Tokyo Refrain

[Genre] JP city-pop / soft-rock (early-80s Yumi vibe) [Groove] 116 BPM, light 8-beat shuffle, rim on 2&4 [Key] Verses F → Chorus A♭ [Vox] Airy JP mezzo, double-tracked + 3rd-above harmony, plate reverb + short slap delay [Chords] 7th/9th voicings, sus4→maj7 lifts, passing dim [Inst] Rhodes comp | Bright piano fills | Clean Strat (chorus FX) | Finger J-bass | LinnDrum (dry hats, gated snare) | Juno-pad sustain | Alto sax 8-bar solo [Form] Intro-V1-Pre-Ch-V2-Pre-Ch-Sax-Bridge (½-time/Cm)-Final Ch (+2)-Fade [Prod] ⅛-note trem on Rhodes, HPF 90 Hz on verses → full in choruses, gentle tape sat, –1 dB @10 kHz

JP 80s city-pop / Minimal Techno-Pop, BPM 126, Key B minor, [Vocals: focus] airy slightly-nasal Japanese male baritone, moderate vibrato, talk-sing phrasing, whispered falsetto layers 4-on-the-floor kick, pulsing sub-bass, syncopated hi-hats, glassy FM synth arpeggio, clean reverb guitar chops, filtered string sample drops, nocturnal ambience [MALE VOICE: airy, baritone, slight nasal, whisper falsetto OK]

Retro 80s Japanese City-Pop × neo-urban; sly & glossy, flirtatious cat-and-mouse BPM: 118 (tight 16-beat funk-disco feel) Key: Verse in F#m (Dorian hints) → Pre chromatic lift → Chorus in Amaj7 color Time: 4/4 (Verse breaks down melody with 7+7+6 phrase structure)

[Genre] 80s city-pop / soft-rock [Groove] 116 BPM, light 8-beat shuffle, rim on 2&4 [Key] Verses F → Chorus A♭ [Vox] Airy JP mezzo, double-tracked + 3rd-above harmony, plate reverb + short slap delay [Chords] 7th/9th voicings, sus4→maj7 lifts, passing dim [Inst] Rhodes comp | Bright piano fills | Clean Strat (chorus FX) | Finger J-bass | LinnDrum (dry hats, gated snare) | Juno-pad sustain | Alto sax 8-bar solo [Form] Intro-V1-Pre-Ch-V2-Pre-Ch-Sax-Bridge (½-time/Cm)-Final Ch (+2)-Fade [Prod] ⅛-note trem on Rhodes, HPF 90 Hz on verses → full in choruses, gentle tape sat, –1 dB @10 kHz