Japanese shoegaze is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is characterized by its use of heavily distorted guitars, ethereal vocals, and a wall of sound production style. The genre is known for its dreamy, introspective sound and often incorporates elements of noise rock and post-punk. Japanese shoegaze has gained a cult following in recent years, with bands like Hitsujibungaku, Kinokoteikoku, and MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS becoming popular both in Japan and internationally.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 51 | 5 | 50 | 71 | 5 | 36 | 128 | 158450 | |
2 | 48 | 9 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 47 | 113 | 224137 | |
3 | 45 | 33 | 39 | 83 | 1 | 37 | 137 | 94770 | |
4 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 49 | 112 | 65160 | |
5 | 40 | 2 | 60 | 60 | 25 | 47 | 118 | 37077 | |
6 | 40 | 25 | 66 | 66 | 20 | 76 | 113 | 96567 | |
7 | 38 | 25 | 59 | 55 | 32 | 48 | 103 | 35318 | |
8 | 37 | 49 | 39 | 80 | 9 | 31 | 135 | 119603 | |
9 | 36 | 44 | 36 | 81 | 2 | 41 | 136 | 41848 | |
10 | 36 | 53 | 39 | 59 | 15 | 20 | 127 | 33300 | |
11 | 34 | 18 | 61 | 60 | 24 | 41 | 106 | 75044 | |
12 | 33 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 17 | 42 | 106 | 21728 | |
13 | 32 | 42 | 43 | 85 | 2 | 58 | 136 | 17829 | |
14 | 32 | 39 | 35 | 74 | 8 | 33 | 142 | 43811 | |
15 | 32 | 75 | 35 | 88 | 2 | 39 | 133 | 19673 | |
16 | 31 | 53 | 40 | 85 | 10 | 52 | 123 | 21042 | |
17 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 65 | 8 | 39 | 132 | 40821 | |
18 | 30 | 10 | 37 | 86 | 18 | 57 | 124 | 20369 | |
19 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 81 | 0 | 33 | 132 | 11755 | |
20 | 29 | 60 | 32 | 54 | 34 | 32 | 147 | 6062 | |
21 | 29 | 62 | 47 | 36 | 55 | 30 | 116 | 8550 | |
22 | 29 | 42 | 48 | 60 | 13 | 31 | 111 | 18643 | |
23 | 28 | 0 | 41 | 68 | 5 | 31 | 141 | 14119 | |
24 | 27 | 52 | 43 | 85 | 0 | 44 | 129 | 11144 | |
25 | 26 | 83 | 27 | 80 | 25 | 32 | 126 | 14475 | |
26 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 64 | 3 | 42 | 129 | 39771 | |
27 | 25 | 29 | 44 | 63 | 4 | 30 | 111 | 8560 | |
28 | 25 | 64 | 30 | 59 | 10 | 21 | 126 | 6088 | |
29 | 24 | 75 | 47 | 68 | 1 | 59 | 125 | 3297 | |
30 | 24 | 82 | 26 | 78 | 0 | 34 | 130 | 10090 | |
31 | 23 | 59 | 19 | 66 | 10 | 12 | 108 | 7344 | |
32 | 23 | 13 | 47 | 77 | 8 | 48 | 142 | 5711 | |
33 | 22 | 42 | 34 | 84 | 1 | 48 | 126 | 11747 | |
34 | 22 | 51 | 40 | 74 | 4 | 47 | 130 | 11856 | |
35 | 21 | 88 | 24 | 51 | 61 | 9 | 103 | 5844 | |
36 | 20 | 26 | 42 | 86 | 7 | 41 | 145 | 9596 | |
37 | 19 | 59 | 32 | 85 | 2 | 36 | 136 | 7736 | |
38 | 16 | 75 | 39 | 61 | 0 | 38 | 138 | 8162 | |
39 | 15 | 0 | 54 | 91 | 1 | 76 | 114 | 1617 | |
40 | 15 | 76 | 30 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 123 | 520 | |
41 | 14 | 90 | 36 | 85 | 19 | 51 | 138 | 910 | |
42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2936 | |
43 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 80 | 25 | 65 | 147 | 6685 | |
44 | 12 | 27 | 70 | 66 | 12 | 55 | 121 | 2325 | |
45 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 73 | 0 | 39 | 113 | 879 | |
46 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 95 | 9 | 75 | 131 | 1179 | |
47 | 12 | 81 | 31 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 149 | 584 | |
48 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 82 | 2 | 54 | 138 | 973 | |
49 | 11 | 46 | 33 | 66 | 4 | 31 | 146 | 3269 | |
50 | 10 | 56 | 36 | 87 | 0 | 57 | 167 | 171 | |
51 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 30 | 51 | 14 | 144 | 1134 | |
