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Whenever I go karaoke with my friends, there is one Japanese song that always makes it to the playlist: “Kiseki” by GReeeeN.
It’s a song that almost the entire population of Japan is familiar with, and many Japanese people would know the lyrics if asked to sing along. Even as someone who had lived and been raised in the United States, it was one of the few Japanese pop songs that I enjoyed.
I didn’t know much about Japanese pop culture, and one day I became curious and decided to look up what this band looked like. Just a simple Google search, to know the faces behind the song, but all that came up in the search images was their logo:
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Who is GReeeeN?
GReeeeN is one of Japan’s most famous pop groups. Their most popular song “Kiseki”, which was released in 2008, topped the…
