Fuusenkazra -- Kawaranai Mono（変わらないモノ）

To paraphrase their mantra of sorts, Hiro and Ryo（ヒロ・リョウ）specialize in crying City Pop especially since they are crybabies themselves.

That's what I did read underneath the YouTube video for Fuusenkazra（フウセンカヅラ）, the duo made up of Hiro and Ryo who come from Tokyo and Hokkaido respectively. From their website, Fuusenkazra started up in 2013 and released their 1st maxi-single in 2014, "Irotoridori no Sekai"（ロトリドリノセカイ...Multicoloured World）from which comes the song in question for this article, "Kawaranai Mono" (Neverchanging Things).

In that description for "Kawaranai Mono", it seems that the song is the quintessential representative of what Fuusenkazra is all about. The ballad describes the state of someone who truly wanted to express his/her feelings to that special person but for whatever reason simply couldn't until the opportunity passed by...possibly permanently. The slightly quavering vocals by Hiro and Ryo are apt for the melancholy feeling of regret and the music seems to be ideal for listening in the living room or in that intimate cafe space (although I don't consider it to be a contemporary City Pop tune).

"Kawaranai Mono" also made it on the duo's first album "Boku no Rosenzu"（僕の路線図...My Route Map）from 2015. As for a derivation of the band's name, I couldn't find it in their profile, but punching it into the search engines, I did find the term「フウセンカズラ」 , which refers to Cardiospermum halicacabum or the balloon plant. Perhaps that is what you see on the table in the image for the above video.