It's worth remembering that the UK actually has its very own Japanese pop-star in the form of Neon Jungle's Asami Zdrenka. When I interviewed the band late last year, she told me her family back in Japan would regularly chat about the band's successes in the UK to their friends, and that their track London Rain seemed to be particularly popular amongst their Japanese fans.
The song has always been one of my favourites from their album, and I certainly like to think it has more than a touch of J-Pop to it - twinkling as it does with delicate, twinkling synth lines and beautiful, lingering melancholy that suggests the neon-tinged afterglow of Tokyo twilight. Hats off to co-writers Cocknbullkid and MNEK for penning the tune!
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