52 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 86 | 0 | 46 | 129 | 1274 | |
53 | 9 | 66 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 21 | 124 | 1805 | |
54 | 9 | 94 | 33 | 81 | 0 | 25 | 126 | 3565 | |
55 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 73 | 13 | 45 | 131 | 1522 | |
56 | 9 | 74 | 30 | 58 | 0 | 25 | 117 | 4019 | |
57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3454 | |
58 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 65 | 17 | 40 | 124 | 2791 | |
59 | 8 | 78 | 18 | 66 | 3 | 13 | 147 | 739 | |
60 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 84 | 4 | 54 | 90 | 649 | |
61 | 8 | 66 | 33 | 76 | 0 | 29 | 131 | 2260 | |
62 | 8 | 86 | 40 | 77 | 0 | 53 | 153 | 1607 | |
63 | 8 | 78 | 33 | 80 | 12 | 22 | 110 | 1346 | |
64 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 79 | 1 | 52 | 103 | 2558 | |
65 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 125 | 741 | |
66 | 7 | 73 | 36 | 67 | 12 | 25 | 122 | 3245 | |
67 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2796 | |
68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2456 | |
69 | 7 | 62 | 27 | 68 | 4 | 34 | 128 | 963 | |
70 | 6 | 85 | 21 | 66 | 0 | 11 | 141 | 313 | |
71 | 6 | 64 | 45 | 73 | 52 | 29 | 110 | 3543 | |
72 | 6 | 85 | 43 | 78 | 0 | 50 | 120 | 1540 | |
73 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 62 | 30 | 27 | 140 | 637 | |
74 | 6 | 73 | 46 | 68 | 64 | 15 | 126 | 2606 | |
75 | 5 | 88 | 15 | 89 | 0 | 29 | 131 | 417 | |
76 | 5 | 26 | 44 | 67 | 24 | 35 | 110 | 949 | |
77 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 79 | 0 | 46 | 153 | 392 | |
78 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 62 | 3 | 52 | 127 | 603 | |
79 | 5 | 56 | 24 | 66 | 4 | 28 | 126 | 835 | |
80 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 86 | 3 | 65 | 138 | 601 | |
81 | 5 | 36 | 47 | 65 | 18 | 29 | 119 | 1425 | |
82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 474 | |
83 | 5 | 77 | 39 | 87 | 0 | 50 | 132 | 803 | |
84 | 5 | 90 | 37 | 88 | 1 | 52 | 143 | 582 | |
85 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 87 | 0 | 42 | 118 | 2301 | |
86 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 55 | 7 | 100 | 347 | |
87 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 70 | 0 | 53 | 90 | 158 | |
88 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 72 | 4 | 44 | 131 | 307 | |
89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 436 | |
90 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 80 | 1 | 36 | 117 | 107 | |
91 | 3 | 86 | 49 | 90 | 4 | 48 | 135 | 458 | |
92 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 73 | 0 | 30 | 137 | 166 | |
93 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 88 | 0 | 57 | 153 | 108 | |
94 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 64 | 0 | 33 | 136 | 535 | |
95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 829 | |
96 | 2 | 91 | 20 | 71 | 0 | 46 | 180 | 283 | |
97 | 2 | 82 | 28 | 79 | 0 | 60 | 116 | 472 | |
98 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 67 | 2 | 34 | 140 | 732 | |
99 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412 | |
100 | 1 | 53 | 30 | 70 | 1 | 20 | 111 | 469 | |
101 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 75 | 1 | 32 | 140 | 548 | |
102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | |
103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | |
104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | |
105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | |
107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1053 | |
108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 |