Alright, first off...there has been a name change with one of our City Pop singers over the last several months. Bluesy Neo-City Pop singer and songwriter Masa has been officially Sora Satoh for a while now, but I've been just been updating the names for his previous songs noted on the blog (such as "Hachijo Island Sunday Morning Drive") and in the Labels section.
His latest song "56709" came out in the middle of April a few months back, and if that number strikes you as familiar then you would be a City Pop fan. In fact, I'd say that it's City Pop's most famous series of numbers seeing that it's been gleefully stated over and over in Junko Ohashi's（大橋純子）wonderful "Telephone Number".
As Sora himself notes in the description below the YouTube video above, "56709" is a sequel of sorts to "Telephone Number" and with the help of France-based singer-songwriter Pernelle, they give an account about someone trying to reach the mystery person at that number. The song is a veritable shoutout to the entire umbrella genre through the Tats' like guitar strumming, for example, and Sora's lyrics carrying references to other City Pop songs. It's all very cool and spacey out there on the highways of Tokyo. The video doesn't have any cute chibi girls strutting from side to side but I gather that might be Sora himself riding the motorcycle.
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