Shin Rizumu -- Mikakunin no Superstar（未確認のスーパースター）

Commenter Michael was kind enough to reciprocate when I put up my latest "Happy Songs For Me" list last Thursday. He put up his own list in the Comments section and I enjoyed all of his contributions including this one here.

Singer-songwriter Shin Rizumu（シンリズム）is a fellow that I did talk about back in 2018 with his 2nd single "Music Life" from November 2015, and I enjoyed that one for its jazziness. However, with his December 2019 digital download single "Mikakunin no Superstar" (Unidentified Superstar), it's all about the light synthpop.

Written and composed by the man himself, "Mikakunin no Superstar" has quite the appealingly spacey and chrome-gleaming futuristic sound, and from looking at the lyrics, it seems to be about a shy fellow who becomes quite the big man on campus online (albeit incognito). But I think that he's also chomping at the bit to finally reveal himself to a particular young lady who he's taken a shine to. And thus the inner conflict begins to boil. Sounds like it might be the just the idea for some sort of TV drama in Japan or a movie.

Shin Rizumu -- Music Life

Found this singer-songwriter who has struck me as the Second Coming of Senri Oe（大江千里）with his happy-go-lucky pop sense. Plus, he looks good in a bow tie, and as a Whovian, I think bow ties are indeed cool.

Singer-songwriter Shin Rizumu（シンリズム）debuted in early 2015 and his second single here is "Music Life" from November of that year, with its fun old/new arrangement bringing in all sorts of good vibes. I simply like the beat and those horns mixed in there.

The lad hails from the city of Kobe and so far has released 4 singles up to 2016 and 2 albums, according to the biography on his website, he's quite the multi-instrumentalist, being able to play guitar, bass, keyboards, synths, drums and trombone. In his development as an artist, he's absorbed a lot of influences from New Wave, indies, roots rock, soul, funk and pop.