If I'm not mistaken, this is probably the third Japanese pop song that I've encountered with the title "Merry-Go-Round". I can only gather that the carousel has quite a lot of meaning for singer-songwriters.
This time, "Merry-Go-Round" is a creation by the DJ and music producer Night Tempo and his latest client is the Hiroshima Prefecture-born singer Hima（陽真）. Not sure whether this can be called a Neo-City Pop song or an especially groovy synthpop ditty but it fits that one mold of the urban contemporary in 2020s Japan. "Merry-Go-Round" is one part of the single that Hima released in February: "Want You/Merry-Go-Round".
The above single is the fourth released by Hima since her debut in 2022, and I have to admit that I do like the anime cover. Hima herself moved to Tokyo by herself after entering high school and her singing career began after providing cover versions of songs on YouTube and then TikTok. She's already had a variety of live performances including one last month titled "The Night Tempo Show 2024" and she has one scheduled next week "& you".
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