UPDATE: I recently discovered that many of these albums are now available on iTunes, so I am including links to them! Many of the songs are also on Spotify now, so I made a special Cheerleaders From Planet X Spotify playlist for you all. The first two songs, “STILL” and “POWER” are the songs I consider the most thematic for the book.
Continuing my theme of listening to really obscure music, when writing Cheerleaders From Planet X, I pumped myself up by listening to some of my favorite J-Pop and K-Pop hits from about 15 years ago. 90% of what I listened to while writing this book was queen of pop and the universe BoA, so below is a breakdown of my most-listened BoA songs, by album.
Pretty much the rest of my playlist consisted of Crystal Kay’s Vivid (which you can get on iTunes!) and random One Direction songs, because I have no shame whatsoever. (You can find these, as well as some other boy band songs of the sort Laura would love, in the Spotify playlist above!)
BoA – Listen to My Heart (Japanese)
- Power
- ID; Peace B
- Listen to My Heart
- Don’t Start Now
BoA – No. 1 (Korean)
- No. 1
- Beat It
- Tragic
BoA – Love & Honesty (Japanese)
- Rock With You
- Be the One
- DOUBLE
- Milky Way
BoA – Outgrow (Japanese)
- Silent Screamerz
- Cosmic Eyes
- Dakishimeru
BoA – Made in Twenty (Japanese)
- Lady Galaxy
- STILL
BoA – The Face (Japanese)
- BASICALLY THIS ENTIRE ALBUM. This is my favorite BoA album. You should buy it. But in particular…
- Lose Your Mind (SERIOUSLY THIS IS A GOOD ONE, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS ONE)
- Girl in the Mirror
- Gyappu ni Yarareta
- Hey Boy, Hey Girl
BoA – Only One (Korean)
- The Top
- The Shadow
BoA – Copy and Paste (Korean)
- Copy and Paste
- Hurricane Venus
- Adrenaline
- Let Me
And in case you were curious… yes, I own all these albums. On CD. Ordered from CD Japan and YesAsia over the last decade and a half. And this isn’t even all the BoA CDs I own. Now if you ever wanted to know who my favorite musician is, the answer will be abundantly clear.