The story
- English · derived fromcity pop
- Japanese · borrowed fromシティ・ポップ
- English todaycity pop
From Japanese シティ・ポップ (shiti poppu), itself from English city pop.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
city pop
Today it means: a form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s, including influences such as funk, disco, R&B, AOR, soft rock, and boogie, and associated with the country's nascent economic boom and leisure class. Full definition →
Japanese シティ・ポップ ← English city pop