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Mariya Takeuchi Talks First New Album in 10 Years, Comments on ‘City Pop’ Revival & More: Interview

Billboard Japan asked Mariya Takeuchi to share her thoughts on her recent project, and also to comment on the “city pop” revival in recent years.

Singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi sat down with Billboard Japan for its Monthly Feature interview series highlighting today’s leading artists and works. Also, I studied abroad in Illinois long ago, and apparently the grandchild of my host sister at the time went to an electrical appliance store where they kept playing songs by Tatsuro and me. A long time ago, I happened to run into her in L.A. Bruce Springsteen was swimming in the hotel pool, and we were both young, so we went up to him and asked him things like, “Aren’t you coming to Japan to do shows?” and so on.

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