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Gen Hoshino’s ‘Jigoku de Naze Warui’ at 10: The Pop Song He Wrote From a Hospital Bed That Never Left His Discography

A decade on, Gen Hoshino's 'Jigoku de Naze Warui' reads less like a movie tie-in and more like the blueprint for everything that came after.
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Hoshino Gen’s ‘Toki yo’ Ten Years Later: How an Album Cut Became a Train Station Jingle

How Hoshino Gen's 2015 album track 'Toki yo' quietly grew into a Shonandai Station platform melody a decade later.
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Hoshino Gen’s ‘Week End’ Revisited: The Quiet Blueprint That Made ‘Koi’ Possible

Ten years on, Hoshino Gen's 'Week End' from YELLOW DANCER reads less like a deep cut and more like the design draft for 'Koi'.