Like Cobra Starship and Linkin Park? Meet Japanese Boy Band Kis-My-Ft2
December 7, 2012 The top slot of the Oriconchart, the primary ranking system for music sales in Japan, is currently occupied by "Ai No Beat" the latest single from the boy band Kis-My-Ft2, whose name is cobbled together as an acronym from the transliterated initials of its seven members and then poorly approximated as "Kiss My Foot Two." At first blush it feels like deliberately trashy dance-pop — especially with a melody seemingly cribbed straight from …
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