Links:

• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, “Furisodation” (2013)

• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, “Yumeno Hajima Ring Ring” (2014)

• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, “PONPONPON”

• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, “Fashion Monster”

Abstract • Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements

This project started in Professor Landon Morrison’s “Popular Music and Media” seminar in the fall of 2023. I thank him for his thoughtful feedback on my final paper, as well as for our continued discussions since. (Since, he has agreed to be my dissertation advisor!) Many of the ideas were also formed in Darren Mueller’s “Sound Studies” seminar, also last fall—another thanks to him. I also thank Patrick Galbraith and Patrick St. Michael for graciously taking their time to meet informally with me to chat about Kyary, J-pop idols, and more, as well as recommending important literature for me to read up on.

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