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Do you know this Jpop group?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV1YxS0AVPOrx_HDj9Pgt8Q
They've just released the MV for "Magic Clock" which I find OK, but like less than "Underground" or "Lettuce".
@jemmesedi I don't think I've listened to f5ve before. I like Lettuce best of the three. Definitely in the K-pop like vein of J-pop. Their visual presentation is kind of plastic - I find it a little hard to watch 
@jemmesedi I remembered I have one for you - Perfume. They somehow infiltrated my early Kpop exploration, and I later figured out they were Japanese. From J idol Wikipedia article I learned they started as a local idol group on Hiroshima. Anyway, I like their EDM grooves. I need to explore them more!
Thanks for that link. Although I was aware of Perfume and like some of their tracks, I've never explored them systematically and so did not know the song you sent me. I enjoyed it!
I think, but am not sure, that they are one of those jpop groups who have a cult following in the west. I note they have the same producer, Yasutaka Nakata, as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, who I remember having a burst of popularity about ten or fifteen years ago.
One Perfume MV I enjoy is Future Pop, even though as as watch it I have the odd feeling that I am seeing an early 2000s promotional film for a retail space development.
https://youtu.be/cGlFxkWgI84?si=5MMe_f6CUPCII-sx
Thanks again for helping me discover Electro World.
@jemmesedi Thanks for this, and the following recommendations! I enjoyed Future Pop for sure. What I imagine the world looks like in one of those VR headsets 
I may take a day or two to watch the rest of these and let you know how they land. Sadly I sometimes have other things to do besides scour the web for new idol bands.
I do really enjoy your recs, and I'm sure many will end up in my playlists.
@jemmesedi I'm glad I found a Perfume song that was new to you. I figured you probably knew about them. They do seem to have a cult status. It feels like despite starting out as this incredibly young idol band, they stuck together, and their music seems to be more their own expression, not just something handed by their management, but maybe that's my projection.
Another group I've been stoked about in the last few days is Keyakizaki46. Sure you're familiar. They have some real bangers IMO 