This episode focuses on 2 of the best songs that emerged in the first half of 2021: "Wasurena" by Awesome City Club and "Mayonaka no Door - stay with me" by Matsubara Miki. The program explores the reasons why these 2 songs are making waves in Japan and around the world. Awesome City Club got their big break with "Wasurena." The song was released in February and it was streamed over 100 million times in just 3 months, making Awesome City Club the band to watch out for this year. The song was originally inspired by the movie "I Fell in Love Like a Flower Bouquet" starring Suda Masaki and Arimura Kasumi, and rose to fame for its heartrending lyrics. "Mayonaka no Door - stay with me" was originally released in 1979 by the late Matsubara Miki when she was 19. The song has been a city pop classic for over 40 years and now it is making a comeback. City pop is a genre that developed in Japan from the late 1970s to the 1980s. It features urban sounds with Western beats and melodies with a Japanese touch. Hip-hop and R&B took over the mainstream over the years and fans only rediscovered city pop on the internet in recent times. "Mayonaka no Door - stay with me" got newfound fame on the international stage and is now being reintroduced to Japan. Ms.OOJA's cover of the song is featured on the program. Hosts Murakami Shingo and Horan Chiaki talk with the members of Awesome City Club and an international YouTuber who released a cover of "Mayonaka no Door - stay with me" to find out what these 2 tracks have in common. Fans from overseas share how the songs evoke nostalgia, even though they don't understand the lyrics and how they can feel Tokyo's bubble era energy. Don't miss the chance to get a taste of Tokyo through these 2 hits!