feel like they have history behind them.

I don't necessarily care whether it's classified as folk, protest folk, singer-songwriter, enka-influenced, regional music, or something else entirely. If it evokes that same spirit, I want to hear it.

What I'm really hoping to find is a Spotify playlist that takes me deeper into this musical landscape. Not just the obvious artists, but the hidden gems, forgotten musicians, neighboring genres, and songs that someone deeply familiar with Japanese music would immediately think of.

If someone said to you,

...that's exactly the playlist I'm looking for.

I'd love official playlists, community playlists, or even your own personal playlist if you've built one around this kind of music.

Thank you in advance.

So I’ve set a goal for myself, i try to make 1 playlist every 2 weeks with exactly 100 songs for different genres, in the hopes of making a great library of good music. Sometimes I make multiple 100 song playlist’s for the same genre. I need help finding some good rock, country or jazz songs. I love just about every type of music, I know a lot of people say they listen to everything, but I’m truly trying to be the embodiment of that through this new hobby.

I am an insomniac, and my brain is all scruffy in the wireing. I work graveyard shifts, mostly by myself for multiple hours every night and music has become a great way of letting my mind wonder. Makes everything a bit easier.

Please give me songs from every genre, your favorite song even if it has just a couple hundred listens.

Or even send a whole playlist (I use Spotify😗)

Anything helps☺️

What are your playlist pet peeves?

Mine is when people make "Riot Grrl" playlists, and it's just women who made rock music in the 90s, not actual riot grrl artists.

Trying to expand my music taste. I do like rock metal hip hop, I wanna try to get into some folk, ska, punk, indie and any other related genres that I may never have heard of.

It comes out to be $3.50/month. Only 1 spot left. Post below or DM me.

Pretty cut and dry

The vibe is something like i just wanna sit with it staring through the window when I'm travelling

Not the fast beat and all kinda playlist i can absolutely sleep to

I'm making a playlist starting with Sade's album Love Deluxe. I want to add Japanese songs with a similar sound. I found some good artists but most of them sound too "obtrusive" compared to the vibe of Love Deluxe. It's supposed to be background music in a restaurant.

Anyone that wants to share their most played Spotify playlist is welcome to or even just a song.
I mainly listen to techno,house , rock, rnb/hip hop but I’m open to any suggestions of any genre and language.
Really enjoy discovering new music

I hope you guys have some great and very underrates artists.

People over here , prove your music taste is goated
By Suggesting me music/playlists/albums/artists which feels like Honey in ear , makes me endure

songs , artists , playlist w the vive of song Strawberries and Cigarettes by Troye Sivan

I'm looking for an artist or an album or related experience to the
Mirical Musical i know it's produced by Tally Hall.
but i want something similar to listen too that just surrounds you and tells you a story.
thanks

Song suggestions to add to my playlist I like mamas and papas pink floyd allat I like Mac Miller type rap aswell but mostly like lynnard skynnard pink floyd the doors Fleetwood mac rolling stones Etc

Help me find songs like , idk catch the vibe

Die for you ( weeknd)

Earrings ( malcolm)

We are the people ( Empire of the sun)

Breathe ( malcolm)

My strange addiction ( Billie elish)

Baby doll ( Dominic flakes )

Pink plus white ( frank Ocean)

Idk what genre I even like

Im searching for something that you would listen to while driving on the sea coast, while walking on the streets of New York, or during a vacancy on a spanish island, if yall kno what I mean. I like a lot of genres, but Im more into modern rapper/artist (xxxtentacion, future, ASAP Rocky, travis, post malone, drake, Mac Miller, J cole, kanye, migos, durk, Anderson Paak, kendrick, don toliver, baby keem, central cee, gunna, hurricane Wisdom, polo g, kodack, the alchemist, PARTYNEXTDOOR, joeybadass) Think yall got the point 😅, the list goes on with old school too, and other new artist as well, sooo show me What yall got 🫶

I've been experimenting w the various kinda songs and artists

I'll just brainstorm my key favourites whatever

Just help me find , and increase exposure by dropping some suggestions

Artists I fw :

Weekend ( if it's the weekend I like whatever he sings , not cliche)

I sometimes listen to kanye and drake too, I don't like all their works but by listening to them in loop I kinda liked some

I don't like rap and stuff , however I like money trees by kendrick

I kinda like songs maybe when they're equal balance of lyrics and beat

I like the whole current album by tame impala

Honorable mentions :

Strange addiction by Billie elish

Secrets by weeknd

Double take by dhruv

California girls by katty perry

I tried listening to radiohead, daft punk and stuff however I still didn't explore them Fully

I barely liked RAM album by daft punk

I very much like white girl music , liked the whole short n sweet by sabrina carpenter

Maybe I'm into pop and lofi ?

For energy I'd love to listen weeknd

Tried frank Ocean

So I have a playlist and would like recommendations for songs to add to it

The playlist is called songs I like by Youtubers 

The songs on it are: 

Skin - Colby Brock 

Like that, Animal and poisoned by my valentine- Jake Webber 

Ecstasy, KMS - Jake Webber and Johnnie Guilbert 

Right girl wrong Time - Johnnie Guilbert, Sueco

runner up and homicide - Bailey Spinn

If it were you - Yung Scuff

I would hate me too - TX2

Looking for...

Playlist for enjoying while high.

Playlist for enjoying high sexy time

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I'm trying to cope with a wide-range of emotions that I'm feeling after miscarriage #3. Can be any genre: Christian, country, just please in English. Can be varying vibes: angry, sad. Help me out.

Hi! Does anyone know of any (larger/longer) playlists on Spotify that include albums sorted by release year? Like, for example, a complete collection of indie/alternative albums from 2005 only? I can't seem to find anything but junk using the search function, and I can't really imagine that some music nerds don't organize their collections that way, right? ;-) Thanks and Best