Daytime City Pop
Also call as Resort Style City Pop
Visuals and Scenery: Visuals often evoke images of sunshine, the French Riviera, summer beaches, swimming pools, palm trees, and bright scenery of convertibles cruising along coastal highways.
Music and Arrangement: Melodies are upbeat, refreshing, and energetic, heavily utilizing bright electric guitar strumming, soft harmonies, and upbeat samba or yacht rock (originally called West Coast sound or Adult Oriented Rock (AOR)) rhythms.
Core Mood: Radiates a relaxed vacation atmosphere, youthful romantic excitement, and hopeful urban vitality.
Representative Artists: Yamashita Tatsuro, Bread & Butter, Anri, Omega Tribe, Murata Kazuhito, PIPER...