User submitted tags
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subgenres
art keiアート系
- Looks: flowing, muted, natural, editorial. Sounds: mid-tempo, jazzy, indie rock inspired, unusual instruments.
Misshitsu kei密室系
- Looks: '70s~'80s inspired but dark or unsettling. Sounds: emotive rock instrumentation with high pop melodies.
soft visualソフビ
- Looks: inoffensive '90s fashion; little makeup. Sounds: digestible pop rock. Active: '95~'02.
sounds like
rockロック
- Music that is more rock than pop; favors instrumentation.
other tags
majorメジャー
- Was signed to a major label at some point in time.
popular overseas
- Artist that is especially or disproportionately popular outside of Japan.
for fun
exclusive特種
- Profile contains information that was previously unavailable online.
oldschool古き良き時代
- Representative of the “good old days” according to the user; usually introductory bands to a genre.
“rob kei”
- Coined by user robkun to describe alternative soft rock/electropop that he enjoys. Included here as thanks for his contributions to vkgy.

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